Welcome to Wharton's Reception...

The staff in Reception are: Mrs Watts, Mr Rowland, Miss Emma, Miss Lucy and Miss Clare (Mrs Cleary is on maternity leave)

The children have had a great start in Reception and have settled in well. They have learnt all about their new friends and are learning the new routines.

Next half term we are going to exploring 'celebrations' in class. We will talk about Bonfire Night, birthdays, babies being born and move on to Christmas. The children will explore lots of key texts through the adventure of 'Drawing Club'.

 

Supersonic phonics

We will have daily phonic sessions in small groups where the children will work with a teacher or a teaching assistant. The children will be learning new sounds and will learn to orally segment and blend. This will be carried out through practical lessons including ICT and games. We will be working through basics 2 and 3 throughout the year ensuring the children are confident applying their phonics in their reading and writing. We will also be learning to read some high frequency words and basics 2 and 3 tricky words. We will hold workshops throughout the year to support parents and carers with reading at home. 

Writing

We will be applying basics 2 and 3 phonics into literacy lessons every day. As we move through the year children will write simple captions, longer sentences and maybe even simple stories in the summer term. Our class provision will reflect the sounds the children have been learning in phonics to encourage them to apply this in their independent work.

We will be continuing to use Drawing Club where we will focus on 1 story/ traditional tale or cartoon clip a week. The children will be developing their vocabulary and imagination throughout this session.

Reading

Children will be heard read twice a week in school and should be heard at home every day. Repetition is key at this early stage of reading. Children should be able to read the words in simple sentences as well as understand what they have just read.

Maths

In reception we follow the NCETM number programme which supports the children in developing a clear understanding of the numbers 1-10 throughout the year. We also use White Rose Maths to explore other aspects of maths such as shape.

 

Dough Disco

Each morning we start the day by diving straight into strengthening our fine finger muscles and developing our gross motor movements. We complete this every morning by warming up our hands and developing onto manipulating each muscle in our hands to support each child's development. This supports balance, muscle development, communication, mark making and handwriting and much more!

Squiggle Time and 'Flipper Flappers'

We use part of each day to cross our mid-line to prepare our children for mark making and writing. These are active sessions and show clear progression throughout the year! The children really enjoy this physical session which develops with a specific programme throughout Nursery up until the end of Year 1!

Lunchtime

At 11:45, we prepare for lunch and go into the infant Hall to eat our lunch. If your child has a school dinner, please ensure you pre order your child's lunch on the School Grid site. Packed Lunch children will still eat with the other children in the hall - please ensure that all food sent into school does not contain any traces of nuts.
At lunchtime children are encouraged to eat using knives, forks and spoons. Social eating and drinking are an important part of personal, social and emotional development.

Home / School Tasks.

Please read with your child daily. This can be their reading book as well as pictures books.

Support your child with being independent such as getting on their clothes, coat and shoes.

Reminders!
All items of clothes should be labelled, we encourage independent skills in Reception and making sure your child’s clothes are labelled helps them look after them. 

Children need a PE kit this consists of a white t shirt, black shorts and black PE pumps. All items should be labelled.

PE is on a Thursday morning for all of Reception and on a Monday we do extra PE with the 'Manchester City in the community project'. The children will be learning lots of new skills throughout the year.