Welcome to Reception!

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     Class Teacher:  Miss Copson

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​        Learning Assistant: ​ Mrs Beard

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Our topic this term is 'Celebrations!'

Welcome to Reception! We hope that the children are really excited for their first term in Reception. This term our topic is 'Celebrations'. Within this topic, we will be looking at lots of different Celebrations that happen around this time of year including Bonfire Night, Diwali, Harvest and of course, Christmas!

To begin with, we will be reading the story of 'The Little Red Hen' and retelling the story, using the Pie Corbett approach of 'Talk for writing', as well as investigating rhyme and role-playing the story. We will also be looking at initial sounds and starting to segment and blend some simple words, using the sounds that we have learned. 

In Maths, we will be focusing on number recognition and representing numbers 1-10. We will be using the 'Numberblocks' to help us do this. Numberblocks episodes can be found on BBC Iplayer or Youtube. 
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Celebrations Topic Web

Early Years Websites

Forest School will take place on a Wednesday.
​Please ensure your child has wellies and a waterproof coat in school at all times.

PE takes place on a Friday. Your child should attend school in their PE kit on this day. 

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Reception Photos

Class Reception Trips and Visits

LEARNING AT HOME
We value the support you can give your child at home in helping to develop the basic skills of English and Maths.  
In Reception, we hope that children will be engaged in continuing their learning for approximately 10  minutes per night. Most of this time will be used to read with your child and discuss what they have read. Reading stories on a regular basis helps children develop a sense of the story structure and fires their imagination.
Please read at least 3 times a week. 
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Other learning opportunities may be practical activities such as counting, adding or solving problems, number recognition and number formation. 

PHONICS
Each day, children take part in a planned phonics session, following Letters and Sounds. Children are introduced to new letter sounds and then learn how to read and write them by 'segmenting' and 'blending'.  Children are also taught 'Tricky Words' and 'high frequency words'.  

At Chaddesley, we also follow our own Handwriting Patter, using cursive writing. Please see below for Handwriting resources. 

Jolly Phonics Songs

Phonics- enunciating the sounds

Handwriting Patter

Handwriting Lines

Number Formation