Welcome to our Reception class!

Mrs Kemp and Mrs Burgess

We are looking forward to welcoming the children into school happy and
ready to start the new term ahead.

During the Autumn Term, our topic is 'Magical Me.'

To find out more about the children, we will share the stories, 'You Choose'
and 'Just Imagine' by Nick Sharratt, imagining a magical world of kings,
castles and dragons and read 'The Foggy Forest,' joining Goldilocks, Little Red
Riding Hood and many more on their adventures.

During this first term, we will introduce our Wellbeing Wednesday
activities. These are activities chosen from our Reception Resilience Passport
and we will also share with the children our Growth Mindset I CAN lessons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWp6kkz-pnQ

In Amethyst Class, we will begin to build our Emotional Health and Wellbeing
(EHWB) Toolkit using the Zones of Regulation framework to give ourselves the
skills to self-regulate and manage emotions. Our Class technique is 'Worry
Bubbles.' We also have access to 'Calm Creatures' and our class Worry Monster
in our Calm Corner.

English
We are starting our Read Write Inc sessions and the children will be
practising segmenting, blending and writing letters. We will share with the children
our special celebrations, such as the alligator chomp, the karate cheer and the
cheese grater. With the children enjoying daily Read Write Inc phonics, they
will begin to apply these skills in other areas. Reception get off to a flying
start with their reading – segmenting and blending new 'green' words that they
come across, recognising tricky 'red' words and beginning to build up fluency.

Mastery Maths
We will be doing lots of subitising and counting using Numberblocks,
numicon, compare bears, straws and cubes. We will play lots of games to help us
to read and write numbers to 10 and beyond. The children will have a 'Talking
Partner' to work with during carpet time and work together using Kagan
Cooperative Learning Strategies to help solve mathematical puzzles and
problems. We will also be learning to name some 2D and 3D shapes, recreate
shape patterns and build models.

Routines in Reception

Our P.E. lessons will take place on Monday and Wednesday. Please come to school
dressed in PE kit on these days. Also, the children need to bring a labelled
water bottle everyday.

Reading at home
We read with the children through individual, guided reading and whole class
reading. We ask that the children read with an adult at home as often as
possible. Ten minutes a day really does make all the difference. Please ensure
reading diaries are in school every day.

Useful links
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/- some nice games for practising phonics

https://www.topmarks.co.uk – maths
games to play at home

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games – the games
are great for the children to practise their mouse skills on a computer