Reception 2024 - 2025

Miss Birchenough

 

Image result for welcome

 

Welcome to Reception Class

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaClass Teacher - Mrs Thorley

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTeaching Assistant - Mrs Murphy

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTEa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Welcome to a busy and very exciting Autumn term! 

We will spent lots of time getting to know our new environment and building friendships and relationships over the next few weeks. 

This half term, we will be exploring our topic ‘Magical Me’. As we move through the term, we will be encouraging the children to think about their interests, what makes them the same and different, how they have changed since they were a baby and lots more. We will also be thinking about how we can take care of ourselves.

In Religion we will be covering the topic ‘God's World’.  The children will be learning about all of the special things God made for us.  They will be thinking about ways in which we can take care of the world, just as God has asked us. The children will learn about God's love for all of us and how God made each one of us different and special. 

 

At home, you could help your children by:

  • saying or sharing prayers together
  • talk about ways in which you can take care of God's world

 

Phonics and Reading in Reception

We are following the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised Phonics Programme. Each week, I will add new sounds and tricky words your child's phonics and tricky words books. Please practice these daily.

The children will each read three times a week in school and their new book will be sent home after the third day, usually on a Thursday. Please read as often as you can. We will be working hard to segment and blend lots of words containing all of the new sounds we are learning.

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 Thorley

 

Reception: News items

There are no News items to display

Reception: Gallery items

There are no Gallery items to display

Reception: Calendar items

There are no Calendar items to display

St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School, Well Lane, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2PG