Welcome to our Reception page!

Our topic for Autumn 1 is 'All About Me!'

We will be learning all about ourselves: talking about our families, likes and dislikes and how to keep our bodies healthy. We will be exploring the five senses: sight, taste, hearing, smell and touch. We will be getting to know all our new friends, and working on managing our emotions in our new environment.

Our PE day is Wednesday - please make sure your child has a PE kit in school. 

We will change your child's reading book on a Friday. 

Home Learning Resources  

Phonics

We follow the Oxford Owl Essential Letters and Sounds scheme.

Phonics is a way of teaching children how to read and write. Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. For example, the sound k can be spelt as a c, k or ck.

Teaching children to blend the sounds of letters together helps them decode unfamiliar or unknown words by sounding them out. For example, when a child is taught the sounds for the letters, t, p, a and s, they can start to build up the words: tap, taps, pat, pats and sat.

Essential Letters and Sounds: Information Letter for Parents

How the sounds are taught: Teaching sounds.

How to make sounds into words: Making sounds into words.

How to blend sounds to read words: Blending sounds into words.

Parent video: Sounds for correct pronunciation: Phase 2.

Parent video: Sounds for correct pronunciation: Phase 3.

Nelson English - Flashcards.

 BBC Bitesize has lots of phonic links to support your child - BBC Bitesize.

Alphablocks has lots of resources to support reading -  Blending cvc words to read. 

Reading: The more that you READ, the more things you will KNOW.

The MORE that you LEARN, the more places you'll GO.     Dr. Seuss

To best support us in teaching your child to read, we ask that you read the decodable text provided by the school four times across the week. Spending 10 minutes a day reading with your child will hugely support them on their journey to becoming an independent reader.

We will be changing children’s books once a week on Friday. This will allow your child to re-read each text several times, building their confidence and fluency. This is especially important as they begin to learn that the sounds within our language can be spelled in different ways.

For children, re-reading words and sentences that they can decode (sound out) until they are fluent (read with ease and precision) is a key part of learning to read. By reading texts several times, children have the greatest opportunity to achieve this fluency.

The texts sent home are carefully matched to the teaching taking place in school. Your child will be practising what they have been taught in school with you at home. We will only ask children to read books independently when they can decode these by themselves.

If you have any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask.

Monster phonics - Free 'e' books - books are fun and engaging. Select a book to enjoy!

Oxford Owl 'e' library for children - Please take a look at the great selection of books to share with your child:

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Maths:

Teddy Numbers - counting and recognising numbers.

Ordering and sequencing numbers

Top Marks Maths Games - Topmarks maths-games/3-5-years/counting

Story time:

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfstir - The Rainbow Fish  

Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae - Commotion in the Ocean 

Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway - Smiley Shark

Aliens in Underpants by Claire Freeman & Ben Cort - Aliens in Underpants

Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy - Whatever Next! 

Albie and the Space Rocket by Andy Gutbill - Albie and the Space Rocket

Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae - Rumble in the Jungle

Walking through the Jungle by Julie Lancome - Walking through the Jungle

 Parent Guides:

Parent Guide - Top Tips: Helping your child to focus.

Parent Guide - Top Tips: Talking to your child about emotions.