New Reception New Reception Children and Parents.Children and Parents.

New Reception New Reception Children and Parents.Children and Parents.

Welcome to Our Class Welcome to Our Class Reception.Reception.

Staff• Mrs Parford- class teacher• Mrs Smith and Mrs Hurst;-

classroom assistant for mornings• …Mrs Smith-Haggett;- classroom

assistant for afternoons• Both Mrs Gent and Hurst also work

with those children requiring additional support or help for any reason.

Daily Organisation• Children line up on playground, please

don’t bring them in! Any queries/problems , please see me before/after school.

• May cry initially, soon stops!• They enter the classroom, put personal

things away.• Choose a book and sit quietly on the

carpet.• Registration takes place every morning .

Literacy• Covers communication through reading,

writing, speaking and listening skills.• Provide opportunities to imagine and

recreate experiences through activities (exploring language as they do so)

• To make connections between school, home and the wider community.

• To have access to, and share a wide range of rhymes, stories, poems, songs and non-fiction books

Reading• Emphasis on learning through range

of strategies with strong emphasis on phonics.

• Use Jolly Phonics as basis.• Learn to recognise series of High

Frequency Words, many of which cannot be sounded out phonically.

• Also look at context and other clues to assist in understanding text.

Phonics• Jolly Phonics, a combination of

stories, pictures and actions for each sound.

• Sounds rather than letter names.• 2 per week.• Sheets for each letter brought home

to reinforce learning.• Includes letter formation and sound.

Reading• Begin by looking at books without text,

telling own stories from pictures. • We are lucky enough to have many

reading schemes, but the main reading scheme is Oxford Reading Tree.

• Children work through scheme at own pace.

• Books supplemented by others at same level as required.

Reading at home• Children bring home scheme books each

week, from quite an early point in the term.

• 2 library books can be brought home also.• Please share these with your child,

reading to them and encouraging them to read to you as they gain confidence.

• Repetition is the key!• Will also bring home words to learn, these

are the HF words mentioned earlier.

What you can do to help!

• Ensure children read scheme books and learn caterpillar words when brought home.

• Look at phonics sheets and practise actions for each.

• Read bedtime stories!• Look at and talk about printed

language in their environment, on food packets, road signs, labels and leaflets.

Writing• Children begin with “wiggles and

squiggles”. • They begin to ascribe meaning to

these marks.• Increasingly use phonic knowledge

and letter formation in their writing• Write simple “CVC” words as

knowledge increases.

What you can do to help!

• Encourage children to draw, paint etc• Show children your writing, shopping

lists, things to do, birthday cards.• Make scrap books, write postcards,

party invitations. • Develop fine motor skills by cutting,

sewing, dot-to-dots etc.

Mathematical Development

• Covers counting, sorting, matching, patterns and connections

• Children work with numbers, shape, space and measures.

• Children learn through stories, songs, games and imaginative play.

What you can do to help!

• Point out numbers around you, on houses, cars, television channels, cookers and microwaves,

• Say number names in order as you climb the stairs, count teddies on a bed, plates on the table.

• Compare quantities, who has the most sweets, which shopping bag is heavier?.

In the Class

• Children will work in groups based on ability rather than age.

• Will have opportunity through day for teacher and child led activities,

• Ensure indoor and outdoor activities.

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Topic work• Topic work in the afternoons.• Enables children to make sense of

world around them.• Develop skills in exploration,

investigation, problem solving, prediction, discussion and decision making.

• Creative development covers art, music, dance, role and imaginative

play.

Topic work• Topics also linked to work in literacy

and numeracy.• Will include aspects of “Science”,

“ History” “Geography” “Art” etc in topics.

• Our Topics are ‘This is Me’, Once upon a Time’ and Animals around us’

Our Topics• Autumn Term

– All about Me– Our Families, family trees, growing up,

milestones in our lives, Homes, houses,building ,3 little pigs.

– Our bodies, parts of the body what are they, what do they do, growing and changing, exercise to keep healthy, medicines and drugs,

– Our senses, sounds, taste, touch, sight.– Food, food and drink as a necessity, what do we

need to stay healthy, what we like and dislike .– Toys, our favourite toys, toys from the past,

Foundation Stage Profile

• Foundation Stage is organised into 6 areas of learning

• Personal, social and emotional development

• Communication, language and literacy• Mathematical development• Knowledge and understanding of the

world• Physical development• Creative development

Foundation Stage Profile

Children work towards Early Learning Goals, expectations for most children to aim towards during Foundation stage By the end of Reception, some children will have achieved or exceeded goals, some will still be working towards them, in which case will continue through work in Year 1.

• Parents will receive information in Summer on child’s progress towards goals.

Practical Details• Please ensure all uniform is labelled with

child’s name, especially PE equipment. P.E will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. Could all earrings be taken out for these days.

• Children need to have a coat in school• Packed lunches in named lunch box• No chocolate, sweets, fizzy drinks• We provide fruit for break time• Children have “accidents”. If these are

regular, can you provide a set of spare clothes. We would appreciate it if your child could be toilet trained before joining us in September.

Practical Details• We finish at 3.oo.• Children will be brought out to you.• If, for some reason, someone different

is picking your child up, please let me know.

• Children will be very tired initially, school is hard work when you are 4.

Medical Matters• Any sickness, diarrhoea, must be

followed by 24 hrs absence.• Head lice are common! Please

check regularly and treat as recommended.

• Any absence requires a note or telephone call explaining why.

• Any medicines can only be administered by prior arrangement with the head teacher.

In General• We operate an open door policy

and are always pleased to see any parent requiring information or advice.

• Welcome to St Johns school.• Any Questions?