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
Monday 6th January 2025 - Children will return to school
Monday 6th January to Friday 14th February - RSPB's Big Schools' Birdwatch
Wednesday 30th January – Chinese New Year – Year of the Snake
Monday 3rd February to the 9th - Children's Mental Health Week
Thursday 6th February - Time to Talk Day
Friday 7th February - NSPCC Number Day
Tuesday 11th February - Safer Internet Day
Friday 14th February - Last Day of Term
Monday 24th February - Children will return to school for Spring 2
What will we be learning in Reception?
Topic Overview - Spring 1
In Spring 1, the children will 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
During our ‘Superhero’ theme, the children will be encouraged to re-tell stories as well as making up their own narratives and explanations. We will develop our imaginative play through acting out super hero narratives and playing in our role play areas. During our activities, children will be asked ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions to allow them to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge.
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. The children will have opportunities to use bikes, scooters and variety of climbing equipment to develop their gross motor skills. They will also explore obstacle courses, take part in training, build dens using large scale construction, as they become superheroes!
Literacy
In literacy, we will be exploring a range of superhero texts and Non-Fiction texts about real life heroes. Through narrative texts, children will be inspired to describe and create their own superhero characters, write messages and superhero speech bubbles. The children will also find out about 'Local Heroes' through Non-Fiction Texts and visiting speaker. The children will use their phonic knowledge to write simple facts and create group posters. The children will continue with their daily Little Wandle Phonics sessions, where they will be introduced to the Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs ad supported to apply these in their reading and writing.
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.
Understanding the World
We will explore the world around us through a range of activities. We will look at similarities and differences between our environments and others. We will also look at the season of Winter and conduct a range of ice and water experiments, predicting and observing. We will learn about Chinese New Year and how and why it is celebrated.
Expressive Arts and Design
In art and design, we will have opportunities to play with playdough, paint and to make our own models. We will join in role play to help develop our imagination and build on our speaking and confidence. This half term our role play areas will include a Super hero headquarters and a doctors surgery. We will be creating our own superheroes.
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.
Spring 1 Phonics Overview
Spring 1 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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