Reception 2025 - 2026
Welcome to RECEPTION!
Teachers: Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Williams
supported by
Mrs Stockley, Mrs Pritchard and Mrs Khan
Reception Drop Off and Pick Up are at the back car park gate
Monday - Friday Start Time: 8:40am (gates will close at 8::50am)
Monday - Thursday Finish Time: 3:30pm
Friday Finsh time : 1.30pm
Our Topics:
Half Term 1 - Ourselves
Half Term 2: Celebrations
HalfTerm 3: Old and New
Half Term 4: Our Planet
Half Term 5: Growth and Life Cycles
Half Term 6: Superheroes
Welcome to Reception!
This half term our Topic is 'Celebrations' . We will learn about a range of seasonal celebrations, like: Diwali, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, Hannukah and Christmas. We will also look at other celebrations like birthdays and weddings and compare differences and similarities in the way people celebrate. We will look at non-fiction texts and stories to support our learning. We celerate other religious festivals and event throughout the year as they arise.
In Numeracy, we will be following the White Rose Maths Topics; identifying and representing 1 -5, Circles and Triangles and shapes with 4 sides.
School Readiness
Following on from the transition to Reception from Nursery, we are continuing to support independence skills, such as: hand washing, putting on coats and shoes, taking off/ putting on jumpers. We are encouraging the children to be responsible for their belongings, putting them away in their trays or pegs.
Please help your child to be more independent by helping them to practise some independence skills at home, such as filling a cup with water from the tap, taking jumpers and coats on and off themselves and using the toilet and washing hands independently. For more information refer to the school readiness guide below.
We reccommend that children bring a spare change of clothes to school in case of any toileting / water play accidents that may happen through the day.
Keeping Healthy
As part of our PSED (Personal, Social, Emotional Development) children are learning how to live a leanthy lifestyle. The curriculum requires they learn:
To manage their own basic hygience and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices.
To support this inschool we regularly teach about healthy and unhealthy foods, often tasting new foods. We encourage childrne to have a school dinner and fruit snacks, and to drink pletny of water.
If you wish your child to havbe a packed lunch it must be healthy and contain minimal processed snacks. The NHS website can offer advice on making healthy packed lunches.
NHS Lunchbox Ideas
Reading
Children will now have a library book and a school reading book, which is changed weekly on a Monday. The library book is to be shared by an adult or older sibling with the child, you can ask you child about the story and ask them to retell it. The school book is to be read by the child to an adult, they may need support in segmenting and belnding the words or identifying tricky words.
Useful Links:
Phonics Explained - A guide for parents
The EYFS Framework
Throughout Nursery and Reception, we deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile. We use this to teach each child, considering their level of development and any additional needs.
A copy of this can be viewed here: https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/eyfs-statutory-framework/
Staff are always on hand to discuss your child’s development and give advice or practical support on how to encourage learning at home as well as at school! We are happy to help!
Please ensure you have joined Class Dojo so you can keep up to date with announcements and school information. Ask your child's teacher if you do not have a log on.
