Welcome to Reception at Oldswinford C of E Primary

Where we ‘Believe, achieve and shine brighter together.’

The Reception team:

Mrs Preece (FSLion) with Mrs Hardy and

Mrs Terry (FSCrystal) with Mrs Harris.

We are all looking forward to welcoming your child into school

on Wednesday 3rd September

Morning children:- 9.00-11.30

Afternoon children:-12.50-3.20 

Please help your child find their name label before coming into the classroom. When your child comes in the classroom help them find their star and put it on the door to self-register and put their bags in their drawer.

There will be a gift for parents as they leave, so please remember to take one.

Please view the videos below of the journey into school. There is also a document called 'Starting Reception' to aid their transition.

from Monday 8th September the children will need a packed lunch

Morning children:- 9.00-11.45

Afternoon children:- 12.35-3.20

The children will all be in full time from Monday 15th September

This half term our focus will be  'Marvellous me .......' . 

We will start off by getting to know each other by sharing the brown bag contents. We will be learning about our emotions and how to regulate them. We will also look at our routines and rules as well as thinking about people who are important to us.

Phonics

Phonics

We will use the Rocket phonics scheme to learn the following sounds and how to form them using Kinetic letters the Move it, say it, write it approach.

We will be learning the following sounds: 

s, a, t, i, p. n. m, d, g, o ,c, k

and tricky words:-

I, the, go, to, no, into

Maths

In maths we will be exploring 'Adding and taking away', maniopulating, composing and decomposing shapes, patterns and maps, please see below for the small steps that are included:-

Match, sort and compare

Step 1- Match objects

Step 2- Match pictures and objects

Step 3- Identify a set

Step 4- Sort objects to a type

Step 5- Explore sorting techniques

Step 6- Create sorting rules

Step 7-Compare amounts

Talk about measure and patterns

Step1- Compare size.

Step 2- Compare mass

Step 3- Compare capacity

Step 4- Explore simple patterns

Step 5- Copy and continue simple patterns

Step 6- Create simple patterns

It's me 1,2,3

Step 1- Find 1,2 and 3

Step 2- Subitise 1,2 and 3

Step 3-1 more

Step 4- 1 less

Step 5- Composition of 1,2 and 3

RE

Our question for this half term is:-

Who is special to Christians?

Foundation Stage 

At Oldswinford C.E. Primary school we believe that the children’s time in Foundation Stage, the Reception class, is one of the most important times in their school life. This lays the foundation for their learning and development for the rest of their education. We work hard to nurture and care for the children and seek to make school an enjoyable and exciting place to be. Children will be able to free-flow through the two rooms and ‘middle area’ throughout most of the day with children from both classes so they can make great friendships.

Curriculum

There are seven main areas of learning which are split into prime areas of :

• Communication and language development
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development

Then we have ;

• Literacy
• Maths
• Understanding the world
• Expressive Arts and design

Each area of learning is implemented through planned, purposeful play. This takes place through a mixture of adult led and child initiated activities. Play is essential to help children relate to others, build their confidence, explore their surroundings, and think critically.

The progress the children make is assessed by 17 Early learning Goals.

What to expect in Reception

We have daily maths and phonics sessions as well as talk for writing and kinetic letters most days. We hope to put on a phonics workshop in the Autumn term to show some of what we do. There is a video below explaining how we teach maths at Oldwinford.

The children have two P.E. sessions each week, so please make sure the children have had their earrings removed on those days. These will be on a Monday and Wednesday. 

All children learn at different rates so we differentiate our experiences so that everyone can learn effectively. Parents/Carers will be sent a dojo link so they can see weekly updates and photos of what the children are currently learning and experiencing. Always helpful when a child replies ‘we just played’, to a question about their day!

Please make sure a water bottle is sent into school each day.

Homework:

We do not set specific homework but there are ways you can support your child’s learning at home which we would always encourage.

• Putting their coats on and fastening them up.
• Going to the toilet and wiping themselves.
• Daily reading. We cannot emphasise the importance of daily reading enough. 
• Counting- children often need a little practice to count accurately moving their finger and saying the number at the same time can be challenging.
• Talking about concepts such as size and weight.
• Writing their name (not all in capital letters!)- we will send home a guide to letter formation.