Welcome to the Reception Class

Miss Sutherland, Miss Glover and Mrs Martin

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Reception class. Through a mixture of child led and adult led learning activities your child will grow and flourish throughout the year in order to be bursting with readiness for the demands of Year One. They will begin to develop fantastic social skills and grow in confidence and self assurance as they play and learn alongside their peers. They will develop their communication skills and begin to use these skillfully in their play and in their conversations. They will learn to listen carefully and respond appropriately to others. They will learn about how to be safe and healthy and begin to practice many of these skills for themselves in the choices they make. Reading, writing and maths play a very important part this year. There is a real love of books and reading throughout the class and children become very enthusiastic readers. The children have many wonderful opportunities to learn and find out about the amazing world they live in, the people, plants and creatures and how things have changed over time. They have numerous opportunities to be creative and artistic and to demonstrate their amazing imaginations.

The classroom is filled with a happy excited buzz each day. Children love playing and learning and taking part in varied, stimulating activities. It is a very happy place to be.

Team work is key. The children work and cooperate together, staff and children work hard together and we hugely value the parental support we receive - you are your child's biggest educator and by working together we can aim for the stars! 

Snow Day 6.1.26

Good morning Reception, 

Below are some suggested activities for you to enjoy.

• Build a snowman. Build a snowman taller than you and one shorter than you.
• Add buttons to your snowmen- which one has more buttons/fewer buttons?
• Make 10 snowballs. When you throw one, how many are left? What is one less than 10? Continue until all have been thrown, saying the number that is one less each time.
• Write in the snow with a stick- write your name, write the phonemes we have learned, write the tricky words we have learned and draw pictures. Have fun with mark making in the snow.
• Make a snowy day picture and bring it into school.
• Draw a picture to show what you did in the Christmas holiday. 
• Practise saying sounds/words shown on the phonics homework sheets.
• Read your school book and enjoy other home story books. 
• Our next topic is Long Ago- find a photograph of you as a baby and stick it on a sheet of paper with a photograph of you now and talk about how you have grown and changed. You can bring this into school to share with the class.

Website activities:

Topmarks- browse by subject, select Early Years. There are lots of educational games to practise counting, shape and phonics.

www.topmarks.co.uk

Phonics Play-there are a few phonics games, that are free, which help with blending. Select phase 2.

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Stay safe and have fun.

Miss Sutherland