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 week there will also be Maths home learning which will be sent home in book bags or posted on Class Dojo.
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 5th November 2024 - Children will return to school
Monday11th November - Friday 15th November - Anti-Bullying Week
Odd Socks Day
Monday11th November - Friday 15th November - World Nursery Rhyme Week
Monday 11th November - Remembrance Day
Tuesday 12th November & Wednesday 13th November - Parents Evening
Sunday 17th November - 23rd November - Road Safety Week
Wednesday 11th December - Reception Trip to Lawrence Batley Theatre
Reception Nativity - TBC
Thursday 19th December - Last Day of Term
Friday 20th December 2024 - INSET Day disaggregated
Monday 6th January - Children will return to school for Spring 1
What will we be learning in Reception?
Topic Overview - Autumn 2
In Autumn 2, the children will begin to learn about popular fairy tales. This topic will allow the children to explore different stories and how they are structured. We will be baking and decorating our own gingerbread people, and tasting delicious porridge. The children will be making their own story maps and using actions which will allow them to become confident when retelling stories.
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.
Communication and Language
This half term's focus is on the sequence of the stories and the rich vocabulary learned through rehearsing the familiar stories. We will use these stories to innovate our own stories too. We will learn to communicate effectively with our peers and teachers. We will build confidence when speaking in a group and learn how to share our ideas with others and listen to our friends, through lots of story telling, class discussions, games and circle time activities.
Physical Development
In physical development we will explore how our bodies can move in different ways through balance and coordination games in PE. We will also engage in a range of fine motor activities to help us hold a pencil correctly and develop our pencil control.
Literacy
In literacy, we will use a range of key texts to introduce our topic. The children will use a story map and actions to retell stories confidently. We will talk about the language used in fairy tales and be creative and use our imagination to create our own imaginative stories. The children will write simple words and labels using early phonics. The children will begin to read and write CVC words through our Little Wandle Phonics Programme. We will also explore writing letters.
Mathematics
In Maths, we will use a range of activities and resources to become familiar with early mathematical experiences and use daily Maths sessions to learn the days of the week, months of the year, seasons, shape, pattern and early number.
Understanding the World
We will begin to explore the world around us through a range of key texts in relation to our topic. We will learn about different families, homes and traditions and explore how we are all unique. We will learn about where we live and our local area. We will also learn how things change over time and look at how the children change as they grow.
Expressive Arts and Design
In art and design, we will be using puppets to retell the familiar fairytales and using the new vocabulary we have learnt. We will be creating our own pictures of the characters using the descriptions within the stories and doing some observational drawings. We will begin to express ourselves through songs, rhymes, dance and role play activities.
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.
Phonics Overview
Phonics Teaching begins in Week 2 of the Autumn term.
Support for Parents:
Autumn Term - Phase 2 Sounds
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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