Welcome To Reception

This page is for all our reception children in Ash and Oak class. We will use this page to share information with you and also tell you what we have been doing each week. We will also share ideas for activities you can do at home to support your learning. 

Meet Our Team
	Mrs Richards Ash Class Teacher	Miss Ellis Oak Class Teacher
Mrs McIlhatton Ash Class TA	Mrs Bartlett Ash Class TA	Miss Webber Oak Class TA

Our Topic for Spring A

Will you read me a story?

Welcome to the magical world of fairy tales! Was the Big Bad Wolf really so bad? How many bowls of porridge did Goldilocks eat? Let’s find out more about our favourite stories, and discover some new ones.

This half term, we’ll visit a libray and watch a pantomime to see the characters come to life!  We’ll play imaginatively with a model castle and small world characters. We’ll look at different character types, and decide whether our favourite characters are ‘goodies’ or ‘baddies’! Using different materials and shapes, we’ll build castles and bridges. We’ll read lots of stories and look at the ingredients that go into a fantastic fairy tale. We’ll be brave explorers and hunt for missing items from fairy tales. Contemporary versions of fairy tales will inspire us to write stories, and we’ll create story maps to retell familiar tales. We’ll also test the right materials to make houses for the Three Little Pigs.

Help your child prepare for their project
Reading fairy tales can sweep us away into a fantastical world. Why not visit your local library together to read lots of different versions? You could also watch children’s films on this theme and discuss the different types of characters. Alternatively, you could use toys to retell favourite fairy tales.

Home Learning and Homework

The children all have school reading books and/or Ditty sheets.  EYFS homework is for your child to read regularly and for this to be recorded in the reading diary. 

We use an online learning journey in school called Tapestry. This can also be used at home to share any photos or any activities you have done. If you have not yet received an email invitation to join Tapestry please tell one of the EYFS team.

Our Timetable

PE

The children will take part in a PE session every Thursday with Mr Howsam our sports coach. The children are to come into school wearing their PE kit each Thursday.

Wellie Wednesdays

On Wednesday's we will be spending more time in our school woods doing forest school activities.  Please can children wear old clothes to school every Wednesday, such as jogging bottoms, t-shirt, jumper.  If you have not yet done so please bring some named wellies to be kept in school.     

We take full advantange of our outdoor classroom, woods and fields around school, so please ensure children have their coats each day incase of poor weather. 

Wider Learning Links

www.cbeebies.co.uk  - Click on ‘games’ or ‘puzzles and games’ and scroll down to ‘sort games by’ and choose ‘learning area’ to choose the area of learning you would like your child to practise.  

Cbeebies also has lots of information and clips to support other areas of our EYFS curriculum, such as Understanding the World (Chinese New Year, Diwali, growing plants) and Health and Self-Care (healthy eating, exercise), Expressive Arts and Design (art ideas).  These are just a few of the topics that you can search for on this site.   There are some lovely stories in the Radio section too!

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students - This is the Read Write Inc online eReader. We will give your child a login to this once they have reached the book stage in  their phonics learning. 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students - This video will explain the Read Write Inc Programme that your child will follow at Sutton Green. 

www.ictgames.co.uk - This website has many literacy and numeracy games.

Trips and Memoriable Experiences 

Stay and Play sessions 

We love to show you children's learning in action, the best way we can do this is for you to come in and join us. We have arranged dates throughout the year for you to come and play. 

• 15/9/21 Stay and Play 9.00-10.00
• 22/11/21 Stay and Play - Enterprise Gifts 2.00-3.15
• 11/2/22 Stay and Play 9.00-10.00
• 31/3/22 Stay and Play Easter craft workshop 2.00-3.00
• 23/5/22 Stay and Play 9.00-10.00
• 13/7/22 EYFS graduation 2.00-3.00

We will send more details as each date approaches.