Reception
Welcome to Reception Class
Summer Term 2024
Reception class worked really hard in the Spring Term and are continuing to get to grips with working more independently and we hope that children will continue to develop their concentration, confidence, resilience and perseverance powers going into the Summer Term.
The children have planned their learning for the term on the theme ‘Mad About Minibeasts’ We will be using mini-beast and growing related stories and songs to inspire learning activities, also planning and developing our vegetable garden too. Eric Carle and his stories will be our author focus this term. We will be watching our own caterpillars change and grow too. If parents have any spare seedlings or seeds we can use, or help us do some gardening, that would be fantastic.
The whole school is also planning our book launch event when everyone will be invited to share our learning involved in the stories4schools project and the making of our published book 'Knightlow's Nature Tales' 
We will continue to watch for seasonal changes as the weather warms up, we will continue our learning about New Life when our chick eggs arrive for us to look after and hopefully we will be watching them hatch too ! We will continue to use our wonderful outside spaces, and create recipes in our Mud kitchen and explore and utilise our Forest Site.
In Literacy, through our daily phonics and reading sessions using the Read Write Inc phonics scheme, we will be working on recognising Set 1 and Set 2 letter sounds and reading and writing more independently. We are also working on developing our fine motor and dexterity to develop our handwriting skills, and having daily active or Dough Disco time. We hope the parent live workshop last term was as helpful as the feedback suggests. Your child will continue to have the opportunity to choose a library book and have new reading books on a Monday and the online book that your child is working on at school will uploaded each week too.
We will use Numicon and other practical resources to support and enhance maths learning and continue to be involved in the Mastering Numbers Project where Number Blocks is used. Through practical activities and games there will be daily opportunities for developing a deeper understanding of number. Throughout the year we will be working on recognising and writing number symbols 1-20 and writing our own number sentences. Through practical activities in the classroom and using our outside spaces, children will be encouraged to develop problem solving skills, use subatising, develop awareness and understanding of different number patterns including number bonds, counting in 2's, 5's and 10's and recognising odd and even numbers. We will work on recognising the properties of shape around us as well have an understanding of space and measure too.
There will of course be lots of opportunities to be creative, develop imagination, explore and investigate and be physical through daily continuous play provision.
Days that your child will be going to Forest School will usually be on a Friday and PE sessions will usually be on a Tuesday afternoon, this term we will be developing our skills with our Sports Coach Ryan. Please ensure that your child has shorts and t-shirt in school and plimsolls or trainers. We will also be developing our water safety awareness during our swimming sessions too.
We will keep you updated on our Class Group Webpage on our school Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/knightlowcofeprimary
The school page is a super way to keep up with Knightlow News and our own class group page is a great way to show WOW moments of learning that your child has done at home as well as a super way for us to keep you updated too.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns or would like to offer your help or support in any way
Thank you
Mrs Cathy Amos-Simpson
Reception Class Teacher
Reception Learning Themes 2023-2024
| Autumn 1 | Autumn Harvest |
| Autumn 2 | Space/ Festivals |
| Spring 1 | Once Upon a Time |
| Spring 2 | Here We Are |
| Summer 1 | Mad About Mini-beasts |
| Summer 2 | Commotion in the Ocean |
Reception Learning 2023-2024
Long Term Plan Reception Class 2023-2024
Learning Newsletters 2023- 2024
KS1 Reading and Phonics Parent Workshop 2023-2024
Knightlow Children Say Phonics Sounds
Story Green Words
Speed Sounds From The Story Book
Partner Practice
Partner Read
Hold A Sentence
Home Learning
In the event of school or class closure due to COVID, home learning, activity ideas, resources and detailed planning for Reception Class will be updated weekly on our class webpage https://littlesmarties.wordpress.com/ Learning can being shared on our class group Facebook page Little Smarties.
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- Hill Crescent, Stretton-on-Dunsmore,
- Rugby, United Kingdom, CV23 9NF
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