We hope you had a lovely half term break and are ready and excited to return to school.

This half term we will be focusing on Celebrations!

Phonics

Phonics is the system we use to teach children to read and we do this using ELS (Essential Letters and Sounds). It teaches children the link between letters and the sounds they represent. Your child will be taught the most straightforward letters, and the sounds they make. For example, they will be taught that the letter ‘m’ represents an mmm sound and the letters ‘oa’ represent an oh sound. They will learn how sounds can be put together (blend) to make words. For example, they will learn that the sounds of the letters ‘m-a-t’ blend together to make the word ‘mat’. Your child will then learn more sounds and will start blending them too.

Please try and read with your child at home as much as possible as this really benefits with consolidating new taught sounds. Also reading to your child and talking about the pictures will really start to help your child develop a love for books! Reading books will be sent home once we have started our phonics scheme and will be linked to the learning that they have done during the week. They will then be changed every Friday.

Maths

In Reception it is important to make deep foundations with the numbers 0-10. The children use lots of practical resources in our Maths lessons in order for them to consolidate their learning and delve deeper. We use a 'Mastering Number' approach whereby all children have the opportunity to secure firm foundations in the development of good number sense. Children will become confident in the skill of subitising (knowing a number without having to count it) as well as counting, ordering, adding and subtracting.

Drawing Club

Drawing Club is a playful and imaginative approach to teaching writing through storytelling and art. Children are invited to join a “club” where they draw, talk, and write about exciting adventures inspired by familiar stories, films, or characters. Through drawing and shared imagination, children naturally develop their vocabulary, creativity, and confidence in writing. The focus is on joy, curiosity, and a love of storytelling—helping every child see themselves as a writer and creator.

Don't forget to keep up to date with what is going on via our Class Dojo story!

Please feel free to ask us any questions you might have. Mrs Larbey will teach the children Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and Mrs Ducker Thursday and Friday. Mrs Jennings is with our children everyday.

We hope you are as excited to start the new term as we are!

Mrs Larbey

P.E Lead

Reception Teacher

Working days- Mon-Wed

Mrs Ducker

SENDCo

Reception Teacher

Working days- Wed-Fri