Welcome to Reception
Our Reception class teachers are Miss Edmondson (Monday-Thursday) and Mrs Noonan (Friday)
Our Early Years Educator is Miss Wheeler
Starting in Reception Guidance
Phonics and Reading in ReceptionLink to our school Phonics Page
Autumn 1 in Reception
This half term, our theme will be All About Me.
Literacy, Communication and Language
This half term, the children will have plenty of opportunities to develop their communication and language skills. They will share their interests, likes and dislikes with their new friends. We will talk about starting school and learn to share our feelings. We will use a range of texts to support this, including How do you feel? By Anthony Browne, The Colour Monster Goes to School by Anna Llenas and Rubies Worry by Tom Percival.
The children will also begin more formal phonics sessions. They will learn single-letter sounds such as s, a, t, p, i, n.
At St Peter's, we use the phonics scheme Bug Club Phonics. This will be further discussed in our upcoming phonics parent meeting on Tuesday 15th September at 5pm.
Bug club phonics - https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?e=-1&c=0
Maths
In Reception, we use White Rose Maths to support our planning, teaching and learning. Over the course of the half term, the children will cover the following areas of learning:
Matching and Sorting
Comparing amounts
Compare Size, Mass and Capacity
Exploring Pattern
These will be taught through a range of whole-class teaching, small group sessions and challenges that the children can access independently through our provision.
White Rose Mathematics - https://whiterosemaths.com/
Personal, Social, and Emotional development
We teach PSED using the Jigsaw scheme of learning. This term’s focus is - Being me in our world. The children will learn what it means to belong to a community by establishing relationships with others, being kind and managing their feelings and emotions.
Understanding the World
The children will be learning about the seasonal changes from summer to autumn and will do this through a range of observations. They will discuss significant people in their lives and their roles in society.
Physical Development
The children will have two P.E. sessions a week, led by Mr Waters in the Scott Hall - Monday and Thursday. In class, the children will continue to develop their fine and gross motor skills through a range of weekly activities in our provision.
Expressive Arts and Design
This half term in Art, we will focus on the drawing skills of self-portraits and people. The children will explore using different colours and materials to create representations of themselves. The children will also have access to various mediums based on their interests and our theme for the half term – All About Me.
We sing and make music all the time in Reception, and the children have access to a range of musical instruments during child-initiated learning times. The children will also have a weekly music lesson following our school scheme Charanga.The theme for this half term is called 'Me!'
Spanish
Each week on Wednesday, the children will attend a Spanish session taught by Ms Rodriguez Vega.
R.E.
In R.E. this half term, our topic will be – Who Made The Wonderful World? This unit will teach the children about the Creation Story and why our world is special. The children will also learn about the Harvest Festival. We will cover these aspects:
- Have a concept of creation
- Know the creation story
- Understand what the words ‘precious’ and ‘unique’ mean
- Talk about what makes up the natural world
- Experience a harvest festival celebration in the church
