Reception 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Reception's Class Page!

Our class teacher is Mrs Barlow

Mrs Weeks, Mrs Moncrief and Miss Wilson also work in our class.

If you have any questions are concerns please contact Mrs Barlow in the first instance on Class Dojo or via email [email protected]

This half term, our theme is Castles, Knights and Dragons. Our children will love returning to the olden days to learn all about knights, dragons, kings and queens. Whilst learning about castles, the children will develop a sense of history and the past widening their language development through lots of role play experiences.

We have designed our curriculum using development matters to ensure there is a clear progression in skills throughout the year. Please see our curriculum document below.

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Phonics

Phonics is vitally important in supporting children to learn how to read and write. Phonics is taught daily in our Reception class using ‘Red Rose Phonics’. Our provision provides lots of opportunities for the children to independently apply their taught skills in fun and interactive ways.

Please use the links below to access activities at home

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

‘Reading is an adventure that never ends’

Developing a love of reading in our classroom is something we are very passionate about. We share stories every day and have books in all of our classroom areas. Your child will bring home a reading book and library book to share with you at home. Please make a note in your child’s reading diary each time you share a book or they read to you.

Literacy

Literacy is taught daily and is planned around quality key texts that link to our theme. Our key texts for this half term are; The Queens Hat (fiction), In the castle (non-fiction) and we will also be leanring the rhyme- The Grand Old Duke of York. 

Mathematics

We have daily maths lessons that are planned using Mastering Number and White Rose Maths. This half term we will be focussing on numbers beyond 10, counting patterns beyond 10, spatial awareness, adding more and taking away and shape arrangments.

Please use the link below to access fun activities to do at home

www.topmarks.co.uk

Learning Journeys

Every child has their own ‘Learning Journey’ which is a unique document. The adults working with your child will collect a range of evidence in order to show the progress your child is making as well as to clearly illustrate the characteristics of learning that your child show independently. At Penwortham we use an on-line learning journal on Class Dojo. You can view your child’s learning at any time through the app and you can also add learning from home too! Your child will also have a paper journal to put other work into that has been on their ‘proud tile’ we use these documents to assess your child against half termly checkpoints and to carefully plan their next steps for the following half term.

We are extremely proud of our learning environment and carefully plan our enhanced provision to support interests and needs in the class. The children have access to the outdoor area daily so please make sure your child has a coat.

Take a look at our Reception in action video to see all of the wonderful things we do

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Muddy Monday sessions will take place every Monday- your child will need waterproof clothing, wellies and spare clothes in school.

PE is on Tuesday; please can you send your child in PE kit on these days.

Our weekly newsletter is sent out each Friday on the school spider app.