Mrs Tumelty
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Miss Lorenzo
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Welcome to our Reception class page!
Welcome back to school after the half term, we are looking forward to having a busy and fun half term! We can't wait to carry on with all of our learning and fun in Reception.
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: [email protected]
Welcome back to school after the half term, we are looking forward to having a busy and fun half term! We can't wait to carry on with all of our learning and fun in Reception.
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: [email protected]
Our class texts' for Spring 2:
Oliver's Vegetables and A Seed Is Sleepy.
We will be looking at these two texts, as well as other fiction and non-fiction books all to do with our topic - Spring.
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In Reception our topic this half term is Spring. Here is what we will be looking at in Spring 2.
Books: Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French and A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston.
Celebrations and Special Events:
Chinese New Year
World Book Day
Eid al Fitr
Easter
Spring Walk
R.E: Which times are special and why?
Communication and Language:
Use new vocabulary in different contexts.
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
Healthy Eating.
Physical Development:
Gross Motor Skills
Can you climb up, down and side to side?
Fine Motor Skills
Effective pencil grip. Use of paintbrushes, tools for planting, knives, forks and spoons (at lunchtime) effectively.
Develop the foundations of a handwriting style which is fast, accurate and efficient.
Accurate name writing.
Accurate letter formation.
Reading:
Language Comprehension: Re-read books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment.
Word Reading: Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them.
Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter-sound correspondences and, where necessary, a few exception words.
Read a few common exception words matched to the schools phonic programme.
Phonics (Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds):
Phase 3: ai,ee,igh,oa, oo, oo, ar,or,ur,ow,oi,ear,air,erwords with double letters dd,mm,tt,bb,rr,gg,pp,ff
Longer words with two or more digraphs, words ending in –ing, compound words, words with s /z/ in the middle, words ending –s, review all taught tricky words.
Tricky words: was, you, they, my, by, all, are, sure, pure.
Writing: Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letters/s.
Form lower-case letters correctly.
Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences.
Re-read what they have written to check it makes sense.
Mathematics: (Mastering Number and White Rose Maths)
Number: Exploring the 5 of “5-ness”. Understanding numbers beyond 5. Looking at 6 and 7 as “5 and a bit”. Exploring how 6 and 7 are made up of different sub-groups such as 5 and 1 or 3 and 3. Comparing amounts, they will then be encouraged to notice when quantities are equal or unequal, and will begin to consider how they can manipulate the number of objects in 2 sets to make them equal. To begin to understand the word pattern embedded within most of our number names, the children will also be given opportunities to practise counting beyond 20. Attention is drawn to the repeating pattern of the counting numbers by the use of a puppet or soft toy. This is intended to support the children in joining in with verbal counts beyond 20 using the repeating pattern of the ‘1s’.
Shape: 3D shapes - 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:
Spring - Explore the Natural World around them (Spring).
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Planting and growing.
Expressive Arts and Design:
Spring (Van Gogh)
Explore use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and learning.
Return to and build upon their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
Create a beat and a dance to 'Fee Fi Fo Fum' from Jack and the Beanstalk.
Books: Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French and A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston.
Celebrations and Special Events:
Chinese New Year
World Book Day
Eid al Fitr
Easter
Spring Walk
R.E: Which times are special and why?
Communication and Language:
Use new vocabulary in different contexts.
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
Healthy Eating.
Physical Development:
Gross Motor Skills
Can you climb up, down and side to side?
Fine Motor Skills
Effective pencil grip. Use of paintbrushes, tools for planting, knives, forks and spoons (at lunchtime) effectively.
Develop the foundations of a handwriting style which is fast, accurate and efficient.
Accurate name writing.
Accurate letter formation.
Reading:
Language Comprehension: Re-read books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment.
Word Reading: Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them.
Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter-sound correspondences and, where necessary, a few exception words.
Read a few common exception words matched to the schools phonic programme.
Phonics (Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds):
Phase 3: ai,ee,igh,oa, oo, oo, ar,or,ur,ow,oi,ear,air,erwords with double letters dd,mm,tt,bb,rr,gg,pp,ff
Longer words with two or more digraphs, words ending in –ing, compound words, words with s /z/ in the middle, words ending –s, review all taught tricky words.
Tricky words: was, you, they, my, by, all, are, sure, pure.
Writing: Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letters/s.
Form lower-case letters correctly.
Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences.
Re-read what they have written to check it makes sense.
Mathematics: (Mastering Number and White Rose Maths)
Number: Exploring the 5 of “5-ness”. Understanding numbers beyond 5. Looking at 6 and 7 as “5 and a bit”. Exploring how 6 and 7 are made up of different sub-groups such as 5 and 1 or 3 and 3. Comparing amounts, they will then be encouraged to notice when quantities are equal or unequal, and will begin to consider how they can manipulate the number of objects in 2 sets to make them equal. To begin to understand the word pattern embedded within most of our number names, the children will also be given opportunities to practise counting beyond 20. Attention is drawn to the repeating pattern of the counting numbers by the use of a puppet or soft toy. This is intended to support the children in joining in with verbal counts beyond 20 using the repeating pattern of the ‘1s’.
Shape: 3D shapes - 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:
Spring - Explore the Natural World around them (Spring).
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Planting and growing.
Expressive Arts and Design:
Spring (Van Gogh)
Explore use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and learning.
Return to and build upon their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
Create a beat and a dance to 'Fee Fi Fo Fum' from Jack and the Beanstalk.
We are now teaching Phonics using Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds. Take a look at the For Parents page for more information!
Homework and Reading Books
Reception homework will be shared with you every Friday via email. Feel free to email photographs of any practical activities you do at home or you are more than welcome to bring them into class as well.
Reading Books will be assigned to your child via our new online E-Books. You will have received a login for your child and a new book will be assigned each Monday by the class teacher. In addition to this each Monday your child will choose a choosing book to take home with them, for you to read together. Please bring in your child's book bag each Monday for this choosing book to be changed.
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!
Reception homework will be shared with you every Friday via email. Feel free to email photographs of any practical activities you do at home or you are more than welcome to bring them into class as well.
Reading Books will be assigned to your child via our new online E-Books. You will have received a login for your child and a new book will be assigned each Monday by the class teacher. In addition to this each Monday your child will choose a choosing book to take home with them, for you to read together. Please bring in your child's book bag each Monday for this choosing book to be changed.
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!
Useful Websites
Below are some useful websites to help support your child's learning:
Phonics Play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Development Matters Gov Document - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/development-matters--2
ICT Games - https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/
BBC Teach EYFS - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/z6bgnrd
Oxford Reading Owl - https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Cbeebies Storytime and Rhymes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories
BBC Tiny Happy People - www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Phonics Play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Development Matters Gov Document - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/development-matters--2
ICT Games - https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/
BBC Teach EYFS - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/z6bgnrd
Oxford Reading Owl - https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Cbeebies Storytime and Rhymes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories
BBC Tiny Happy People - www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people