Autumn Term in Reception 

The inspirational texts on our bookshelf will inspire our learning across the curriculum

The Reception year is a very special part of your child’s school journey. We strive to provide a unique, challenging and inspirational curriculum based on new and memorable experiences. Establishing strong relationships with our pupils and their families is our priority at the beginning of the school year. Throughout the year, we will work with your child to learn and understand their individual needs and support them in their learning and development.

During the Autumn term in Reception, we will read a variety of inspirational and carefully selected texts that explore the character traits of kindness, citizenship, integrity, curiosity, bravery and gratitude.

We will firstly meet Anna Llenas’s ‘The Colour Monster’ as he shows bravery, curiosity and kindness when navigating his way through his first day at school.

We will then move onto Pippa Goodhart’s ‘You Choose’, a wonderful text of imagery where the children will use their imagination and utilise their curiosity to choose where they might go, live, sleep and what they might choose to do.

Hannah Lee’s ‘My Hair’ encounters a young child excited about her birthday and a trip to the hairdressers to choose any hairstyle that she would like, which develops kindness and citizenship.

‘The Everywhere Bear’, a picture book focusing on a missing toy bear that goes on extraordinary adventures, focuses on bravery, kindness and gratitude.

In ‘Dogs don’t do Ballet’ we meet Biff, a little puppy who will stop at nothing to become a ballet dancer, which demonstrates bravery and gratitude.

‘The Leaf Thief’ drives curiosity and citizenship, when the squirrel is on a mission to find the leaf thief, meeting fun animals along the way.

‘Tree – Seasons Come, Seasons Go’, will teach the children about the seasons and will remain on our bookshelf throughout Reception.

In Maths we will work on the concept of subitising and composition of numbers within 5. Literacy will focus initially on mark making, and once we have grasped initial graphemes, we will attempt to put this phonic knowledge into practice with writing CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. In Understanding the World, we will encounter National Poetry Day, Rosh Hashanah, Black History Month, Parliament Week, Anti-Bullying Week and our Nativity performance in December. In Art, we will look at the work of Piet Mondrian and the skill of block colouring. Our PSHE curriculum will focus on feelings, belonging, having our own unique identity and how we can work together to achieve more.

It is going to be a busy and thoroughly enjoyable term!

Autumn Term Highlights!

Tapestry and Instagram updates

Nativity performance

Educational visits throughout the year, including one off site visit per term

Year group assembly performance

Author visits (virtual and in person)

Science investigations

Singing circles and in-class musical performances

Opportunities to learn outside of the classroom

The Reception Team

Mrs Cheshire – Class Teacher

Mr Ross – Class Teacher

Mrs Smith – Learning Support Assistant

Miss Wood – Learning Support Assistant

Important information:

• Please make sure your child’s book bag containing their reading books and Reading Record is brought into school every day.
• When your child has reached a certain point in the Phonics programme, 1 x phonetically decodable reading book will be sent home on a Friday alongside a recommended reading book for Reception aged children.
• Please comment in your child’s Reading Record when you have read with your child.
• Your child’s reading books and Reading Record should be brought into school each day.
• Your child will take part in Shared Reading with an adult, across the week.
• Children are provided with a fruit or vegetable snack each day as well as milk (this is currently provided for pupils by the Government until they are 5 years old). A milk alternative can be brought into school in a small bottle or flask with their name on, but please remember that we are an allergy aware school and these products cannot contain nuts.
• Children in Reception are eligible for Universal Infant Free School Meals entitlement. You are of course welcome to send your child in with a packed lunch (please remember nothing in these should include nuts).
• Children should have their water bottle in school every day. They will have access to this throughout the school day.
• PE Kits should be in school every day. They will be sent home at the end of each half term to be washed and then returned on the first day of the following half term.
• Reception children will enter school through their own classroom door from the playground. Please support a successful start to their day by being on time. Whilst we appreciate it can be tricky to say goodbye on some mornings, it can be helpful to keep this brief and for children to enter school independently from the moment they start.

As always, there will be lots of learning and exciting activities going on in Reception this term. Please speak to our admin team for access to the Reception Instagram account.

You will receive personalised activation information from Tapestry to your registered email.

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