reception
Welcome to Reception
In Reception we have two reception classes. Each class has a Teacher and a Teaching Assistant. We have a beautiful learning environment consisting of two classrooms joined together by sliding doors. During our direct teaching times children learn in their own classroom with their own teacher and during our independent learning times, we can open the doors to create a vast learning space where children are free to explore the learning opportunities in each classroom. We also have a fantastic outdoor learning space and creative room which children can access throughout the day.
Meet the staff
Class RW is taught by Mrs Walker and their Teaching Assistant is Mrs Wason
Class RO'C is taught by Mrs O'Connor and their Teaching Assistant is Mrs Hollinshead
Key Information for Reception classes:
PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Children may come into school on these days wearing their PE kits.
Please send in a waterbottle each day with your child filled with water.
Clear Reading packet folders with yellow reading diaries and phonics book enclosed need to be brought into school every Monday.
Phonics Homework books need to be brought back to school every Wednesday.
Children also need to bring in a red Barnfields book bag each day and we will put any letters or information you may need into this.
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AUTUMN TERM 2
It has been an exciting second half term in Reception. We focussed our learning around the Season of Autumn and loved looking at the changes in the natural world. We had our first "Learning Together" workshop where parents and carers were invited in to build scarecrows with their children followed by warming up with a lovely hot chocolate. We also had our first class trip to the Snow Dome where we got to play in the snow, watch a show and see the animals.
Another highlight of our Term was the children performing a "Wriggly Nativity" on stage in front of all their family members. It was amazing to see every child stand up with a smile on their face, joining in with singing, actions and remembering lines. Over just one term, the development in their self-confidence shone through as they re-told the Nativity story.
We have continued our phonics journey, learning all the phase 2 sounds and using them to read and write CVC words. We have further developed our maths skills through counting, subitising and learning about properties of 2D shapes.
*PREVIOUS LEARNING*
AUTUMN TERM 1
The children in Reception have had a busy half term settling into their new learning environment and establishing new routines. They have begun their journey to read by learning twenty of the graphemes which represent phonemes during their daily phonics sessions. For each grapheme, they have learnt to say its pure sound, and how to form the letter correctly using its formation phrase. They have already begun to blend the phonemes together to read simple words.
In our daily maths sessions we have focussed on representing, subitising and matching quantity to numerals. We have also looked at comparing quantities using the language "more" and "fewer" and learnt many number rhymes.
In Expressive Art and Design we have investigated colour, mixing paints to create new colours. We have also created art work using circles printed by using circular objects. We have learnt that self portraits are representations of ourselves and created these with pencil, paint and collage materials.
In Understanding the World we have celebrated Diwali, learnt about ourselves in the past, thought about how humans change and grow, drawn pictures of our families and our houses.
Through our enhanced provision the children have had daily access to our beautiful outdoor area including den building activities, obstacle courses, balancing equipment, musical instruments, sand and water play, large scale blackboards and whiteboard, weaving frame, construction area, bikes and climbing frame.