Topic
This term our topic is ‘All about me’.
In this topic we will be reading lots of lovely stories such as The colour Monster, Knock Knock, Pete the cat, Stanley's Stick and Each Peach Pear Plum.
We will be learning about different forms of feelings and emotions, as well as writing our own class promise book and learning all the class routines. We will be finding out about and exploring our new school, learning everyone's names and finding out about each others families and homes.
We will be painting our own self potraits and planting cress, lettuce and micrgreens, as well as learning how to use graters to make our own coleslaw!
PE
PE will be with on a Tuesday. Forest school/outside PE will be on a Thursday.
Please ensure that children come into school on these days wearing school PE kit: shorts or tracksuit bottoms (depending on the weather), trainers, school jumper or fleece.
Homework
In Reception, homework is shared with parents and children through Tapestry. To support phonics learning, activities will be uploaded daily (or for each new sound learnt) through the planned activities tab on Tapestry. The activities shared through Tapestry are a chance for the children to reinforce concepts already taught at school and is there to help the children become fluent in recalling and applying their knowledge. A daily phonics sheet will also be sent home for every new sound learnt to enable children to practice letter formation.
Throughout the year, further activities related to other areas of the curriculum may be shared through Tapestry, to support children's learning and give them the opportunity to practice at home and discuss their learning with their parents.
Reading
A 10-15 minute read every day will help build fluency and reinforce the daily reading at school. Over the course of the week it is great to read material from a range of sources, including:
- Library books (changed on Tuesdays)
- Phonics book bag books (these need returning in line with the dates on the Fred Frog bookmarks)
- The children's own books at home
- Please send in the yellow reading records in to school each day.
