Welcome To Reception

This page is for all our reception children in Ash and Oak class. We will use this page to share information with you and tell you about our topics and special events throughout the year.

Autumn 1

Topics - 'All about me' and 'Traditional Tales'.

Ready Steady Phonics

We will begin our daily phonics sessions shortly - please refer back here to see what has been taught throughout the half term.

The following clips show the correct pronunciation of each GPC that has been taught and would be a great way to reinforce your child's learning at home;

Phase 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxLHjtNUxro

Phase 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuDgZwQoZVA 

Maths

Our first Maths topic will be 'Match, Sort and Compare' where we will be matching pictures and objects, identifying sets, exploring different ways to sort and comparing amounts. 

PE Day

Our PE day this year will be a Monday. Please can children wear their school uniform to school every Monday - they will remain in PE kits all day.

Welly Wednesdays - we will inform you when this will start taking place.

We take full advantage of our outdoor classroom, woods and fields around school, so please ensure children have their coats each day in case of poor weather. Children have access to waterproofs on a daily basis when in our outdoor area but please be mindful that sometimes clothes can get muddy!  Welly Wednesday uniform is dark coloured trousers/leggings and tops.

Dojos

Each child has their own online Dojo Monster and the children are given Dojos points for actions such as working hard, being respectful, being a good friend and helping others.  Each time a child gets 20 dojo points, they can choose a prize from our prize box!

ClassDojo is also used for us to record observations of your child and we will set up log-ins for parent access shortly.  These observations will be a small snapshot of your child's time with us and 'wow' moments, so that we can spend the majority of our time playing with and supporting the children in provision.

Please be mindful that messages via ClassDojo are not monitored so it is always best to contact your child's class teacher via email. 

EYFS Graduation (parents/guardians invited - 2 per child).

Monday 12th July 2027

Trips and Memorable Experiences 

Autumn 1

6.10.26 - PJ Day - children are invited to come into school wearing their PJs with a favourite book and teddy.  We will be having a day full of story-related fun activities.

Autumn 2

23.10.26 - Spooky Day - children are invited to come into school wearing a 'Spooky costume' for a day full of spooky-themed activities. 

W/b 16.11.26 - Walk around the local community - during this week we will be going on a 'transport hunt' around the local community.

Spring 1

W/b 18.1.27 - Group walks to the local Tesco to buy bread-making ingredients ready for us to bake bread.

Spring 2

23.2.27  - Dinosaur day - children are invited to wear 'dinosaur themed' clothes for a day full of fun dinosaur-related activities 

Summer 1

Visit to Little Sutton library -  dates TBC

23.4.27 - Pirate Day - children are invited to wear 'pirate themed' clothes for a day full of fun pirate-related activities. 

Summer 2

Blue Planet Aquarium trip - date TBC

16.7.27 - EYFS Beach Day - in school.  Children are invited to wear beach-themed clothes (no swimwear please).

Wider Learning Links

Alphablocks - a great programme for children to watch to support their phonics learning.

Numberblocks - a great programme for children to watch to support with number and shape skills.

www.cbeebies.co.uk  - Click on ‘games’ or ‘puzzles and games’ and scroll down to ‘sort games by’ and choose ‘learning area’ to choose the area of learning you would like your child to practise.  

Cbeebies also has lots of information and clips to support other areas of our EYFS curriculum, such as Understanding the World (Chinese New Year, Diwali, growing plants) and Health and Self-Care (healthy eating, exercise), Expressive Arts and Design (art ideas).  These are just a few of the topics that you can search for on this site.   There are some lovely stories in the Radio section too!

www.ictgames.co.uk - This website has many literacy and numeracy games.

If you have any queries or concerns, please feel free to chat to us or contact us via the below email addresses:

Ash class (Mrs Richards) - [email protected] 

Oak class (Miss Ellis) - [email protected]