Reception
Welcome to Reception
At Brambles Primary Academy, we are READY, RESPECTFUL and SAFE.
Welcome to Reception!
On this page you’ll find out all about the exciting things we’ll be getting up to in Reception, what learning looks like in Reception and the topics we will be learning about.
We will also give you lots of ideas and information in regards to what you can do at home to help support your child’s learning.
Reception Team
Important Information
The School Day
The gates will open from 8:30am. The class register will be taken at 8:45am and learning will begin immediately after this. It is vital that pupils are on time to school so that they do not miss any important learning.
Pupils should bring to school each day:
- Their reading book and reading record
- A water bottle with their name on
- Suitable clothing for the weather to ensure they are comfortable during outdoor break times
- A packed lunch (if required)
Pupils are to be collected from school at 3:15pm
P.E will take place on Monday and Wednesday
Please click here for details of PE kit and school uniform
Reception Timetable
Home Learning
Every Friday we will be sending home a 'Little Wandle' Reading Practice book, which the children will have read 3 times throughout the week in school. As children become more confident with their reading, recognising an increasing number of graphemes and sounding out and blending to read words, they will then start to take home a reading book with words that are closely matched to their phonics ability. A school library book will be sent home for parents and children to enjoy together.
Both books MUST be returned by the following Friday.
Each time you read with your child please ensure you sign, date and comment in the yellow reading diary.
Each half term, children will be set a range of home learning activities which can be completed over the holiday period.
Communication
Class Dojo is a great way to keep in touch with what's happening at school and to contact members of the Reception Team.
Key Dates
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Children will return to school
Wednesday 23rd April - Saint George's day
Wednesday 30th April - Class photos
Thursday 1st May - May day
Tuesday 6th May - Reception children begin balance bike practise in small groups
Monday 12th May - Mental health awareness week and Sun awareness week
Tuesday 20th May - World bee day
Thursday 22nd May - trip to Swithens Farm
What will we be learning in Reception?
Topic Overview - Summer 1
In Summer 1, the topic is 'All creatures great and small'. This topic will allow the children to explore animals in their environment, new life during Spring and animals from other environments. We will read and discuss a variety of fiction and non-fiction books about animals and growth, introducing vocabulary linked to this topic. Children will hot seat characters from the stories we read and develop their questioning skills by asking and answering ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. We will also provide children with opportunities to develop their language skills whilst retelling stories in our role play and small world areas.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We will continue to focus on our emotions and learning what they feel like and how to deal with them through lots of circle time activities and games. We will be focusing on team work games and how we can take turns and share. In addition to this, we will be encouraging independence throughout daily routines and learning, supporting the children to navigate their skills to develop confidence.
Communication and Language
During our ‘All creatures great and small’ theme, the children will be encouraged to re-tell stories as well as making up their own narratives and explanations. We will continue to develop our storytelling skills and use our new vocabulary within our play.
Physical Development
This half term we will be continuing to develop children’s fine motor skills through activities including using tweezers, peg boards, threading, cutting, writing, finger gym and dough disco.
In PE this half term, we will be focusing on negotiating space and remaining safe when active. We will learn how to manage our movement ensuring we are keeping ourselves and other safe. This includes mounting, climbing and balancing on equipment.
In addition to this, both reception classes will attend balance bike practise in small groups over the course of a week, developing their skills and ability to control a bike.
Literacy
In literacy, the children will use a story map and actions to retell stories confidently. We will continue to innovate our own stories based on the familiar stories we have read. We will be learning how to form a letter and we will be writing letters to a variety of audiences.
The children will continue with their daily Little Wandle Phonics sessions, where they will continue to review Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs and will be supported to apply these in their reading and writing. They will also be learning to extend their blending skills by practising reading and writing phase 4 words including short vowel sounds and learning some new tricky words.
Mathematics
In Maths, we will continue to learn through a range of practical and fun activities both indoors and outdoors including counting, number rhymes, number hunts and reading and recognising numbers. We will also be continuing to work on our understanding of number composition, strengthening our fluency and recall of number bonds to 10.
Understanding the World
We will begin to explore animals and their young, look into Spring animals and find out about when they are born, how they are cared for and eventually how they produce food products. We will visit Swithens Farm towards the end of our half term to experience the animals in real life and observe their environment.
Expressive Arts and Design
In art and design, we will explore the artist 'Claude Monet', looking at and observing one of his famous pieces of art. We will discuss colour, texture and other elements we can see. We will build up a bank of vocabulary linked to this piece and then use our fine motor skills to recreate our own piece.
Phonics
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised is our phonics programme used in school. Right from the start of Reception, children will have a daily phonics lesson which follows the progression for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds and this continues in Year One and Year Two to ensure children become fluent readers.
In Reception, we build from 10-minute lessons, with additional daily oral blending games, to the full-length lesson as quickly as possible. Four new phonemes and their corresponding graphemes are taught (GPCs) each week and they are then used in the final lesson of the week to review the week’s learning. Children will also learn tricky words during these sessions.
Summer 1 Phonics Overview
Phase 3 Sounds
Previous Overviews
Autumn Term - Phase 2 Sounds
Support for Parents:
Phonics Information Evening
Core Texts
Links to try at home
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Little Wandle Letters and Sounds |
Reading - E-Library |
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Go Noodle |
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Maths Games
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Maths Games |
Go Noodle |
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