Reception
Welcome to Reception!
There are two teachers in Reception – Mrs Camm and Mrs Pointon. Miss Neale is currently the class teacher in Mrs Pointon's class, until she returns from maternity leave. Our teaching assistants are Mrs Johnson, who works in Mrs Camm's class, and Mrs Birks, who works in Mrs Pointon's class.
Mrs Camm
Mrs Pointon
Mrs Birks
Mrs Johnson
Mrs Roberts EYFS Lead
Important notices
Every child should arrive at school on time and ready to learn. We will open our gates at 8:35am and children need to have arrived by 8:45am to ensure they do not receive a late mark in the register. The gates will shut promptly after 8:45am. Being on time each day will enable your children to receive the best of their learning opportunities.
P.E
The children will be doing P.E with Mr. Oliver each week on a Thursday. Your child should come to school wearing their PE kit.
Keeping in Touch
As a school and a year group, we share information via the platform WEDUC. Please ensure you sign up to WEDUC at the start of the year, as we do not want you to miss any important information. We update you on any key events in school, any school menu changes and newsletters on WEDUC.
Please contact the office if there are any changes with personal details e.g., new address or change to mobile phone numbers.
Tapestry
We love sharing your child's learning and time at school. We use Tapestry to capture those important learning moments, by regularly uploading photos and observations of your child. Tapestry is a great tool to be able to share and talk about your child's day with them and to be able to show them that you are proud of their achievements in school.
Uniform and School Essentials
As well as wearing the correct uniform for school, it is important that your child's uniform is clearly labelled. We also ask that your child's water bottles are labelled. This is important, as it helps your child recognise their belongings and helps members of staff to be able to ensure that your child has their correct belongings each day. Please can we also ask that your child brings a waterproof coat each day and appropriate footwear, as every day we access outdoor provisions.
Diary Dates!
- Tuesday 8th October- Welly Day
- 16th and 17th October – Parents Evening
- 25th October – Break up for half term
- 4th November – INSET day
- 5th November - Back to school
Reading and Homework Expectations
The children will have many opportunities to read and enjoy books throughout the week at school, especially with our learning being focused around a specific story and having story times every day. We love sharing stories in Continuous Provision, where the children have access to range of different genres and types of books.
After the October half term, the children will visit the school library each Tuesday, where they can choose both fiction and non-fiction books. The children always love being able to choose their own book to take home and share with their adults.
Each week your child will bring home a reading book to share with you. They begin at our red colour stage, where we focus solely on comprehension skills and once your child is beginning to be aware of sounds and blending, your child will have a phonetically and decodable story book. We ask that your child reads at home, at the minimum of three times a week. Reading at home and discussing books with your child is a great way to build on and improve not only their reading fluency, but also their wider reading skills such as inference and comprehension. Regular readers who record it in their reading diary are rewarded with bronze stickers.
Homework will be sent via Tapestry or WEDUC each week on a Thursday.
What do we learn in Reception?
Click here to download our Reception Curriculum Overview
Please read this half-term newsletter to see how you can support your child's learning at home.
End of Year Reception Expectations
Here you will find information for parents and carers on the end of year expectations for children in our school. Throughout the year we work towards the Early Learning Goals, which are outlined by the Government. Each child is assessed against these at the end of the year. These skills are identified as being the minimum requirements your child must meet, in order to ensure continued progress throughout the following year. Any extra support you can provide in helping your children to achieve these, is greatly valued.
If you have any queries regarding the content on this page or want support in knowing how best to help your child please talk to your child’s teacher.
Early Learning Goals
Communication and Language
ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions.
• Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding.
• Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers.
ELG: Speaking
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary.
• Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate.
• Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
ELG: Self-Regulation
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly.
• Set and work towards simple goals, being able to wait for what they want and control their immediate impulses when appropriate.
• Give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately even when engaged in activity, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
ELG: Managing Self
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.
• Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly.
• Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices.
ELG: Building Relationships
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others.
• Form positive attachments to adults and friendships with peers.
• Show sensitivity to their own and to others’ needs.
Physical Development
ELG: Gross Motor Skills
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others.
• Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing.
• Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.
ELG: Fine Motor Skills
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases.
• Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery.
• Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.
Literacy
ELG: Comprehension
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary.
• Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories.
• Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.
ELG: Word Reading
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs.
• Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending.
• Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge, including some common exception words.
ELG: Writing
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.
• Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.
• Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.
Mathematics
ELG: Number
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Have a deep understanding of numbers to 10, including the composition of each number.
• Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5.
• Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts.
ELG: Numerical Patterns
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system.
• Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity.
• Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally.
Understanding the World
ELG: Past and Present
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society.
• Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
• Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.
ELG: People, Culture and Communities
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.
• Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
• Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps.
ELG: The Natural World
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
• Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.
Expressive Arts and Design
ELG: Creating with Materials
Children at the expected level of development will:
• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
• Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
• Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.
ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive Children at the expected level of development will:
• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher.
• Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.
• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music