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Reception - St Martin
New Parents Meeting Powerpoint
Staff
Class Teacher: Miss Blundell
Teaching Assistant: Miss D'Orleans
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.
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.
/docs/Classes/Homework/2024_-_2025/Reception/New_Reception_Summer_2_Homework_Challenges.docx
Weekly Learning
Drawing Club1st week- Title: The Colour Monster Author: Anna Llenas
We read The Colour Monster, where children eagerly followed the character's journey as they identified their feelings and matched them to different colours. For example, yellow represents happiness. The children enjoyed exploring this vibrant book, which used a variety of mixed media and collage techniques throughout, making it both inviting and engaging. The children were asked to create their own character from the story and begin mark-making a “code” to bring their story to life.
Key Vocabulary: mixed up, confused, jumbled and feelings
2nd Week- Title: The Gruffalo Author: Julia Donaldson
This timeless classic is one of the children's favourite books of all time: The Gruffalo. The children loved listening to the story; they enjoyed reenacting the scenes and recalling the characters and their memorable rhyming lines. We explored the way the characters appear in the forest, for example, by looking at their features. The children were then asked to create their own character from the book and write a code to bring their artwork to life.
Key Vocabulary: Stream, bellow, scrambled, roasted
For the vocabulary, we also came up with actions to go along with it.
Guided Reading
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 on Tuesday. Please ensure your child wears suitable footwear that are easy for them to run in on Tuesday. 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 Thursday afternoon. Please make sure your child has their forest school kit (puddle suit) and wellies in school.
RE
Autumn 1 Week 1
Our school celebrated St. Rose's Feast Day, giving everyone a wonderful opportunity to learn more about her inspiring life. The children enjoyed a special assembly along with engaging classroom activities and other fun projects. After making their beautiful flower crowns, we then visited the Prayer Garden, where they thoughtfully recited the Hail Mary while exploring this peaceful space. It was a memorable day filled with learning, creativity, and reflection.
St Martin class was introduced to their class saint, learning about St Martin de Porres' heartfelt dedication to helping others, especially the sick and the poor. They enjoyed hearing stories that showed how he cared deeply for both people and animals. The children explored a collection of beautiful images from around the world depicting St Martin, and together, they discussed ways they could follow his loving example. To enhance their understanding, the children joyfully drew pictures of St Martin, using visuals to inspire their creativity and learning.
Maths
Summer 2 Week 3
This week the children were verbally practising counting to 20 and exploring the patterns of the counting system.
Summer 2 Week 4
This week the children have been consolidating their learning on number composition and doubling.
Phonics
We have now learnt all the phase 3 phonic sounds and are revising them. Please see the following: ELS_Sounds_Mat_Phase3.pdf . Please practice these HRSW at home : ELS_YR_HRS_Words.pdf.