Welcome to our Reception class page!
Welcome to all of our new Reception children and parents! On this page you will find out all about life in Reception at St. James'. If you would like to get in touch please email us:
reception@st-james-rusholme.manchester.sch.uk
Welcome to all of our new Reception children and parents! On this page you will find out all about life in Reception at St. James'. If you would like to get in touch please email us:
reception@st-james-rusholme.manchester.sch.uk
In Reception our topic this half term is Light and Dark. Here is what we will be looking at in Autumn 2.
Books: The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming and Night Monkey, Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson.
Celebrations and Special Events:
Spooky Day
Diwali
Christmas
R.E: which people are special and why? Believing
Communication and Language:
Learn new vocabulary.
Listen carefully to rhymes and songs, paying attention to how they sound.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
Having a good sleep routine.
Oral Health.
Physical Development: Gross Motor Skills
Can you jump/hop/skip?
Lining up
Fine Motor Skills
Effective pencil grip.
Use of paintbrushes, forks and spoons (at lunchtime) effectively.
Reading: Language Comprehension:
Re-read books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment.
Word Reading:
Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them.
Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter-sound correspondences.
Phonics (Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds): Revise Phase 2 sounds and tricky words.
ff, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, words with /s/ added at the end (hats/sits)
ch, sh, th, ng, nk, words with /s/ added at the end /s/ (bags/sits)
words ending s /z/ (his) and with s /z/ at the end (bags)
New Tricky Words:
as, and, has, his, her, go, no, to, into, she, he, of, we, me, be
Writing:
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letters/s.
Begin to form lower-case letters correctly.
Begin to re-read what they have written to check it makes sense.
Mathematics (White Rose Maths)
It's Me 123!
Explore the composition of numbers to 3.
Light and Dark
count objects, actions and sounds.
subitise to 5
explore the composition of numbers 4 and 5.
Understand the one more than/ one less than relationship between consecutive numbers.
Select, rotate and manipulate shapes to develop spatial reasoning skills.
Compose and decompose shapes so that children recognise a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can.
Continue, copy and create repeating patterns.
Understanding the World:
Diwali/ Christmas
Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
understand that some places are special to members of their community.
Autumn:
Explore the Natural World around them (Autumn).
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Expressive Arts and Design:
Light and Dark (Shadow puppets)
Explore use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and learning.
Being Imaginative & Expressive:
Return to and build upon their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
Books: The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming and Night Monkey, Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson.
Celebrations and Special Events:
Spooky Day
Diwali
Christmas
R.E: which people are special and why? Believing
Communication and Language:
Learn new vocabulary.
Listen carefully to rhymes and songs, paying attention to how they sound.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
Having a good sleep routine.
Oral Health.
Physical Development: Gross Motor Skills
Can you jump/hop/skip?
Lining up
Fine Motor Skills
Effective pencil grip.
Use of paintbrushes, forks and spoons (at lunchtime) effectively.
Reading: Language Comprehension:
Re-read books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment.
Word Reading:
Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them.
Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter-sound correspondences.
Phonics (Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds): Revise Phase 2 sounds and tricky words.
ff, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, words with /s/ added at the end (hats/sits)
ch, sh, th, ng, nk, words with /s/ added at the end /s/ (bags/sits)
words ending s /z/ (his) and with s /z/ at the end (bags)
New Tricky Words:
as, and, has, his, her, go, no, to, into, she, he, of, we, me, be
Writing:
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letters/s.
Begin to form lower-case letters correctly.
Begin to re-read what they have written to check it makes sense.
Mathematics (White Rose Maths)
It's Me 123!
Explore the composition of numbers to 3.
Light and Dark
count objects, actions and sounds.
subitise to 5
explore the composition of numbers 4 and 5.
Understand the one more than/ one less than relationship between consecutive numbers.
Select, rotate and manipulate shapes to develop spatial reasoning skills.
Compose and decompose shapes so that children recognise a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can.
Continue, copy and create repeating patterns.
Understanding the World:
Diwali/ Christmas
Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
understand that some places are special to members of their community.
Autumn:
Explore the Natural World around them (Autumn).
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Expressive Arts and Design:
Light and Dark (Shadow puppets)
Explore use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and learning.
Being Imaginative & Expressive:
Return to and build upon their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
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Homework
Reception homework will be shared with you every Friday. Feel free to email photographs of any practical activities you do at home. Also we love to hear about what the children are getting up to at home, please send us photographs and objects from special events, days out and clubs- we'd love to share them with the class! |