Reception

Curriculum Information

 Spring Term 2012

Dear Parent,

Happy New Year to you all.  This term’s topics are ‘People Who Help Us’ and ‘Traditional Tales’.  We will spend time investigating these themes across the areas of learning through play, hands on activities, observation, drawing, music and dance. We are also focusing on the ‘Year of Communication’ as a school, and Reception’s target this term is: ‘To explicitly teach the language of social etiquette’ (Please, thank you, excuse me, sorry etc.) Please could you help us by reinforcing this at home.

We would like to invite people to visit our class to talk about their jobs. If you know anyone working in the following professions – fire, police, nursing, dentistry, lollipop person etc -  who would be willing to come and talk to the children, please let us know.  We are also going to walk to the local allotments at the end of each half term, and if you are CRB checked, we would appreciate any time you can offer to accompany the children.

The children will participate in regular Literacy sessions.  These will continue to be mainly of a practical nature but will also involve some more structured activities including phonic work, writing skills and group reading.  This term we are focusing on writing first names in a continuous cursive style; our aim is for all children to be able to do this independently by Easter. Please could you sit with and help your child with this, ensuring that all letters are formed correctly.

Numeracy sessions will also be practical and focus on number sequencing, counting (0-15 and beyond), shape, time (days, months and seasons) and comparative measures.

Parents who are CRB checked are welcome to come and help in school on a rota basis.  Please see your registration group teacher to arrange a suitable time.

Although we have an extensive range of classroom resources we would very much appreciate any donations such as number jigsaw puzzles, dolls and dressing-up clothes for role-play.

Please could you ensure that your child has a clearly named PE kit in school – black shorts, white T shirt and a pair of plimsolls. Also could ALL school uniform and shoes, coats, hats, gloves and scarves be clearly named in a permanent pen or sewn in label.

Timetable reminders:

            P.E. days - Monday & Friday                                

(NB. Please, no jewellery should be worn to school as this can compromise safety during P.E. lessons and play-times.)

            Reading Books are changed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

            Library day - Thursday

Class / Parent Representatives – Mrs Nativ, Mrs Watson, Mrs Cloote and Mrs Viglione

As always, the Reception teachers are available after school on Wednesday and Thursday between 3.15 –3.45pm.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs N. Perry                          Miss C. Scott