🌟 Welcome to Reception! 🌟

Our teaching team consists of:

😊 RDJ - Mrs Jones (Reception Team Leader) and Mrs Boswell 

😁 RNH - Mrs Hall and Mrs Baumber 

We are Reception 💫 

Important Information 👍

Early Learning Goals 

These are the end of year targets for the children in Reception. 

RECEPTION NEWSLETTER

Home School books 📚 

Please bring your yellow home/school contact book to school every day. This book is to inform the class teacher of any change to collection/drop off routines. It is also used to pass messages or information to your teacher and also to enable the teacher to communicate messages back to parents.

Reading books 📖 

At the start of the year children will bring home a picture book and a sharing/library book. Please share these at home and encourage your child to tell the story using the pictures.

When the children start Read, Write, Inc they will bring home a sound activity or a reading book linked to their phonics group. Please ensure children bring their reading book to school each day. Please practise reading the sounds and words with your child. We recommend the children read a minimum of 3 times a week at home to continue to develop their skills. Please make a note of your child’s reading in their Reading Record.

Homework

Homework books will be sent out each Friday with an activity for your child to complete at home, please help to support your child in completing this. Homework books will be collected in on the following Thursday and homework will be shared in class. 

PE 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 

Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit on the correct day. Mrs Hall's class PE is on Monday. Mrs Jones' class PE is on Friday. The children will stay in their kit all day. Please ensure all kit is labelled with your child's name.

💧 Water bottle 

Please send your child to school with a labelled bottle of water each day. This is for their use only throughout the day to keep hydrated. This must contain fresh water only. For hygiene reasons, they must be taken home, washed and refilled daily. They must be clearly labelled. Children can refill them during the school day too. Anything other than water will not be allowed to be consumed by your child during the school day unless you can provide written medical evidence from your GP explaining why this cannot be so. On receiving this you will then need to fill in a Medical Health Care plan. See section 4. • If your child has a packed lunch a second drink should be included. However, no fizzy drinks are allowed to be brought into school. Children having school lunches will be provided with water.

We are Reception 

Parliament Day

We learnt about where the Houses of Parliament are and why we have a Parliament. We discussed why it is important to have rules and laws. We talked about the importance of listening to other people’s views and being able to vote. We had a class vote to choose which snack to have - apples or crackers? We talked about the pros of each snack and then we posted our vote into the ballot box. It was fun counting the votes to see which snack had the most. We enjoyed our team work challenge to build Big Ben using construction materials - we had to balance the blocks carefully. We also had a debate about whether the school day should be longer. The children had some great ideas for and against! At the end of the day we also voted for the book we would like to read. 

Winter ❄️ 

The Reception children have had a great start back at school after our Christmas break. We have enjoyed talking about Christmas and our presents. We talked about the new year and made special headbands. The weather has turned very cold and we have enjoyed exploring the ice outside and spotting the signs of Winter. We have enjoyed role playing a shopkeeper and customer in the Winter Clothes Shop. We talked about what we need to wear in Winter to stay warm.

Christmas party day 🎉 

We had lots of fun on party day! We enjoyed dancing with our friends and playing games such as musical statues, musical chairs and pass the parcel. We even had a very special visitor! Santa came to see us! We sang Christmas songs together and he even gave us all a present. 

Old Toys

The elf brought us some old toys to explore. It was fun looking at the toys and working out how to use them. We talked about how the old toys are different to the toys we have these days… although they are still lots of fun! 

Wriggly Nativity

We practised for many weeks to learn our lines and songs to tell the Nativity story. We were excited to wear our costumes and go on the big stage to perform to our grown ups. We did a great job and impressed everyone! We sang our songs enthusiastically and remembered all of our lines, moves and dances. Well done Reception! 

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄 

We are counting down the days to Christmas in Reception! We have been busy making Christmas cards and calendars. We have been learning about the Nativity story and practising our show Wriggly Nativity. We have had lots of fun in Santa’s workshop making presents and delivering them on the sleigh. We have been decorating our Christmas tree and creating lots of Christmas craft. Two cheeky elves have appeared in Reception! We have enjoyed spotting him each day and talking about his antics! 

Christmas jumper day 🌲 

We came to school wearing our Christmas jumpers and dresses. We enjoying talking about what Christmas characters were on our outfits. We brought in money to donate to the charity Save the Children. We learnt that the money will help children in the UK and all around the world. We enjoyed designing Christmas jumpers and using our creative skills.

Christmas Dinner

We had a lovely festive day! We came to school in our Christmas jumpers and dresses. We had Christmas dinner in the hall with Christmas music, decorations and crackers! It was delicious! 

Our Visit to Old Clee Church 

We were  excited to visit our local church. Reverend Lynne told us all about the nativity story. We even put on some special costumes. We enjoyed looking at the nativity models and we even sang some of our nativity songs in church. We even spotted Mary on one of the stained glass windows. 

Road Safety Week

This week is Road Safety Week. In class we have enjoyed making traffic lights and stop and go signs. We had a special assembly in the hall. Sue, from the Humberside and Fire and Rescue Service, talked about how we can stay safe when crossing the road. We learnt the special rules - STOP, LOOK, LISTEN AND THINK! Sue used an egg to teach us how important it is to wear a helmet when riding a bike or scooter. We also watched the silly family and the smart family in a car crash simulation to show how seat belts keep us safe. 

Children in Need

We came into school dressed in our Pudsey clothes, spots, fancy dress or pyjamas for Children in Need. We talked about how the money raised will help children to be safe, warm and happy around the UK. We enjoyed drawing Pudsey bear pictures, creating Pudsey ears and finger painting Pudsey’s eye patch. We even went into the hall to do some special Children in Need dances. 

Odd socks day 🧦 

As part of Anti-bullying week, we came to school wearing our odd socks to celebrate that we are all different. We shared our ideas on how we can be kind and show respect to others. We had lots of fun sharing our odd socks and making friendship pictures. We enjoyed reading stories about being kind such as “Be Kind” and “The smartest giant in town.”

Remembrance Day 

We learnt about Remembrance Day which is on November 11th. It is an important day to remember the brave soldiers who fought in the war. We have been wearing our poppies with pride and we took part in the 2 minutes silence at 11am. We know that a red poppy is to remember the soldiers and a purple poppy is to remember the animals. We have enjoyed drawing our own poppy pictures and making poppies using the playdough. We worked together to make a poppy wreath. We were very proud of our beautiful poppy field painting.

Bonfire night 🔥 🎆 

The children have been very excited about the fireworks they have seen and heard over the last week to celebrate Bonfire night. We talked about the colours, shapes and sounds of the fireworks. We enjoyed making firework pictures using chalk pastels. Fireman Sam taught us how to stay safe near bonfires and fireworks.

Happy Halloween 🎃 

We have enjoyed talking about the things we like to do for Halloween. We used Chatta to discuss carving pumpkins, spooky costumes, decorations and trick or treating. We talked about how to stay safe when trick or treating. We drew and labelled our favourite things for Halloween. It was fun doing the spooky dances together! We used our imagination in The witch’s kitchen to make magic potions.

Our Autumn walk 🍂 

We have been learning about Autumn and the four seasons. We went on a walk around our school grounds to spot the signs of Autumn. We found lots of different coloured leaves, twigs, fungi, berries and acorns. We enjoyed exploring and describing the objects back in our class.

The little red hen 🐔 

We have enjoyed learning the story of The little Red hen. We can retell story using a story map using actions and character voices. The story taught us it is important to be kind and helpful to others. The little red hen even sent us some fresh bread for us to taste - it was delicious! 

Rainbow Day 🌈 

We had lots of fun on Rainbow Day! We came to school dressed in bright colours. We enjoyed talking about different colours and singing the Rainbow song. We spotted the colours in our clothes and discussed which were our favourite colours. We had a Rainbow disco in the hall and enjoyed joining in with lots of dances. The Rainbow Fish sent us a colour mixing challenge. We used finger paint to mix two colours together to make purple, green and orange. We made our own craft rainbow and enjoyed dot painting rainbow pictures using cotton buds. 

The Rainbow Fish 

We have been reading the story of The Rainbow Fish. We have learnt how important it is to be a good friend and share, just like the Rainbow Fish shared his shiny scales. We have enjoyed acting out the story in the storytelling area and creating beautiful artwork. We have been learning about different sea creatures that live under the ocean and have enjoyed learning different songs and dances. 

Settling into Reception 

We have all settled into our Reception unit and had lots of fun together! We have been making friends and exploring both our inside and outside environments.