Reception

Welcome to Reception! We look forward to a busy and exciting year working with you and your child! On this page you will be able to find vital information about Reception and find out about how we learn and what we learn.

By the end of Reception we expect all students to be independent and responsible for themselves making them Year 1 ready. It is essential that similar expectations are in place in their home life too. Reception children should be dressing themselves, be able to put on and do up their own coats and should be responsible for some of their own things such as water bottles, clothing and hats.

Latest Reception News

Reception Housekeeping Letters

• Year R - Housekeeping Letter - Term 1 And 2 (2016) (121.9 KiB)
• St Michaels RCP - Housekeeping Letters - Year R - Term 3 Housekeeping (2017) (96.0 KiB)
• St Michaels RCP - Housekeeping Letter - Reception - House Keeping Interium - Term 3 (121.2 KiB)

In Term 3 we will be following the children’s interests in their Topic work so watch this space!! We will still be learning letter sounds and how to segment and blend them to support our reading and writing skills. R.E. will be ‘Getting to Know Jesus’, learning how to love and care for others. Maths will be learning more about numbers and how to use them as well as shape, space and measure! We are going to be so busy!!

Literacy

Literacy will be covered through following the children’s interests and recorded in their Learning Journals. Ask your child which books we have been reading!

Maths

In Number we will be;

• Beginning to reliably count to 10, then to 20
• Counts actions or objects which cannot be moved.
• Selects the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5, then 1 to 10 objects.
• Shows an interest in numerals in the environment.
• In Shape, Space and Measure we will be;
• Beginning to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D shapes.
• Uses familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models.
• Beginning to talk about the shapes of everyday objects,e.g. ‘round’ and ‘tall’.

Keep your eyes on the Reception Homework page for activities and videos you can use to support your child at home.

RWI (Read, Write, Inc.)

This term the children will continue to build their knowledge of phonemes. This will eventually help them to read and write simple words.

Please ensure you support your child at home with the RWI homework.

It would also be most beneficial if you could support your child to write their name independently if they cannot already do so.