Reception

Welcome to Reception

Class Teachers

Miss Bibi

Mrs Addai

Mrs Alam

Reading Volunteers Needed

We are asking parents/carers to volunteer in supporting reading within the reception between 9.00am and 9.20pm

Blue class really need more volunteers on Wednesday and Thursday.

RED class really need more volunteers on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

PE Days

PE is every Friday morning

Book bags

Please ensure your child brings in their book bags every day.

Breakfast

Please ensure your child has breakfast before coming to school as it can affect their focus and concentration. If you want further information for breakfast club, please speak to a member of the office staff.

Water bottles and Sun Hats

Children are allowed to bring in water bottles with water. Fruit juices and squash are not allowed. Water bottles also need to be made from plastic and not glass. Please remember to label all your children’s belongings.

Spring Term

Literacy

We will be encouraging the children to independently write for different purposes postcards, lists, instructions, letters, poems and
rhymes.

We will be reading and writing about books that link to “growth and transformation”, such as “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Jim and the
Beanstalk”, “Jaspers Beanstalk” and “The Enormous Turnip” and looking at information books.

We will continue to do our Daily Supported Reading (DSR). Please speak to your class teacher to support us in this.

Please remember to read to read with your child daily.

Numeracy

In Numeracy, we are continuing to develop our counting skills and problem solving, introducing 3D shapes. Being able to recognise and describe their properties.

We will encourage children to use a wide range of mathematical vocabulary in relation to money, time, capacity, width, distance, doubling, halving and more.

Cross Curricular

We are starting our new summer term topic of 'Growth and Transformation'. This half term we will be focusing on planting and the lifecycles of frogs, chicks and butterflies. In the second half of the term we will be learning about animals and their young. We also be preparing the children for transition to year one.