The children in school have continued to grow their own fruit and vegetables. Some of the delicious strawberries were sold at the Summer Fair and we have received amazing compliments about them. As a result of the gardening, school have received a level one, RHS School Gardening Award.
Here you will find information about what your child has been learning in Reception and how you can help them at home. This page will be updated with information about current and future topics.
What does your child need for Reception?
Please label all of your child’s belongings with their name.
Our new theme for learning is Amazing Living Things!
During this half term we will be exploring the life cycles of different living things, including: frogs, butterflies and plants. As part of this learning we will be investigating the animals in our forest school and watching real caterpillars grow and change through metamorphosis into butterflies. We will also be going on our first school trip to Eureka! to learn about the amazing things our bodies can do using our senses.
Maths
In Maths, in addition to following their own interests the children will be exploring:
Click the links below to sing along to our core Maths songs:
Literacy
As part of our Topics we will be exploring a variety of texts;
Click the book covers to read them online
Our Core Nursery Rhymes and Songs shared will be,
Phonics
In Phonics, the children will be recapping Phase 3 sounds and developing their letter formation moving into phase 4. These will be sent as homework for the children to practise at home.
We use the Story Time Phonics scheme to teach phonics. It supports the Phonics Planning of Letters and Sounds by learning the actions to the song for each new letter sound and the actions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/the-alphablocks-guide-to-phonics
Outdoor Learning
The children have access to the outdoor area where we develop children’s creative ideas through different role-play areas enhanced with quality play equipment. The outdoor learning gives children the platform to learn and explore through all the areas of the Early Years Foundation stage curriculum.
Forest School
The children will be visiting our forest school area every Tuesday. Here they will have safe access to explore the natural world and take part in tree climbing, balancing and will be able to explore the pond where we have tadpoles currently growing. This outdoor learning gives children the platform to learn and explore through all the areas of the Early Years Foundation stage curriculum. Forest school clothes will need to be in school every Tuesday, the children will bring them home each week.
Learning at Home
Your child will bring home a library book and a reading book to share with you.
Their library, home reading book and homework book is handed in every Wednesday.
Their home reading book is changed on a Wednesday.
Your child’s library book will be changed every Friday.
Every Friday, your child will bring their homework book home to complete an activity that supports their learning that has taken place that week, which you can choose with your child from the menu below. These can be completed in any order. They can be completed in their homework book or presented and shared in any way that they choose. For example, photographs and videos taken can be shared by email at reception@corrie.tameside.sch.uk Their homework is due the following Wednesday every week.
Happy Learning from the Reception class team.
Mrs Macdonald, Mrs Jones, Mrs Baguley, Mrs Hartigan, Miss Wrigley, Miss Groves, Miss Hernon and Miss Trimble.