Reception

With Mrs Scott, Mrs Hackett & Mrs Forrest

WELCOME TO RECEPTION!

Welcome to our EYFS Reception class page. On this page you will find information about the Reception classes and what children are learning each half term. Here you will find information about the EYFS curriculum and drop down menus with information about the different areas of learning.

Class names : Penguins and Swallows

Reception Class teachers : Mrs Scott, Mrs Forrest and Mrs Hackett

Reception Support Staff : Mrs Roberts, Mrs Patel , Miss Hajat, Mrs Scott, Mrs Rickwood and Mrs Hamadeh

Key messages :

Our PE day is Wednesday. Please remember to wear your PE uniform to school on this day. Our PE uniform is a white t-shirt, black or blue jogging bottoms / leggings, socks, trainers and your school jumper or hoodie. Please make sure you also bring a coat to school as the weather does change during the day. It is recommended to bring a change of spare clothes to leave in school so that children can change if they need to.

Reading books are sent home with each child in their book bags. Please remember to read your home reading book at least three times a week and make sure your reading record is signed by a grown-up each time you have read.

Homework - A home learning grid will be available at the bottom on this web page with examples of activities for children to complete at home.

Mrs Scott

Penguins Class

Penguins

Swallows

Mrs Forrest
Mrs Hackett
Swallows Class

OUR CURRICULUM

Our curriculum is designed around the needs of our young children and is organised into seven areas of Learning and Development.

Communication and Language experiences are about:

Listening, attention and Understanding
Speaking

Personal, Social and Emotional experiences are about:

Self Regulation
Managing Self
Building Relationships

Physical Development experiences are about:

Gross Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills

Literacy experiences are about:

Comprehension
Word Reading
Writing

Mathematics experiences are about:

Number
Numerical Patterns

Understanding the World experiences are about:

Past and Present
People, Cultures and Communities

Expressive Arts & Design experiences are about:

Creating with Materials
Being Imaginative and Expressive

Spring Term: WHAT WILL WE BE LEARNING?

Our Topic is called Adventure above and under the clouds

We will start the topic with the key question - Where would you like to go on adventure? Children will be encouraged to think about different locations they would like to explore and learn more about these places.

Lines of Enquiry include reading maps, making / drawing maps, following routes, senses, nocturnal animals, habitats, exploring feelings, nature walk and survival

Our key vocabulary for our topic this half term is: map, adventure, explore, compass, world, earth (link to children’s interests for adventure e.g. space etc)

Our Talk 4 Writing adventure/journey story is called 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen. Children will bring home a story map to help them re-tell the story at home. Children will be learning to re-tell the story in class.

Our key vocabulary for our story this half term include the words : scared, wavy, over, under, through, swishy swashy, river, splash, splosh, mud, oozy, squelch, squerch, forest, stumble, trip, snowstorm, swirling, whirling, narrow, gloomy, tiptoe, shiny, furry, goggly and cave

Communication and language

We will develop our listening skills by listening to others in lots of different situations. We will listen to other - one to one, in groups and as a whole class.

We will listen carefully to stories with enjoyment. We will be practising to retell simple stories and listening to longer stories.

When listening to others we will be encouraged to respond with relevant comments.

We will follow sets of simple instructions and follow them.

We will have opportunity to understand a range of questions - What? Where? Who? Why?

We will work in small groups to develop our vocabulary using the Wellcomm Big Book of Ideas.

Personal, Social and Emotional

We follow the SCARF scheme for PSED. Our focus theme is all about valuing differences and keeping safe. Themes we will cover over this half term include:

I m special, you're special
Same and different
Same and different families
Same and different homes
I am caring
I am a friend

Keeping Safe

Keeping myself safe
Safe indoors and outdoors
Listening to my feelings
Keeping safe online
People who help to keep me safe

Physical Development

Gross Motor

We use our outdoor areas daily. Children have a range of equipment to help develop their gross motor skills. Children have access to climbing equipment, a range of bikes, scooters and balance bikes.

Our fundamental movement skill this half term is to develop the skill of using an under arm throw.

Fine Motor

At the start of each session fine motor activities will be available for the children to take part in and develop their skills using a range of equipment including tweezers, scissors and pencils.

Little Wandle handwriting sessions take place to help children develop their letter formation . We are learning formation phrases for each letter of the alphabet. We will learn one new letter each day.

Literacy

We have phonics sessions daily. Our phonics scheme is called Little Wandle.

The children will be learning new GPCs each day, learning how to pronounce and write them. They will also be practising their oral blending skills.

Children will revisit sounds from Phase 2 and/or begin to learn new sounds from Phase 3 sounds.

Phase 2 sounds - SATPINMDGOCKVWYZ

Phase 3 sounds - ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, oo, ar, or, ur, ow,oi, ear, air, er

Maths

Our first block this term is called Alive in 5. We will be learning all about numbers 1-5. The themes are :

Introducing zero
Subitising numbers 1-5
Representing numbers 1-5
Exploring 1 more

Understanding the World

We will be learning about:

Seasonal changes - Winter. Linked to our Talk 4 writing story will focus on the scene from the snow storm to create a discussion about winter.

Adventures and different places children would like to embark on an adventure too.

Expressive Arts and Design

We will focusing on junk modelling. Children will use different junk materials (boxes, tubes, cartons and bottles etc ) to make vehicles, caves and props to use on an adventure.

In our music sessions we will learn to sing nursery rhymes and action songs such as :