Welcome to life in Reception

 

We are excited to begin a wonderful learning journey where our creativity and confidence grows every day. In Reception, children learn through play and exploration that helps them develop important skills across all learning.  Every child is encouraged to become independent, kind and enthusiastic learners. 

                                                                                                                       Literacy 

 

Pumpkin Soup is one of our favourite autumn picture books and reading it reminds us of the time of year when the days are getting shorter, the mornings are getting cooler and homemade soup becomes a staple food. The three characters in the story, Cat, Squirrel and Duck, have a very traditional soup-making routine which is turned upside down when one of them decides he wants to do things differently! Pumpkin Soup is a wonderful story to read as it can start some great conversations about friendship and the way that each animal has behaved in the story. We have also been practising our sounds with the correct letter formation. This helps children develop their fine motor skills, sound recognition and confidence.

       

                         

                                                                                                                          Maths 

In Maths, we have been recognising, representing and manipulating numbers to 5. We begin by counting groups of objects up to 3, then 4, before looking at 5. Children will learn to recognise and count different representations of numbers up to 5 and use a five frame to help structure the counting and reasoning. We have been learning new Maths vocabulary, such as how many, total, altogether, same, different and arrange.

 

      

       

  Art  

Children decorated pumpkin templates using a range of materials such as coloured paper, paint and glitter. They explored different textures and colours to design their own unique pumpkins, developing their fine motor skills and creativity. This activity encouraged sticking and pattern making while supporting pumpkin discussions.

                

                

Physical Education

Time to get our bodies moving with the theme Buses for the PE lesson. The children had to follow instructions and move safely when playing tagging games. We had to imagine we were driving buses holding onto a steering wheel jogging around the space following the teacher's instruction. 

                      

PSHE

 This term in PSHE we have been looking at Being Me In My World. Children learn about themselves, their feelings and their place in the wider world. We explore what makes us special and talk about the different ways we can make the classroom a happy and safe place for everyone. Through the PSHE lessons, we learn to recognise that we are part of a school community, we understand rules and routines that help us feel safe. By the end of the unit, the children will be able to talk about what makes them proud and how they can develop kindness and cooperation with others. 

      

 

  Thank you for taking the time to visit our Reception class page. We hope you've enjoyed finding out more about our learning journey. We are proud of how hard the children work and the wonderful progress they make!

Reception Team