Reception with Mrs Gilmartin
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you all enjoyed a lovely Easter; I cannot believe we have reached our final term in Reception! During this term, we will be learning about ‘Minibeasts & Life Cycles’.
This will include learning:
to read simple sentences and books
to understand the need to respect and care for the natural world
to share quantities equally
to describe position and use positional language
to double and halve numbers to 10
to develop the foundations of a handwriting style which is fast, accurate and efficient
Summer Uniform & Sun Hats
As the weather begins to get warmer and sunnier, children may come to school in the summer uniform:
grey shorts
sky blue short sleeved blouse or shirt worn with an open neck
sky blue and white checked dresses to be worn with white ankle socks
Please send your child with a named sun hat.
Star Moments
Please continue to send in ‘Star Moments’. We love to read them in class and the children feel an enormous sense of pride
Meet the Team
Mrs Gilmartin - Acting Assisstant Headteacher, EYFS Leader & Reception Class Teacher
Miss Armitage - Teaching Assistant (Thursday & Friday)
Reading
In Reception class reading books are linked to the phonics phases taught in class. Please make sure children have their books in school everyday.
Do not forget to sign and comment in the yellow reading diary. Children get stickers every time they read, not just for completed books, so please keep a record in their yellow reading diaries.
Home Learning
The aim of 'Home Learning' is to reinforce and enhance all children’s progress in their learning. Home Learning is shared each half term via email and shared on this page too (scroll to the bottom of the page).
In addition to the three activities you must complete;
Reading- Read your reading book 3 times a week. Please do not forget to sign and comment in the reading diary. This is a great way to communicate between home and school!
Writing/ Spelling-Recognise and spell phase 3 decodable and tricky words
Number- Practise number formation. Challenge: Counting in 2s 5s and 10s.
Tracksuit Days
Our tracksuit days are Tuesday and Friday. Children may wear their school tracksuits on these days with their PE kit underneath. Please be aware earrings MUST NOT be worn on these days.
Star Moments
Please continue to send in ‘Star Moments’. We love to read them in class and the children feel an enormous sense of pride.
Home Learning Summer 1
Timetable
Phonics
Articulation of Phonemes
Click on the image below to hear how to pronounce the phonemes.
Blending sounds to read words
Click on the image below to support your child to blend words.
Writing
Please find below some useful resources to support writing.
Please find below the letter formation posters, we are focusing on forming the long ladder letters first, then the robot armed letters, followed by the curly caterpillar letters and finally the zig zag letters.
Your child's learning journey in Reception Class at
Freckleton Church of England Primary School
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum which is a play based approach to learning and development, enabling children to develop in all areas. Our wonderful indoor and outdoor environments supports children to share, take turns and play collaboratively. Throughout the year children develop independence and the skills and knowledge that form a firm foundation of their life-long learning journey.
In Reception class, we like to have lots of fun with our teacher and friends. Our teacher is Miss McDonnell and we are very lucky to have our teaching assistant Mrs Foxley. On Thursday afternoons, Mrs Burwood and Mrs Hayward come in to help us learn too!
Starting school is an exciting time for children and their families. A good partnership between home and school is essential for children to make the most progress with their education. Children only spend 20% of their time in school so parents play the biggest role in their child’s life-long learning. We value your partnership and want to work together to achieve the best start for your child.
"Good parenting and high quality teaching and learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up"
(Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage)
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework
The EYFS sets out how children learn skills, acquire new knowledge and demonstrate their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development, from birth to the end of Reception. It is used in all early years’ settings as the basis for supporting learning and development.
The three prime areas are the foundations which children’s future learning and development can be built:
Communication and Language;
Physical Development; and
Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in four specific areas, these are:
Literacy
Mathematical Development
Understanding the World
Expressive Art and Design
Characteristics of Effective Learning
The 'Characteristics of Effective Learning' are how children learn. These are reflected within the learning environment; when the adults in the setting observe and plan for children’s next steps in learning and through high quality questioning and dialogue. A child’s individual learning characteristic will determine the way they respond to both the teaching and learning taking place in the environment.
Three characteristics of effective teaching and learning identified by the EYFS are:
playing and exploring - children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’
active learning - children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievement
creating and thinking critically - children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.
For information and support on the Revised EYFS 2021 please click on the image below:
Topic Overview
Click on the images to see the topic web
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Autumn 1 Me & My World |
Spring 1 Traditional Tales |
Summer 1 Minibeasts |
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Autumn 2 Nocturnal Animals/ Celebrations |
Spring 2 Growing & Changing (Plants) |
Summer 2 Superheroes |
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PARENTS' VOICE
"X is coming on leaps and bounds and is absolutely soaking it all up at school."
"I feel X's vocabulary has expanded, he can now hold a conversation using a variety of words and sentences."
"We are really pleased with how well X has settled into school life ad how much they enjoy it. We have enjoyed seeing them grow and develop both socially and academically. Thanks for everything."
"X has enjoyed their first year at school. X's reading has come along so much"
"I feel X has made huge progress since starting school in September. X has loved coming to school and learning so many new things. Their reading and writing skills have come on massively. I would like to thank you for all the support and encouragement you have given. X has had a positive start to school life.. ."
"I am very pleased with X's progress. They have made friends. Thank you very much."
"We are realy pleased with X's first year at school. We think the Buddy system is fab. X has made lots of progress this year but we are mostly glad they have been happy."
"X has really enjoyed his first year in school. They have really come on with their reading and writing."
"It has been a pleasure to watch X learn and develop in their first year. Going way back to the first ever settling in sessions, the efforts made to introduce X to school were fantastic. We as parents felt included in their learning journey from day one, and we can notice every week what progress X makes from the wonderful efforts of Miss McDonnell and the teaching assistants. We have thoroughly enjoyed attending the various events that are put on, and feel this family part of school life is lovely and so important. We truly could not have hoped for a better start to X's education and school life. Thank you. for your continuous hard work and effort. "
"It has been a pleasure to watch X learning so many new things this year! X has loved their time in reception and as parents it has been great to see. We have been so impressed with the continuous updates- we always love to hear what they've been up to! Thank you for all of the patience and kindness you have shown X. "
"X has had an excellent first year in school. X has made progress academically but more importantly to us he has made friends and is happy at school. X has really impressed us with his reading and maths. Thank you for all your hard work."
"X has settled into school well. They enjoy going to school and have made friends. We feel they are making good progress with their reading and writing and is always talking about what he can learnt."