Reception

Welcome to Reception Class

Meet the Team

Miss Squibb - Class Teacher (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays)

 

Mrs Fitch - Full Time Teaching Assistant

 

Miss Borrows - Teaching Assistant, Mondays, Tuesday afternoons & Friday mornings.

 

Miss Millar - Part Time Teaching Assistant 1:1

Key Information 

Key Days

Tuesday - Reading book changing day. Children will take reading books home. 

Thursday - Visit to school library. Children can bring their library book home to be returned the following week.  

Friday - PE -  children come to school in their school PE kit, hair tied back and no earrings please. 

Friday - Forest School (pm). Children will wear all weather suits and wellies to protect their uniform.

A Kindly Reminder 

• Children should please bring water bottles to school every day - these should be clearly labelled with their names. 
• Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled - hopefully this will help us to avoid things getting lost.
• Reading records and phonics books should be brought into school every day please. 
• Children need a school PE kit that consists of pumps, black shorts and a blue T-shirt. For outside sessions during the winter, children can wear black/navy bottoms and their school jumper or cardigan for warmth or a suitable hoodie or tracksuit top.

Characteristics of Effective Learning  

Here at Banks St Stephen’s, we believe in the power of learning through play. We focus on providing a stimulating environment where children can explore, discover, and learn through hands-on experiences. The characteristics of effective learning are at the heart of our teaching approach. We value and encourage children's curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking skills. By fostering these characteristics, we aim to inspire a lifelong love for learning in our young learners.  

Phonics 

In Reception we are using Phase 2, 3 & 4 Phonics, following the Red Rose Phonics scheme. Phonics is taught daily through interactive sessions and exciting activities. We support children in learning letter sounds, blending words, and segmenting sounds. By incorporating phonics into our daily activities, we aim to establish a robust foundation for literacy, guiding our learners towards becoming confident readers and writers.  

Phonics at Home 

We are using Phases 3, 4 & 5 phonics. Click the links below to find pronunciations to support your child at home. 

Phase 2- Phase 2 Phonic Sound Help with Pronunciation (youtube.com) 

Phase 3 - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU2vWZKS7rY 

We are dedicated to providing a supportive and nurturing environment where every child can thrive. Stay tuned for updates on our Reception class's exciting learning journey! 

Useful Websites and Publications

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks

https://www.purplemash.com/login/ (Your login is in the front of your reading record)

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

Parents Guide to EYFS

What to Expect When

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It's Alive!

This half term in Reception Class, we have been investigating living things, including plants and animals and of course, ourselves! we have looked at how we change and grown, playing 'Guess Who?' with our baby photos. We have looked at the life cycle of a butterfly and a frog, planted sunflowers and much more. We have been looking at growing fruits and vegetables and even had a visit from one of our local farmers who was happy to tell us about his interesting life on the farm and answer our many questions! We finished our term learning all about Easter, it's meaning, The Easter story and carrying out some of our Easter traditions, including some egg rolling. 

Once Upon a Time...

This half term we have been reading an array of traditional tells, using story language, repetitive phrases, describing characters and writing our own sentences about them. We have also made out props and acted out the stories each week too. 

Christmas Fun!

Our run up to Christmas in Reception Class is always filled with laughter, sparkle and fun! We decorated our classroom, made our house into a gingerbread house, learnt the Christmas Story which of course fed into our infamous nativity. We enjoyed a Christmas Crafts afternoon with our parents and adopted our elves and made snowman biscuits - what a busy and wonderful time we have had!

Autumn Days

We immersed ourselves in our natural environment to explore the season of Autumn. We noticed similarities and changes in our surroundings, set up our own campsite and got creative with pumpkins too! We learnt about Bonfire Night, the story of Guy Fawkes, bonfire traditions and of course, fire safety. We made our own bonfire in our EYFS garden and tasted marshmallows too.

Incredible You!

We started off our year in Reception Class with a topic that brings out the children's confidence, builds self-esteem, encourages creativity and builds relationships. We started by thinking about all the things that make us unique and learnt that it is okay to be different. Next we moved onto a Greatest Showman 'This is Me!' focus and created our own circus show. We invited our parents to watch the show planned completely by the children, from designing posters and invitations to the acts, props, costumes music and refreshments!