Reception

Welcome to the reception newsletter!

Notices

First week of Reception

The children have settled so well this week. We are so proud of how well they are coming in to school happily and independently. And well done families for being brave and letting them spread their little wings! Play this week has included lots of counting, sorting and fine motor activties. The children have also loved exploring our outside area, playing with the water, building in the construction area and they have loved using brushes to paint and clean anything they can find!

This newsletter will tell you a little about what we have learnt each week, include some suggestions for home learning fun and also be used to share any important notices. Please make sure to read it each week and talk with your child about what they are doing at school.

Thank you for all your support as they have transitioned this week, and we look forward to working closely with you this year to support your child through their reception journey :)

Water play

Fine motor

Construction

Reminders

Please ensure your child's coat, jumper, cardigan, shoes etc are all clearly labelled with their name and that they bring in a named water bottle, filled with plain drinking water only, every day.
Please note that school drop off times are between 8:40 and 8:50. If you arrive after this time please go to the main office as class teachers will have sent their registers off by then.
A reminder that your children only need a book bag or small bag for school. Please try to avoid huge backpacks.

Phonics

The children have started learning their first sounds this week!

For our daily phonics lessons, we use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds.

This week we have started learning Phase 2 sounds. The children have learnt the graphemes (letter shapes) that match the phonemes (letter sounds) for ‘s', ‘a’, ‘t’ and ‘p'.

Alongside this, we have practised our oral blending of words using these sounds e.g. 'm-a-n', 's-i-t' and have also been practising the formation of these graphemes (letter shapes)

Click on the video to hear how the phonemes (sounds) should sound.

The video provides an example of how the children learn to read by sound talking and blending the phonemes (sounds) together.

Please ask your children about what sounds they have been learning and encourage them to say the sounds and find items starting (or ending) with that sound.

Maths

This week, we have been focusing on singing counting songs and counting up to 5. We have been using our fingers to show numbers 1-5 and have enjoyed singing and dancing along to the songs!

Can you sing 5 little ducks and show the number of ducks on your fingers?

Literacy

This week, we have been reading and learning about the inspirational women our classes are named after: Amelia Earhart and Queen Elizabeth II.

We have enjoyed learning about their lives, what they have done and what we can learn from them.

What have you learnt about Amelia Earhart and Queen Elizabeth II?

Home learning

If you have time over the weekend, you could...

Sing and act out your favourite nursery rhymes. We have been singing 'the wheels on the bus', 'old macdonald', '5 little ducks' and '5 little speckled frogs'. You can sing on the way to school, to your little brothers and sisters, while in the bath or dancing in the living room! Please come and tell us your favourite one next week.

Practise putting on your coats and jumpers, and taking them off too! As the weather is changing, layers are going to be more important. Try your best to become more independent with taking them off and putting them on. You may need some help making sure the arms are the right way first and then see if you can do it all by yourself. You could even time yourself and try and beat your fastest record, or perhaps learn the 'flip trick' too.

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