Welcome back to the second half term of the year.
We hope you had a restful half term break and are as excited as we are to get started.
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?
- A school uniform and shoes.
- A water bottle.
- A coat.
- A pair of wellies.
- A set of spare clothes in a soft bag to hang on their peg.
- A smile!
Please label all of your child’s belongings with their name.
During this half term we will be extending the children’s social and emotional development, looking at celebrating differences, continuing our understanding of different celebrations and the changing seasons.
This half term, our learning themes are Autumn and Winter!
We’ll dive into the beauty of autumn—how the seasons change and the celebrations that make it special. Then, we’ll explore winter’s impact on our world, discover festive traditions, and bring the magic of Christmas to life with our nativity performance.
Maths
In Maths, in addition to following their own interests the children will be exploring:
- Change within 5
- Numbers bonds to 5
- Spatial Awareness
- Numbers to 10
Click the links below to sing along to our core Maths songs:
5 Currant buns ; Five little fingers in and out ; Number pairs to 5 ; 10 little elves
Literacy
As part of our Topics this half term, we will be exploring a variety of texts;
Our Core Nursery Rhymes and Songs shared will be:
- Five Currant Buns
- Five Little Fingers In and Out
- Jack and Jill
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Five Little Elves
Phonics
In Phonics, the children will be continuing to enhance their Phase 1 knowledge and begin to build their Phase 2 Phonics sounds and the Phase 2 key words. 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.
Learning at Home
Your child will continue to 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 inside their homework book. 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 and Miss Sowter