Reception – Tewkesbury C of E Primary

Mrs Pawley
Class Teacher for Class 1

Miss Rowland

Foundation Phase Leader
Class Teacher for Class 2

Mrs Rychlinska
LSA for Class 1

Miss Smith
LSA for Class 2

Mrs Ley

LSA in Class 2

Year group information

Welcome to Reception. This page will contain all the information you need to have for a successful first year at Tewkesbury C of E Primary School.

Physical Education

P.E is on Thursday morning for Class 1 and Class 2.

Please ensure your child has their P.E kit in school and that items are clearly labelled.

Your child needs to have a white t-shirt with black or navy shorts. Your child will not require plimsolls until the Summer term.

What is ‘Welly Boot’ Day?

Children will have the opportunity to take part in Welly Boot sessions once a week. These sessions are timetabled outdoor sessions, where the children will have the opportunity to explore the outside space. This is separate to the children’s daily experience of their Foundation Stage outside classroom. Welly boot is an opportunity for your child to experience nature and the outdoors in all weathers in a safe, secure environment. The main focus for these sessions will be in the Keystage 2 outside area at the back of their playground.

Aims

Our Welly boot experiences aim to:

develop speaking and listening skills
extend children’s learning through real life experience and exploration
improve their confidence, independence and self esteem
to provide enjoyable and rewarding challenges
develop children’s teamwork, cooperative skills and awareness of the needs of others
to enable children to be self-motivated, make choices and initiate their own learning
to help children understand, appreciate and care for the natural environment.

Clothing

Children will be supplied with a waterproof jacket and trousers, which will protect their school clothes.

Children should have their own wellies for these sessions. These should be named and kept in school throughout the week. A spare pair of socks (also named) would be useful and can be kept in your child’s PE kit.

In the colder weather, hats, scarves and gloves are essential as is a sun hat in the warmer summer months. Children will be required to wear their wet weather trousers throughout the whole year during these sessions.

Spring Term 1

Letters home:

Spring Term 1 Topic Letter

Spring Term 1 Topic Web

These topic letters will give you an overview of what is happening in Reception this term. The topic web will give you an idea of the skills your children will be covering linked to the EYFS Curriculum and the 7 areas of learning.

These are the Early Learning Goals which are the end of year expectations for your child in Reception. We have provided a leaflet for parents that outlines these end of year expectations.

The Early Learning Goals

Tapestry:

Here you will find key information to support the use of our Tapestry Online Journal at home.

Parents Guide – website

Parents Guide iOS

Parents Android

Ideas to support your child at home this term:

Websites to support you child with phonics at home:

This youtube video shows you how to pronounce each of the Jolly Sounds correctly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8

Mr Thorne and Geraldine the Giraffe

http://mrthorne.com

Videos introduced by either Mr Thorne or a mischievous giraffe called Geraldine.

A Fun way to look for objects beginning with the initial sound.

Letter formation

A great website for children to watch how the letter shapes are formed.

http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/letterformation/

Different games linked to the Letters and Sounds Phonics programme.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ParentsMenu.htm

Autumn 1: Week 2

Our first week in school!

This week we have been very busy in Reception getting to know our classroom and school environment but most importantly making lots of new friends!

We have had lots of fun learning our school routines and playing together indoors and in our outdoor classroom. We have explored the whole school to find out where everybody is and what jobs they do.

We have been painting our portraits!

We spent time looking in the mirror and noticing our features. We looked at our friends in the class and we talked about our similarities and differences!

We have also been talking about what makes us special and we have found out about some of the things we all like and dislike.

Do you like our class portrait display!

Class 1: