Welcome to Reception

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     Class Teacher:  Miss Flude

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​        Learning Assistant: ​ Mrs Beard

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Welcome to Reception!

Our topic this term is 'Once Upon A Time'

This term our topic of 'Once Upon A Time' will allow us to read and enjoy many stories, using the Pie Corbett approach of 'Talk for Writing'. We will be retelling a variety of Traditional Tales such as The Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Jack and the Beanstalk and many others. The stories will be linked with our Personal, Social and Emotional Development, as we discuss different characters, good and bad. We will be taking on the role of different characters, using hot seating and role on the wall. Children will also be developing their skills of thinking and asking their own questions.

This topic is always very popular because it allows children to enjoy stories that they are already familiar with, whilst gaining new skills of retelling and adapting the story to create new stories. 

The first book we will use, linked to our 'Once Upon A Time' topic is The Three Little Pigs. We will be using the Pie Corbett, 'Talk for Writing' approach to develop our skills of orally retelling the story and using a variety of resources to support learning, such as puppets. The children will be using story maps to help them to retell the story in order to help them to develop their speaking skills. The story is very repetitive and lends itself well to segmenting and blending simple words and writing simple sentences.
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Once Upon A Time Topic Web

Phonics workshop for parents- please click

Useful websites- click on the links below to access games and resources linked to our topic:

CBeebies
Phonics play
Topmarks

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

PHONICS WORKSHOP
We will be holding a Phase 3 phonics session very soon. Look out for the dates on the newsletter.

Throughout the year we will be holding inspire workshops. These are opportunities for parents to come in and experience Maths, Phonics and English sessions. Handy tips for continued learning at home will be shared too.
​Dates will be given nearer the time.

Reception Photos

Class Reception Trips and Visits

We had a visit from the animal lady. She showed us lots of African animals including a meerkat, owl, tortoise and a falcon. The children were all really brave and stroked them and asked lots of questions.

ACTIVITIES TO CONTINUE THE 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.
Other learning opportunities may be practical activities such as counting, adding or solving problems e.g. how many knives and forks do I need to get for three people?

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'.  Please speak to  us, for more information about this or how you can help extend your child's learning further.

Phonics- enunciating the sounds