Our Reception Class

Welcome to Reception! The class teacher in Reception is Mrs Grimes and the children are supported by Mrs Casey.

In Nursery and Reception, we have a happy, stimulating environment where children feel valued, safe and motivated to learn. Each individual child is at the centre of everything we do.

We are an accredited Communication Friendly School, providing tailored interventions to enable our children to develop their communication skills across all areas of our provision. Alongside this, upon entry children are language assessed using the WellComm framework and planned for accordingly, enabling them to make rapid progress with their communication skills in small structured groups.

Children are supported and challenged in their learning by Objective-Led Planning. Objective-Led Planning enables the children to learn through their interests. Our experienced practitioners engage in play and enhance the learning and outcomes by knowing where each child is working at and their next steps.

Our teachers  deliver the programme from Oldham Music Service, Tune-In to Talking. These sessions  develop and enhance many transferable skills including concentration, listening and attention, turn-taking and overall confidence to engage in new situations.

Our bespoke curriculum is linked to specific interests, enabling our children to thrive, reach their full potential and gain a true love of learning.

8.50- Classroom doors open

9.00-9.15- Morning task and register

9.15-9.45- Phonics

9.45- Continuous provision

10.45- Maths

11.15- Lunch, then continuous provision and guided reading

1.00- Topic/ RE/ RSE/ My Happy Mind

1.15- Continuous provision (busy learning)

2.30- Fruit and milk

2.45- Drawing club, story

3.20- Home time

Reading

• Reading books given out on a Friday and returned on Thursday.
• Books are also available online on Ecollins. https://ops.collinsopenpage.com/sso/login?service=https%3A//ebooks.collinsopenpage.com/wr/index.html&eulogin=trueThese books are also changed on a Friday.
• All children have their own personal login for this site. If you need another copy of your login, please speak to Mrs Grimes.
• Children are expected to read at least 3 times per week. It is very helpful for staff teaching your child to know how your child is reading at home. Please write in their reading record with a short comment.
• We encourage reading to be fun. Maybe you could visit the library with your child or read a book at bedtime. Stories are a great way to encourage language development and spark new interests for your child.
• Homework is given out on a Friday. This will be placed into your child’s school book bag. This homework is linked to the phonics work your child has been learning that week. When you have completed this homework, please verbally feedback to Mrs Grimes or Mrs Casey. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/

My Happy Mind:

Our focus this term is ‘Meet your Brain’. The module is focused on teaching children the following key concepts :Our brains help us with lots of different jobs. We need to look after our brains for us to be at our best. When we learn something new our brain remembers it for next time.

We have met Bertie and Betty. They will help us to remember the key concepts of this topic through stories and activities.

We love to know what the children have been doing at home. If you have any photographs of your child enjoying a particular family event, special day out or toy/ book at home, please send them in for us to celebrate with their friends.