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WELCOME LETTER 2023
Welcome To Our Reception Oak Class Page!
Miss Simpkin (Teacher) &
Miss Powell, Mrs McGovern & Miss Power (Teaching Assistants)
Welcome!
Welcome to Reception Oak! We are very excited about the year ahead and helping our children to develop, thrive and have fun in all aspects of their learning during their first stage of school!
Our school Twitter / X page and Tapestry account is updated regularly, so you can see the learning and experiences taking place.
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to speak to us at morning drop-off, or afternoon pick-up. Alternatively, Miss Simpkin can be contacted on info@stjohnsrc.net (please type Miss Simpkin in the subject header).
This year, Parents' Evenings will be taking place on Wednesday 18th October 2023 and Wednesday 20th March 2024.
Please find attached a letter above entitled: 'Welcome To Reception Letter September 2023' detailing all the important information for the year ahead!
Welcome to our Reception class page! We hope you have all had a fantastic summer and well deserved rest! Below are the topics and books we will be planning our work around this year:
Term | Topic | Book |
Autumn 1 | All about me |
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Autumn 2 | Homes Celebrations |
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Spring 1 | Under the sea – links to recycling |
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Spring 2 | Space |
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Summer 1 | Minibeasts/The Farm |
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Summer 2 | Dinosaurs Dragons and Knights Seaside |
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Key Information
School Day
8.45am – 3.20pm
Reception Staff
Miss Simpkin & Miss Meeley- Reception Oak
Mrs Lucas & Miss Smith - Reception Ash
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PE day - Friday
Children can come into school in their PE kits on this day.
Show and Tell
On a Friday we do ‘Show and Tell’. The children can bring something in and tell the class about it. For example, a train ticket, a photo, a leaflet, a picture they have drawn or something they have made, to show their group. This is optional, the children do not have to bring anything in if they do not want to.
Reading Books
Please ensure you bring your child’s reading book bag into school on their specified reading day - this will be written in your child’s reading log. We advise you to support your child to read their book for 10 minutes every evening. Although, we do understand that you all have busy home lives so this is just a guideline.
Learning
In the Foundation Stage (Nursery & Reception) we have seven areas of learning and we also teach Religious Education as part of our curriculum as a Catholic school. Each half term we have a different topic. We learn through teacher and child lead learning.
The areas of learning are:
- communication and language
- physical development
- personal, social and emotional development
- literacy
- mathematics
- understanding the world
- expressive arts and design
If you would like more information on this please see the link below:
Tour of reception oak
Reception Welcome Booklet 2020
Reception Curriculum Goals
Phonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAYUvQUrGo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emb2yvwAHtc
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds
Maths
Story time with the reception staff.