Class 1 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Reception- Class 1

Our Teachers

This year, the staff in Reception are:

• Miss Wooller- Class 1
• Miss Bradshaw- Class 2

Our Reception teachers are supported in class by Miss Khatun, Mrs Middleton, Mrs Kussar, Mrs Dunnington and Mr Rahman.

Our Learning

This year, our topics will be:

• Being me in my World
• Terrific Tales
• Around the World
• Amazing Animals
• Come Outside
• Fun at the Seaside!

Tapestry

We use Tapestry to share pictures of the children's learning throughout the year, please speak to a member of staff if you need support accessing your child's Tapestry account.

Reading in Reception

We follow the Little Wandle Phonics scheme, as part of this scheme your child will bring home a reading book at their phonic level and a book for pleasure from our class lending library which they choose. The Phonics book is for your child to read and the book for pleasure is for you to all enjoy as a family.

Phonics in Reception

In Phonics we teach the following:

Autumn 1- Phase 2

Autumn 2- Phase 2

Spring 1- Phase 3

Spring 2- Phase 3

Summer 1- Phase 4

Summer 2- Phase 4

The following link is for parents to support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.

For parents | Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk)

At the end of the Reception we assess the children in the following areas-

 Prime Areas of Learning:

• Communication and Language - Listening, Attention and Understanding and Speaking.

• Personal, Social & Emotional Development - Self-regulation, Managing Self and Building Relationships.

• Physical Development - Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor

Specific Areas of Learning:

• Literacy - Comprehension, Word Reading and Writing

• Mathematics - Number and Numerical Patterns.

• Understanding the World - Past and Present, People, Culture and Communities and The Natural World.

• Expressive Arts & Design - Creating with Materials and Being Imaginative and Expressive.