Reception Focus 12.11.18

This week in Reception we will be continuing to focus on the story 'Room on a Broom' by Julia Donaldson. 

In Literacy, the children will revisit the story and will have lots of fun making their own magic potions. They will then attempt to write their own recipe and list of ingredients for the potions. 

Our Phonics focus this week is recalling all of the phonemes learnt so far ensuring that they are all formed correctly. In addition, we will be learning the new phonemes 'u' and r'.

In Maths, we will be exploring size and length. 

In our Topic session, we will be discussing what Children in Need is and read a story about Pudsey bear. 

Reception Focus 29.10.18

This week in Reception we will be focusing on the story 'Room on a Broom' by Julia Donaldson. 

In Literacy, the children will get the chance to investigate a 'crash site' where the witch will hand crashed before hearing the story and joining in with repeated refrains. 

In Phonics we will be introduced to the new tricky words "to" and "into" and will be learning the new sound "o".

In Maths, we will learn how to correctly write the number 6 as well as complete a variety of different activities such as ordering fireworks, counting 1:1 and filling in the missing number.  

In Topic, the children will be learning about the celebration of Bonfire Night. We will be discussing ways to keep safe during firework displays and creating some exciting artwork.

We will also be celebrating with hot chocolate and marshmallows around the fire pit at the end of the week. 

Reception Weekly Focus 15.10.18

It is a busy week ahead as the whole school is celebrating "What makes Britain great?"


The children in Reception will be introduced to the topic on Monday and then throughout the week, the children will rotate between all three classes taking part in different activities. The children will have the opportunity to make scones, make their own flag or streamer, use the junk modelling to make a famous British building, paint a picture of someone who helps us or a member of the Royal Family, listen to British music and play some British games outside such as hopscotch.  


On Friday we will have a celebratory Afternoon Tea with the children, eating the scones they have made throughout the week.


We will continue with phonics where the children will learn the phonemes 'd' and 'g' and recap all the other phonemes learnt so far. We will also recap the tricky words we learnt last week 'I' 'no' and 'go'.

In Maths, we will practise counting in sets and counting 1 to 1, as well as learn how to write 3 and 4 this.

Reception Weekly Focus 8.10.18

This week in Reception we will continue focusing on the story 'Owl Babies' written by Martin Waddell. 

In Literacy, the children will once again hear the story, and then sequence pictures from the story and discuss the beginning, middle and end. 

In Phonics the children will learn the phonemes 'n' and 'm' and recap all the other phonemes learnt so far - s a t p i. We will continue to encourage them to write using the correct letter formation and hold their pencils correctly.

In Maths, we will introduce the 100 square, order numbers correct and count how many owls they can see. We learnt how to write 0 and 1 last week so will focus on learning how to write 2 and 3 this week. 

Reception Focus W/C 1.10.18

This week in Reception we will be focusing on the story 'Owl Babies' written by Martin Waddell. 

In Literacy, the children will hear the focus story, discuss the different feelings of the baby owls and try to retell the story in their own words.

The children will have the chance to paint their own owls using a technique called 'stippling'.

In Phonics the children will learn the phoneme 't' and 'p' and recap 's' and 'a' from last week. We will continue to encourage them to write using the correct letter formation and ensure they are holding their pencils correctly.

In Maths, we will continue to play a variety of games focusing on counting confidently to 10 and consolidating number recognition to 10, as well start to write numbers 1 and 2 using the correct formation. 

Reception Focus W/C 24.09.18

We begin our second full week with all the children in our Reception setting. We are happy to say that they have done so well at settling in so far and will continue to reiterate the rules and routines to them. 

We will be starting Phonics with the children and plan to introduce the phonemes 's' & 'a'. The children will sing these Jolly Phonics songs and practise writing these sounds. We will be encouraging them to use the correct formation and hold their pencils correctly.

In Maths, we will be continuing to play a variety of games focusing on counting confidently to 10 and consolidating number recognition to 10. 

The children will also have the chance to get creative as each class will be making either an elephant, lion or giraffe themed paper plate according to their class.

Reception Weekly Focus 02.07.18

In Reception this week it is a busy week!! We will be starting our Pirate topic which nicely continues on from Billy's Bucket. 

The children will get creative and have the opportunity to make their own under the sea creatures using a variety of materials and tools. 

In Phonics, we will be recapping all tricky words and all sounds learnt this year. 

In Maths, we will be focusing on recapping addition and completing simple addition number sentences to 20.

We have our EYFS Sports Day on Tuesday 3rd July this week. We hope to see many of you there and hope parents/guardians are ready for the parent/guardian race at the end!

We are also holding Transition mornings for our classes starting this September 2018. On Wednesday morning the Elephant class will spend from 10.30-11.30am in Nursery. The Lions will do this on Thursday morning and the Giraffes will do this Friday morning. 

We would like to thank all those parents who have volunteered to help on the school trip. Class teachers have spoken to everyone who is needed to help. Many thanks for your continued to support!