Welcome to Our Wonderful Reception Class - The Robins 

 

All Creatures Great and Small 

Welcome back after Easter. I hope you all had a lovely time and have eaten lots of chocolate! 

Our next topic is 'All Creatures Great and Small ' for Summer 1. This topic is based around our first story; 'The Whale Who Wanted More' and we will be looking at lots of animals along the way!

In Religious Education, we are beginning our new topic of 'To the Ends of the Earth'. This looks into the season of Easter. We'll be learning all about the Ascension and Pentecost. We will be doing lots of lovely activities. 

In English, we will be reading 'The Whale Who Wanted More' then moving onto 'The Enormous Crocodile' and also looking at some non-fiction texts on Dinosaurs, which is always a popular topic!  We will be learning lots of new vocabulary, spelling words, focusing on forming letters correctly, re-reading what we have written and writing sentences. We can't wait to show you some of our writing!

In Phonics, we will be moving onto green books and we will be learning set 2 sounds. 

In Drawing Club, we will be reading; 'Barry the Fish with Fingers', 'The Snail and the Whale', 'Little Monkey, 'Open very carefully, a Book With Bite'  and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'.   We will be drawing characters, settings and using lots of joy and imagination to come up with our own fantastic illustrations!

In Maths, we are focusing on the 3D shapes and composition of numbers to 20. 

In our 'Understanding the World' lessons we will be learning about how to care for living things, nocturnal animals, animals and their habitats and we will be celebrating National Nurses Day.

In Expressive arts, we will be doing many activities, such as role play and music and movement. We will be making our own under the sea music, we will be experimenting with colour, design and texture. 

In P.E, we are focusing on ball skills. We will be working as a team and playing cooperatively. 

Please make sure you are all checking Class Dojo when you can.

If you have any questions please just ask, email or message me on Class Dojo.

Let's have another great term together. 

Miss Kalnins and Miss Newsome

PLEASE FIND OUR MEDIUM TERM PLAN FOR SUMMER 1 ATTACHED BELOW.

 

Phonics 

Phonics is taught every day and children are regularly assessed and re-grouped according to their sound knowledge, accuracy and fluency in reading. 

Some children are moving onto reading red or green books. We will keep reviewing our special friends (sh, ch, th, ng, nk and qu). We will be learning ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo, ar, or and oy. 

Reading

Once your child can blend words independently, they will receive a 'blending book' to read at home every day. Once your child can read simple sentences, they will bring home a reading book which should be read at home at least 3 times a week. This will ensure your child gains more confidence and becomes more fluent in their reading. 

PE.

P.E is on Tuesdays - We have a morning slot followed by outdoor learning. 

Please ensure your child has a full P.E kit in school. They will need a black pair of shorts, plain black joggers or leggings, a plain white t-shirt and pumps/trainers. All items will need their name clearly written on them. This is extremely helpful when the children are dressing and undressing for P.E.