Year: Reception

Week beginning:

20^th September 2021

Literacy

We will continue to read “Hello Friend” by Rebecca Cobb. We will be exploring the characters emotions and feelings through drama and role play.

Phonics

New GPCs (grapheme phoneme correspondences or new sounds of the week):

S                      a                        t                     p

snake        astronaut             tiger            penguin

Maths

We will continue our topic by looking at sorting. We will sort objects into different groups, such as round and not round. We will be able to understand that one object can be sorted in many different ways.

Understanding the World

We will continue our ‘Life in the Box’ project. Children will be encouraged to share their special photographs and objects with the class. This is a wonderful way to get to know every child.

If you have not yet brought in your child’s shoe box and photographs, please bring these for Monday 20^th.

Homework

We will begin to send home learning out on a Friday. This is to support your child alongside their work in school and is a short, fun activity to complete with your child. We would recommend spending 5-10 minutes on phonics, which could be in short 2 minute bursts. This is for children to complete at their own pace which may be over several weeks. Home learning for Reception is designed to support child’s learning in a fun and engaging way at a child’s own pace.

Please practice saying the sound (we call this a phoneme) modelling the sentence at the top of the sheet. Then help your child to write this (we call this the grapheme) follow the arrow on the handwriting sheet. Please complete this at home to support your child’s learning. This work can be kept at home and does not need to be returned to your child’s class teacher.

This week we will also be sending home an ‘Acceptable Use Policy’. Please go through this with your child as a tool for keeping children safe when using devices at school and in the home. It may be helpful to use these stem sentences when discussing the policy with your child:

‘I think this is the most important rule because…’

‘I will follow this rule because…’

‘It is important to ask and adult before going on a website or Ipad because…’

Reminders

Please make sure all school bags, lunch boxes and water bottles are clearly named

Door open at 8:55. Please try to arrive on the scheduled start time and not before, as this allows for set up time.

School finish time is at 3:25. School gates open at 3:15 to allow time for adults to follow the one way system around the playground.

Thank you to our class reps!

Hoglet class – Kelly Andrews

Owlet Class – Marion Rose/Helen Ricketts

PE Days

Indoor PE is on a Tuesday

Outdoor PE in on a Thursday

Your child should come to school wearing their P.E. kit on their P.E. days. They only need to wear trainers/plimsolls on Thursdays

Dates for your diary

Tuesday 21^st September at 4pm is our virtual Parent Forum. This will provide information on the curriculum, trips and all other school information.