• Reading and Writing
• Maths help

Welcome to Reception Class

Class Teacher - Mrs Brown

Teaching Assistant - Mrs Murphy

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Welcome back to a busy and exciting Summer term!

This term, we will be exploring ‘Our Wonderful Planet’. As we move through the term, the topic will be divided into smaller themes, each being covered for a few weeks. We will be learning about space, jungles, ‘under the sea’, our back garden, and finally finishing the term thinking about how we can take care of our world. 

During the first unit about space, the children will be learning about the Earth and other planets, finding out about space travel and the life of an astronaut. We are looking forward to our trip to Jodrell Bank on Tuesday 20th May and cannot wait to bring this learning to life!

In Religion we will be covering the topics ‘New Life’ and ‘The Church’.  The children will be learning about the special meaning of Easter and the Resurrection of Jesus. They will learn that it is a time to celebrate. In the second half of the summer term the children will be learning about some of the objects and symbols they might see in church and their significance.

In Maths, we will continue our work focusing on an in-depth understanding of number (counting, composition of numbers, subitising). The children will be looking at numbers to 20 and beyond, comparing and ordering numbers, counting patterns, addition and subtraction, doubling, problem solving and exploring and representing patterns in number (e.g. odds and evens). We will also be learning about 3D shape and creating 2D shape pictures amongst lots of other maths activities.

In Phonics, we will be moving onto Phase 4. Throughout this, we continue to revise and apply Phase 2 and 3 sounds and skills as well as learning lots more ‘tricky words’. These will be sent home as we learn them. We continue to apply our new phonics learning to spelling and writing and the children are continuing to practise ‘segmenting fingers’ to spell.

You can see more about how we teach phonics and how you can support your child with phonics and reading on the Little Wandle website: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/ 

Reminders

Things to send to school every day:

• A coat
• A hat and gloves (on cold days)
• Sun hat (on warm days)
• Spare underwear/socks 
• Water bottle
• Book bag, reading record/reading book

Things you can do at home together:

• Share a story/read every day
• Play games/board games which involve taking turns/counting
• Practice using scissors and cutting out different shapes 
• Use a range of mark-making materials: chalk, felt tips, paintbrushes with paints/water etc. on different surfaces (table-top, easel, outside on brick walls/drives/patios)
• Use play-doh (or similar) and practice rolling out with a rolling pin, squeezing, stretching, rolling etc.

Many thanks,

Mrs Brown