Mrs Hynes’s Reception Class
On this web page you can find out all about what is happening in Reception and see the exciting things we are learning!
Class Teachers: Mrs Hynes and Ms Shenton
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Lamb
Email: Nhynes@discovery.victoriousmat.org
Term: Autumn 1
Our topic this term: Who am I?
This term we will be learning about our bodies, recognising and describing our feelings, and talking about ourselves and our families. We will make new friends and think about what makes a good friend, and how we can show through our words and actions that we are a good friend to others.
We will be moving our bodies in different ways, learning about the different parts of our bodies, and noticing how our bodies feel when we exercise. We will also learn about the five senses and investigate how we use them.
Stories: We will be reading From Head to Toe by Eric Carle, along with a range of traditional stories and stories linked to feelings, families and friendships.
Mathematics: We will be counting to 10 and beyond, and beginning to explore how these numbers are made up. We will learn to look for amounts within 3, 4 and 5. The children will also explore and name 2D shapes, and make their own patterns with shapes, counters, autumn objects, blocks and hoops.
Literacy: We will learn to match letters and sounds, retell stories in our own words with books, pictures and puppets, and learn to form our letters correctly. We will write simple CVC words, such as c/a/t, h/o/p and p/i/g, and write labels for our pictures and drawings.
General Class Information
Reading: Each week, the children have exposure to a range of texts through their phonics, their wider learning and our book area. We will begin Guided Reading sessions and suggest Collins Phonics books to read online, and we will also read for pleasure at the end of the day at story time and borrow library books.
Reading with your child at home is just as important, and helps to give your child a love of reading. Soon your child will bring home a school reading book to read to you. This book will be linked to the Letters and Sounds phonics they have been learning in class, and will contain the phonemes and tricky words we have learnt to read, along with decodable words appropriate to the stage your child is at in phonics. It is vital for your child’s reading development that they read and share these books with adults at home.
Each week your child will visit our school library and bring a library book home for you to read together. We will also choose one child each week to share a class library book at home. We ask you to support their reading development by discussing the book and asking your child questions, so that they can express their opinion about the story.
Homework: Homework letters are sent every week explaining the homework that has been set. Homework should be returned to school by the Wednesday of the following week.
Discovered at Home: Throughout the school day we make observations of your children in play, and these form part of their EYFS Learning Journey. If you notice anything significant at home, for example your child makes something creative or comments on something they have seen, you can jot it down on a “Discovered at Home” sheet and send it in to us. We would love to read these and talk about them with your child!
PE: PE is on a Wednesday and Thursday. Children should have a full kit in school, with a white T-shirt, black shorts and pumps. Please let us know if you need any support in providing this for your child.
Children should not be wearing any jewellery, including earrings. If your child does wear earrings, please ensure they are taken out before PE.
Snack: Snack is provided by school. We offer a wide range of fruit, crackers and breadsticks each day, and school also provides milk at snack time. Please send your child to school with a water bottle, which should be taken home and washed every day. Due to allergies and food intolerances, please do not send your child in with their own snack.
We look forward to playing and learning with you this first term in Reception.
Mrs Hynes, Ms Shenton and Mrs Lamb