Welcome to our Reception class page!
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]
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 Summer 2:
The Wide Wide Sea and Somebody Swallowed Stanley
We will be looking at these two texts, as well as other fiction and non-fiction books all to do with our topic - Water.
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In Reception our topic this half term is Water. Here is what we will be looking at in Summer 2.
Books
The Wide, Wide Sea by Anna Wilson and Somebody Swallowed Stanley by Sarah Roberts.
Celebrations and Special Events
Sports Day
Transition into Year 1
Eucharist
Trip to the farm
R.E
What is special about our world and why?
Communication and Language
Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives.
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Think about the perspectives of others.
Sensible amounts of ‘screen time’
Physical Development
Develop the overall body strength, co-ordination, balance and agility needed to engage successfully with future physical
education sessions and other physical disciplines including dance, gymnastics, sport and swimming.
Combine different movements with ease and fluency.
Accurate letter formation.
Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently.
Reading
Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter-sound correspondences and, where
necessary, a few exception words.
Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them.
Read a few common exception words matched to the schools phonic programme.
Phonics (Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds)
words with double letters
longer words
words with two or more digraphs
words ending in –ing
compound words
words with s /z/ in the middle
words ending –s
words with
Writing
Mathematics (Mastering Number and White Rose Maths)
Understanding the World
Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
Compare and Contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.
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:
The Sea (Dance)
Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses.
Explore and engage in dance, performing solo or in groups.
Books
The Wide, Wide Sea by Anna Wilson and Somebody Swallowed Stanley by Sarah Roberts.
Celebrations and Special Events
Sports Day
Transition into Year 1
Eucharist
Trip to the farm
R.E
What is special about our world and why?
Communication and Language
Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives.
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Think about the perspectives of others.
Sensible amounts of ‘screen time’
Physical Development
- Gross Motor Skills
Develop the overall body strength, co-ordination, balance and agility needed to engage successfully with future physical
education sessions and other physical disciplines including dance, gymnastics, sport and swimming.
Combine different movements with ease and fluency.
- Fine Motor Skills
Accurate letter formation.
Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently.
Reading
- Language Comprehension
- Word Reading
Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter-sound correspondences and, where
necessary, a few exception words.
Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them.
Read a few common exception words matched to the schools phonic programme.
Phonics (Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds)
- Review Phase 3
words with double letters
longer words
words with two or more digraphs
words ending in –ing
compound words
words with s /z/ in the middle
words ending –s
words with
- Tricky Words
Writing
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letters/s.
- Form lower-case letters and begin to form capital letters correctly.
- Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences and begin using a capital letter and full stop.
- Re-read what they have written to check it makes sense.
Mathematics (Mastering Number and White Rose Maths)
- Begin to generalise about ‘one more than’ and ‘one less than’ numbers within 10.
- Continue to identify when sets can be subitised and when counting is necessary.
- Develop conceptual subitising skills including when using a rekenrek.
- Explore shape, space and measure
- Weight, capacity, length and height. Using different and appropriate measuring tools
Understanding the World
- Water
Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
Compare and Contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.
- Summer
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:
The Sea (Dance)
Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses.
Explore and engage in dance, performing solo or in groups.
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