Welcome to Reception

A warm welcome to Reception. The class teacher is Mrs Nickson. Mrs Dhanchura and Mrs Milton are the class Teaching Assistants. Mrs Buckley supports in Reception on Mondays and Fridays. 

Homework Expectations

Homework expectations for Reception are as follows:

• Read for 15 minutes at least three times a week, using a book allocated by Reception staff. The book will match their phonics reading level. Please ensure that you sign your child's reading record to indicate to staff they have read. They do not need to read the full book. Remember to ask them questions as the finish pages to assess their understanding.
• Spend 5 minutes a day for 5 days per week (25 minutes per week) practising calculation skills using Numbots.
• Please read your child's library book with them. This is a reading for pleasure book and the aim is for you to spend quiet time together, developing a love of reading. Looking at and talking about the pictures together is another way to use the book. 
• Your child also has a Reading Egg account that they can access at home. This will help with their phonics and reading development. 

PE Days

In Reception, we have PE on Thursdays. Children are expected to wear full uniform to participate in PE lessons. For those of our children who wear earrings, we politely ask that they are removed for the duration of the sessions.

Year Group Messages

To provide your child with further learning opportunities to support their phonics development at home, you can ensure that they are regularly reading their school books and accessing their reading egg accounts. If you would like any further information regarding this, or you have any other queries/concerns, then please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange a conversation or meeting with Mrs Nickson. 

Phonics support and information

• Twinkl Phonics Scheme - Parent and Carer Information
• Twinkl Phonics Scheme Overview

Phase 2 Sounds

In this video, we take you through the Phase 2 Sounds. We look at how to say each sound correctly and how to practice oral blending and segmentation.

Phase 3 Sounds

In this video, we take you through the Phase 3 sounds. We look at how to say each sound correctly, and which spelling patterns are associated with each of the sounds in Phase 3.

Phase 5 Sounds

This video gives a clear example of how to pronounce all the graphemes that children are introduced to during Phase 5 of the Letters & Sounds Phonics scheme.

Transition Information

Nursery - Reception Transition

To support the children and their families to have a smooth transition into our School we do the following:

We hold a 'stay and play' session in the Summer Term before children start school.

Parent Information Evening in the Summer term for new families to meet our school leaders and staff.

Shared conversations with child minders and other nurseries.

We attend the Blackburn with Darwen Transition meetings.

Transition books to support change and new beginnings. We welcome information on the children's likes and dislikes.

Reception Transition

To support the children and their families to have a smooth transition into Year 1, we do the following:

Transition meetings between staff to share information each child's development against the ELG & CoEL to plan a responsive and appropriate curriculum. 

Transition booklets developed for those children who might need this.

Transition days planned throughout the summer term.

Opportunities for children to visit the Year 1 classroom throughout the school year.

Hold Welcome to Y1/ Meet the teacher meeting. This gives parents opportunity to meet staff, get to know routines and become familiar with school expectations.

Partnership with Parents/Carers

Working with parents is a key principle of our effective practice. By consulting with parents about children’s early experiences it supports practitioners plan for effective learning and helps support parents in continuing their children's learning development at home.

We do the following to effectively work with our families:

We have a clear system for ongoing dialogue based on two-way flow of communication and informal/formal conversations at the start and end of the day.

Topics,  themes, texts and new learning is shared on Facebook, our newsletter, Tapestry and Sea Saw. 

Stay and Play sessions each half term.

Report to parents at two Parents Evening meetings to celebrate achievements and share new targets. 

Curriculum updates are shared with parents informing them of new learning and new knowledge that the children will acquire during the next term. 

Subject Leaders in the Early Years

Our Subject Leaders understand that The 7 Areas of Learning link to their subjects and that they are able to monitor and assess effectively using links to specific subject areas within the National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2.​

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Linked to our PSHE scheme.​

• Communication and Language: Linked to all subject areas but specifically to English (Speaking and Listening and Drama) ​

• Physical Development: Linked to PE and Science ​

• Literacy: Linked to English ​

• Maths: Linked to White Rose Maths and Science ​

• Past and Present: Linked to History ​

• People, Culture and Communities: Linked to RE, PSHE, History, Science and Geography ​

• The Natural World: Linked to Science and Geography​

• Creating with Materials: Linked to Music, Art and DT ​

• Being Imaginative and Expressive: Linked to Music, English, DT and Art​

 

We hope that you find this information useful.

Reception Team