• Class Rules

              Welcome to Reception

• to use kinds hands and feet
• to be kind and caring
• to put our hand up when we wish to say something
• to always walk around school

Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Your child needs to bring a PE kit in a drawstring bag as we do not have room for rucksacks on our pegs. PE kits consist of white shorts, a blue school T-shirt and pumps or trainers. Please try to avoid lace up trainers unless your child is already able to tie them independently. If it is cooler, your child can also wear their school jumper and navy or black leggings or joggers.

Please ensure all clothes are labelled (inclusing vests)as clothes easily get mixed up as your child starts to learn to dress and undress independently and has to organise their own belongings. Belongings cannot be returned if they are not named. 

Literacy

This term your child will be looking at two books for Literacy. The first book we will be   looking at is The Whale Who Wanted More by Rachel Bright and Jim Feild. This story gives your children the   opportunity to engage in story times and be involved with the oral retelling of the story,   using new vocabulary learnt throughout each lesson. The new vocabulary that your child   will be learning will support their continuing reading journey. Your child will use their   knowledge of this book to engage in writing activities, oral activities and many more hands on exploring in relation to the book.

The second book your child will be looking at this term is Supertato. This book will further support your child’s understanding around engaging in different story times, whilst developing their familiarity and knowledge about it. Your children will be using their phonics knowledge taught up until this point to identify and read different words in the book and blending the sounds into words and writing using their phonics knowledge. 

Topic

This term your children will engage with two topics: Animals and their habitats and Growing 

We will be learning about sea creatures, mini-beasts and farm animals and will finish this topic with a trip to Tom O'Shanter urban farm. Your children will learn lots of different facts about animals studies and their habitats. 

The second topic your children will be looking at is Growing. They will be looking at life cycles of humans, animals and plants and will learn what plants and animals need to grow and thrive. They will have opportunities to sow seeds and care for plants. They will also learn about all the ways to keep their body healthy.

What to bring to school

A water bottle will need to be brought to school everyday filled with water only. This item must please be named. Your children will be offered milk at snack time but will have access to their water bottles throughout the day.

A sun hat or raincoat will be required depending on the weather. Please ensure your child comes to school dressed approrpaitely for the weather that day. Please apply sun cream on your child before they come to school as we are unable to put it on for them. 

You can send a pair of wellies into school which can stay on our wellie rack if you would like to. Please make sure these are named. If you don't have spare wellies, please ensure on wet days your child comes to school in wellies as we try to go outside everyday and wellies allow the children more freedom to play when it's wet. 
 

Uniform

Please label every item of uniform your child comes to school in, especially cardigans and jumpers and check regularly as they often fade in the wash if it has been written on in pen. Please include coats and shoes in your labelling as the children often have the same ones as a friends.