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Welcome to Reception

General Information about Reception

• Drop off and pick up - your child will enter through the Reception class door on their own. We kindly ask adults not to come through the classroom doors. At home time, Mr Rogers will dismiss children one at a time to their parent or carer. If there is a change to which adult will be collecting your child, you must inform the school office.
• Reading Together - Reading is a cornerstone of learning. We celebrate children who read at home in class. Don't forget to record these moments in the reading log provided. Reading together is a small step that makes a big difference! 
• Reading books - your child will come home on a Monday with a 'Reading for Pleasure' book to share together at home. This is book for you to read and share with your child at those special times. They will also bring home a decodable 'Big Cat' reading book. This book will match the graphemes and tricky words that we have learnt in group reading and phonics. 
• PE  - Every Monday with our sports coach, children should come to school in their PE kit on that day.
• Stay hydrated - Remember to send your child with a refillable water bottle everyday - please only fill these bottles with water.
• Snack - All children will receive free snack each day - fresh fruit, milk and water. In addition, children can purchase school hot snack for 20p - 30p per day. Please click here for more information relating to our healthy snack policy.
  Money can be sent into school termly, weekly or daily however it is easier to send this in termly or weekly and we will inform you when your child's balance becomes low. A gluten free option is available.

Curriculum overview

Our main theme for the Autumn 1 term is 'All About Me', focusing on the children and things which are familiar in their life. During the Autumn term, children will develop their skills in the following areas;

Communication & Language

Learning how to listen carefully, understanding why it is improtant. Speak more confidently, using correct tense using familiar and new vocabulary. Begin to describe events and retell stories.

Personal, social and emotioanl development

Setting goals, expressing feelings, negotiating and compromising. Becoming more independent, managing their own self-care needs and build constructive, respectful relationships.

Physical Development

Refining fundamental movement skills, beginning to use core muscle strength, develop coordination, begin to use a wider range of equipment confidently, developing ball skills and develop fine motor skills to use a range of small tools effectively.

Literacy

In reading, children begin to retell simple stories and re-read books left to right. They continue learning phonics sounds and tricky words through our phonics program, Little Wandle. In writing, children will use correct letter formation, write their name correctly, begin to spell other words and begin to read what they have written.

Mathematics

Children will develop their skills  through rhymes and songs, sorting objects, matching sets, ordering sets of objects ,copy and extend patterns of colour and shape, learn to identify part and whole of a set, estimate and recognise numbers in the environment.

Understanding the World

Children will understand, follow and talk about their daily routine, then predict what will happen next. They will begin to understand some key festivals and develop an awareness of seasons. They will recite days of the week and begin to learn months of the year. They will begin to comment of events from the past and understand that their families were once babies. They will also develop a sense of their family history.

Children will develop their sense of self and make connections between their family and other families. They will learn to talk about different cultures and to further develop friendships in the class.

Considering communities, we will explore different occupations and environments, talk about where we live and talk about places on a local map.

Linking to the natural world, children will observe and begin to name and recognise some familiar plants and animals. They will be able to talk about growth and changes, and learn about similarities and differences in natural material. They will also find out about features of different materials.

Expressive Arts and Design

Children will learn to draw and paint, mix colours, print, sculpt and make collage. They will also take part in pretend play, singing and begin to engage in dance.