Reception - St Catherine
Staff
Class Teacher: Miss McDonagh
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Gimmi
Curriculum Information
Early Years Curriculum Information 2024-25
Reception Spring 2025 Curriculum Information
Reception High Frequency Words
Homework
All children from Reception to Year 2 will be asked to read at home at least 4x a week and for this to be recorded, by parents, in their reading records.
Class teachers from reception to Year 2 will send home a list of high frequency words which should be read through and practised at least once a week.
Access to Numbots (Reception to Year 2) and Times Table Rockstars (Year 1 and Year 2) will be provided by the school so that these apps can be used to practise key maths skills at home. This should be completed for no more than 10 mins a day and at least 3 x a week. Class teachers may also send home harder to read and spell words, or phonics resources to help support your child.
Every half term, class teachers will create and send home a menu of activities to be completed over the course of the half term. These will be a range of tasks and will include 1 x maths, 1 x English, 2 x Communication & Language, 2x Physical Development, 2x Personal, Social and Emotional, 1x Understanding of the World, 1x Expressive Art and Design.
These menus will be glued into a homework book and we will invite you to complete as many as you can. You can then tick off those that you have completed and either record in the homework book what you have done. If you have taken a photograph or would prefer to share something electronically, this can be sent through to class teachers via Google Classroom. Each class will then allocate an afternoon where children can bring in and share some of the tasks that they have completed at home.
Weekly Learning
Key Information
Reading Books
In Reception school reading books are changed weekly. Your child will be allocated a book change day. Children will receive one guided reading book and one free read that is matched to their phonic ability. If there is no comment in your child's Reading Record we will assume you have not had a chance to read with your child. Please record the text title(s) in your child's reading record.PE
Our P.E. day is Thursday. Please ensure your child wears suitable footwear that are easy for them to run in on Thursdays. Long hair needs to be tied back and earrings are not allowed to be worn in school at any time.
Forest School
Our Forest School day is every other Friday morning. Please make sure your child has their forest school kit (puddle suit) and wellies in school.