Reception

Hello from our Reception Team!

Welcome to Autumn 1,

Everyday your child will take part in phonics, writing and maths sessions. We also use the Learning Challenge curriculum. Your child will take part in answering a series of questions related to the half terms topic linked to the story of the week. This half term our topic is based around the topic 'All about me', the medium term plan is attached below with more information.

 Phonics and Reading

At Horton Mill we use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised to teach phonics. Please read the attached document for all the information as how we teach phonics and reading and how you can support your child.

Phase 2 Sounds taught Autumn 1

Phase 2 sounds taught in Reception Autumn 2

For further information and links to videos please click Little Wandle Parent's Resources

It is essential your child reads as often as possible. We will read with your child in a group three times a week. You will receive a log in to your child’s reading e-book. Collins Ebooks. Your child’s book will change weekly. You are also invited into school every Friday to listen to your child read or read them their Reading for Pleasure book they chose that week. These are changed on the same day every week, according to your child's reading group. Please bring their book bags to and from school everyday.

Mathematical Development

We use Mastery Maths and White Rose Maths to teach mathematics.

Mathematics — Number:

Children at the expected level of development will:

• have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number;
• subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5;
• automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts.

Mathematics — Numerical Patterns:

Children at the expected level of development will:

• verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system;
• compare quantities of up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than, or the same as the other quantity;
• explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts, and how quantities can be distributed equally.

We have linked some helpful websites that may help for at home:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zhtf3j6
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblockshttps://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths

Timetable of the Day

PE is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, please provide your child with the correct PE uniform including black pumps - as shown in the Autumn 1 newsletter. It is a life skill that your children learn to dress themselves so please encourage them to practise at home.

 

 

Early Years Framework

Children follow the EYFS Framework in Nursery and Reception. Early Years learning concentrates on 7 areas split between prime and specific areas of learning.

The prime areas of learning are:

• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development

The specific areas of learning are:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design

The Early Years Framework sets out the seven areas of learning and what children should be able to do by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (the early learning goals).

A child’s individual learning characteristics determine the way they respond to both the teaching and learning taking place within the provision.  The three characteristics of effective teaching and learning 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 achievements; and
• creating and thinking critically - children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.

 

If you have any concerns or queries, please speak to the team at the door.

Thank you for all your support. 

Reception team 😊