Welcome to Our Wonderful Reception Class - The Robins 

Houses and Homes 

Welcome back after half term, I hope you all had a lovely week off. 

Our next topic is 'Houses and Homes' for Spring 2. This topic is based around our first story, 'The 3 Little Pigs'.

In Religious Education, we are beginning our new topic of 'Desert to Garden'. This looks into the death of Jesus' life. We'll be learning all about Lent and the Easter story. We will be doing lots of lovely activities. 

In English, we will be reading 'The 3 Little Pigs' then moving onto 'The Journey Home' a 'Dark, Dark tale' and also looking at some non-fiction texts.  We will be learning lots of new vocabulary, spelling words, focusing on forming letters correctly, re-reading what we have written and writing short sentences. We can't wait to show you some of our writing!

In Phonics, we will be reviewing the 'special friends' - sh, ch, th, qu, ng and nk, beginning to read short phrases in books and learning some tricky red words too. 

In Drawing Club, we will be reading; 'A Dark, Dark Tale', 'The 3 Wolves and the Little Pig', 'The Tiger who Came to Tea' and 'Jack and The Beanstalk'.   We will be drawing characters, settings and using lots of joy and imagination to come up with our own fantastic illustrations!

In Maths, we are focusing on the composition of numbers to 10, one more and one less, doubling numbers and number bonds to 10. 

In our 'Understanding the World' lessons we will be learning about homes around the world, we will be comparing them to our own. We will be celebrating Pancake Day. We will learn about plants and how to care for them and also about lifecycles. 

In Expressive arts, we will be doing many activities, such as role play and music and movement. We will be making our own 3D houses and we will share our creations with one another.

In P.E, we are focusing on striking and fielding. We will be practising our ball skills and working as a team. 

Please make sure you are all checking Class Dojo when you can. I will upload photos every week to let you know what we have been up to. 

If you have any questions please just ask, email or message me on Class Dojo.

Let's have another great term together. 

Miss Kalnins and Miss Newsome

PLEASE FIND OUR MEDIUM TERM PLAN FOR SPRING 2 ATTACHED BELOW.

 

Phonics 

Phonics is taught every day and children are regularly assessed and re-grouped according to their sound knowledge, accuracy and fluency in reading. 

Some children are moving onto reading red or green books. We will keep reviewing our special friends (sh, ch, th, ng, nk and qu). The other reception group will be learning the rest of set 1 sounds and focusing on blending words.

 

Reading

Once your child can blend words independently, they will receive a 'blending book' to read at home every day. Once your child can read simple sentences, they will bring home a reading book which should be read at home at least 3 times a week. This will ensure your child gains more confidence and becomes more fluent in their reading. 

PE.

P.E is on Tuesdays - We have a morning slot followed by outdoor learning. 

Please ensure your child has a full P.E kit in school. They will need a black pair of shorts, plain black joggers or leggings, a plain white t-shirt and pumps/trainers. All items will need their name clearly written on them. This is extremely helpful when the children are dressing and undressing for P.E.