Reception 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Reception
 

We hope you enjoy visiting our Reception class page which shows the exciting learning that takes place both inside and outside of our classroom. Click on the links below and take a look at the photographs to see what we've been up to.  Please follow us on Twitter @Canon_Reception for daily updates and reminders.

This half term, we will be following the Cornerstones Curriculum to deliver the topics:

Me and My Community

and 

Exploring Autumn (Mini Project)

Me and My Community supports children with settling into the new rules and routines of school and encourages them to make new friends and feel confident in their class. It teaches children about being helpful, kind and thoughtful at home and at school. This project also teaches children how they are unique and special, the importance of friendship and how people in their family, school and local community are important and can help them.

Our mini project, Exploring Autumn teaches children about the natural changes that happen during the season of autumn, including how the weather changes, why trees lose their leaves and how wild animals prepare for winter.

In maths, we will be doing lots of practical based activities based around matching, sorting and comparing, measure, patterns and shape and numbers to 5.

Children will start their Read Write Inc. phonics journey this half term. This will involve the children learning to read and write their set 1 sounds, develop their oral blending skills through Fred Talk and using this to start to read CVC words.

Our PE day is FRIDAY. Please send your child to school in full PE kit on this day.

Home Learning:

Home Learning Books are sent home at the begining of each term with an overview of activities inside linking to the current Cornerstones Topic. A copy of the activity sheet will also be uploaded here each half term. See below. 

Purple Mash log ins have been sent home for your children to access home learning tasks. If you need your child's log in details, please ask a member of staff.

MiniMash: We encourage children to explore MiniMash at home as well as in the classroom, and try out different activities linked to learning across the curriculum. We also occasionally set tasks on Minimash for the children to complete.
 

Useful Links

MiniMash - Your child has their own login details to access the activities on this platform.

PhonicsPlay - Activities to support early reading skills. Type in the following details Username: march20  Password: home

Oxford Owl - Free Ebook library - select any of the books in the appropriate age category.

CBeebies Numberblocks   - Learn about numbers through fun songs and animations.

Topmarks - Fun games and activities.

Twinkl Resources -Early-Years    
Click the link and set up a free account with your own email address and password. Type in the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS.

Is your child new to Reception this September?

Please watch the Parent Information video below and read the attached documents.

*Please return your information packs to the school office by the 2nd July or as soon as possible*