Welcome to Reception!

The Reception team is - Mrs Evans, Miss Ridge, Mrs Walsh, Mrs Schofield.

Miss Goodall, Miss Froud and Miss Christie also work within Reception.  

If you have any concerns, please come and see us and we will be happy to answer any questions. Alternatively, you can email us on:

admin@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk 

We have an open door policy at Puss Bank School and Nursery and we are always available to talk in the morning or after school. Due to training needs we will find it tricky to speak to you on a Tuesday after school but we are always happy to arrange another time to chat about anything that you wish to raise with us.

If something happens during the day please feel free to telephone the school directly and a member of the office team will relay that information directly to the class teacher.

What will we be learning in the Autumn 1?

Our topic this half-term is Amazing Me!

    We will read The Friendship Bench and Amazing. 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

We will be learning to use and look after the continuous provision, making decisions about how to undertake tasks and how we could improve.

Making friends - Learning classroom rules, sharing toys, and playing nicely with others.

Managing Feelings - Talking about emotions and getting used to the new school day.

Independence – Putting on coats/shoes/wellies, using the toilet independently, managing bags.

We will be talking about ourselves, our families and our friends through the transition bags.

Physical Development

We will be developing gross motor control through ‘Squiggle whilst you wiggle’, P.E. and the outside provision. Developing fine motor control through ‘Dough Disco’, funky fingers activities, play-dough and cutting.

Early Phonics & Reading

We will learn individual letter sounds and how to blend them to read words and how to segment them to write words, handling books correctly from left to right, and enjoying oral blending or rhyming games.

As a school we follow Little Wandle. Please use the following link for more information

https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

English

We will listen to and explore non-fiction, fiction, and poetry texts, responding by making relevant comments and asking questions – reading many stories about families and friendships. Children will learn single sounds, practise pencil control, letter formation patterns, and how to accurately write their name. The starting points for learning will vary based on your child’s age and prior experience.

Maths

We will learn about numbers 1 to 5.

We count, represent, compare and order numbers. Subitising within 3, counting skills up to 5, explore how all numbers are made up of 1’s, subitise objects and sounds, comparison of sets, use of language ‘more than’ ‘less than’.

We will use practical activities to develop this understanding. We will deepen our understanding through reasoning why or how we know that.

Understanding of the World 

Focus on senses (what they can hear and see), Talk about where they live, explore nature changes in autumn, past and present, describing self as a baby, and now, and what makes them special.

Expressive Arts and Design

We will be exploring crayons, chalk, paint and colour mixing. Creating self-portraits, family portraits using a range of resources available.

How can parents help?

 

• Practise writing your child's name, using the correct letter formation
• Practise dressing and undressing. Can they do their zip on their coat? Can they find which shoe goes on each foot?
• Share the sharing book they bring home and talk about the story afterwards.
• Let them find their own way to do activities and allow them to struggle with things they find difficult.
• Make learning fun! It's not a 'table-top' activity, it can be done anywehre eg. spot sounds they know on your local walk, count how many ducks are in the pond etc. 
• Sing songs and rhymes: this is great for building memory and developing speech and language
• Storytelling: reading with your child and seeing if they can retell a story with you is great for language, concentration, imagination building and much more!
• Drawing and doodling: this is great for developing handstrength. I would adovcate using pencils and crayons where children have to work their hands even more to see their beautiful colouring!
• Letter hunts: see if you can spot any letters whilst your out and about in books, signs or any packaging.

Phonics Support

At Puss Bank School and Nursery, we use the phonic scheme Little Wandle Revised Letters and Sounds to teach phonics. 

How to say phase 2 sounds with your child

Please watch this video with your child to support them in saying their new phase 2 sounds. 

Maths Support

Maths Tutorial for EYFS - find out how children learn to count and understand numbers in the EYFS.

Please watch this video to learn more about 'Number' in the Foundation Stage, in turn this will enable you to support your child at home.

We will be practising writing our numbers, as we are members of a Trust we have been asked to used Numberblocks.  Please click on the link to hear the song.  Remember you can write your numbers with anything and anywhere.

Important Information

PE will be on a Monday. Children are to come to school in their school uniform and bring in a PE kit to keep here. 

Homework will be handed out on a Friday and collected in on a Thursday the following week.

Important Dates

• 24^th September – Reading Meeting 5:30 – 6:00pm

  30^th September – PTA Cauliflower Xmas cards deadline to be ordered online and handed back into school

  2^nd October – Grandparent’s day/Share a book

  15^th October - Autumn Walk

  16^th October - Autumn Art Workshop

  21^st October – PTA disco (during school time)

  22^nd October – Autumn Singalong      Class RE – 9.15am  /   Class RR – 2.30pm

  23^rd October – INSET day

All trips and events can be found on the Arbor app where you can consent and make payments. Letters will be sent out nearer the time with further information.