Reception
Welcome to Reception Class!
Our Teacher is Mrs Nelson.
Our classroom assistants are Ms Ferro and Miss Morris.
Our PE Day is Friday.
We are looking forward to a busy and enjoyable year with your children. They are very excited to be part of St. Edward’s family and have settled in so well.
Reading books will be changed on a Friday. We know lives are busy but it really helps if children read on a regular basis. These books are phonetically decodable to match the sounds taught in class. We ask that books are read 4 times a week, to help your child develop reading fluency, please sign your child's reading diary each time. Feel free to leave a comment to let us know how your child gets on with each book. Please also help your child to recognise the phonics sounds and Harder to Read and Spell words that are sent home each week.
Homework will be sent at the beginning of each half term. Tasks will link to the current topic and can be done in any order. Please send in any homework completed or add photos on Tapestry.
Our PE day is Friday. Children should come in their PE kit on this day. If your child wears earrings, please could we ask that these aren’t worn on PE days.
We want your children to feel happy in class and to enjoy to coming to school. If there is anything at all that is worrying them, or worrying you please pop in and see us, either at drop off or pick up, or at one of our half termly drop in sessions for parents.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Nelson and the Reception team
Curriculum Overview
Spring 2
What to expect in the Early Years
Some resources to help you settle in...
Reception had a big surprise this morning.... 3 baby chicks are spending the week with us. We are going to take good care of them until they return to their mum on the farm. 🐥 🐥 🐥
Reception have been reading The Little Red Hen. We have found out how bread is made, retold the story, drawn story maps and made our own play-dough bread. Today the Little Red Hen left us a basket of bread which we used to make toast 😋
Reception had a great time in Forest schools this week. We chopped our wood, made a fire, toasted marshmallows and made yummy s’mores 😋
Reception have been learning about the events of the Last Supper.
Reception had fun investigating how shadows are made as part of Science Week🥼🧪☀️
Reception have been reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We made some porridge and went outside to play while it cooled down. When we came back inside it had all gone! Luckily we had enough to make some more, it was delicious.🥣🐻👧🏼
Reception loved making trolls in Forest School🥾🧌
Reception loved making trolls in Forest School🥾🧌
As part of Safer Internet Day, Reception read Penguin Pig and talked about what to do when we see things online that don’t seem right.
Reception have been learning about Antarctic explorers. We went on our own adventure, used maps, built a shelter and made a campfire.
Reception have had a lovely day learning about the a Lunar New Year 🧧
Reception have been working hard on drawing their squiggle whilst you wiggle patterns. ✍️
Making our very own nature paintbrushes during our art sessions.
We love outdoor learning!
We have been reading a story about a penguin who wanted to fly. We worked together to make ‘flying machines’ to make his dream come true.
We enjoyed hanging up lots of bird feeders in our Woodland area.
Reception enjoyed their Life Education session with Steve and a Harold the giraffe.
Making bird feeders to help out our feathered friends.
Exploring the snow and building snowmen! ⛄️
