Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School

Reception

This year all our class names are based on plants. 

Poppy Class

 Mrs S Sadler

 Miss O’Loughlin (TA) Miss J Burgon (TA)

Hyacinth Class 

Miss S Pamment

Miss O’Loughlin (TA), Mrs Thompson(TA)

Magnolia Class

Miss E King

 Miss  S McNicholas (TA), Mrs S Gelder (TA)  

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Spring 1

Maths

This half term the children in Reception are focusing on: numbers and amounts to 8, singing counting rhymes and exploring ideas of shape, space and measure within our areas of provision. We will also be focusing on comparing mass and measuring capacity.

Literacy
In Literacy, we will continue our phonics learning of the Phase 2 sounds and some tricky words. We will be focusing on practising to write our name. To coincide with our phonics we will look at writing initial sounds of words and begin to write words. Our books of the week will include: The Supertato series of books including Veggies Assemble, There’s a Superhero in My Book and we will also be reading Non-Fiction books relating to people who help us, for example Police and Doctors.

Reading:
We will send reading books related to the Little Wandle Phonic scheme, home with the children on Friday. You need to return these books by Wednesday. Please read every night with your child and sign their reading record. Please look at the book with your child and encourage them to tell the story asking questions as they
read it. You can also help your child learn the new words and sounds in their book.

Curriculum
This half term our theme is ‘Do You Know a Hero' The children will be thinking about what qualities are needed to be a superhero and looking at whether they have these qualities. Linking to our Literacy book series ‘Supertato’ the children will have the opportunity to design their own Superhero and then make it using different media. Once they have designed their Superhero the children will name it and then label the different parts and write a sentence to describe it. To link with Science and the different seasons, we will be discussing Spring and learning about what changes happen in Spring. The children will be encouraged to learn alongside and with their peers in order to form positive relationships and develop their personal, social and communication skills, especially when they are designing their superhero The children will be encouraged to learn alongside and with their peers in order to form positive relationships and develop their personal, social and communication skills.

R.E
In RE, we will be learning about ’Where Do We Belong?’ We will be thinking about the different things that make us unique and how we are welcomed into the world, for example, what happens at a Christening and also how other faiths welcome babies.

General Information
In EYFS, we are always working on our personal, social and emotional skills, aiming to improve our sharing and turn taking abilities. We are also learning to look
after each other and our environment whilst building our self confidence to make us resilient, happy learners. Every half term we learn about Cooking and Nutrition
in class and this half term we will be tasting different types of jelly. As we are still in Winter and the weather is cold, we ask that your child brings a warm coat, hat,
gloves and a scarf to school, as we do learn outdoors whatever the weather and we want your child to be warm and comfortable. Please can all of these items be named as well as your child’s jumper, shoes and cardigan to ensure your child brings them back home with them.

PE
P.E days for Reception children are:

Monday - Miss King
Friday - Mrs Sadler and Miss Pamment.

Home Learning
A homework menu will be posted on Class Dojo for the half term. The children will choose a homework task to complete each week, there are some tasks that we
would encourage you to complete each week for example, reading and practising writing their name. They can then complete the other tasks on the menu and you can send photos on class dojo or they can bring in whatever they make/design if they would like to.

Ways to help your child
Ensure your child is at school for the start of the school day at 8.40 am. Please do not bring teddies or toys into school, these often get lost or broken and the children can get upset. Make sure they bring their book bag and reading book every day. Please note that the children have continual access to fresh clean water in their own
named bottles and are offered a healthy snack and milk so there is no need to bring water bottles into school.

Thank you for your continued support. Mrs Haigh, Miss King, Mrs Sadler and Miss Pamment.

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Autumn 2 

Maths
This half term the children in Reception are focusing on: numbers and amounts to 5, singing counting rhymes and exploring ideas of shape, space and measure within our areas of provision.

Literacy
In Literacy, we will continue our phonics learning of the Phase 2 sounds and some tricky words. We will be focusing on practicing to write our name. To coincide with our phonics we will look at writing initial sounds of
words and begin to write words. Our books of the week will include: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Naughty Bus and the Christmas Story, where we will write letters to Santa.

Reading:
We will send reading books related to the Little Wandle Phonic scheme, home with the children on Friday. You need to return these books by Wednesday. We will also send another book home with the children. Please read every night with your child and sign their reading record. Please look at the book with your child and encourage them to tell the story asking questions as they read it. You can also help your child learn the new words and sounds in their book.

Curriculum
This half term we will be continuing with our topic ‘Once Upon a Time’. We will continue to learn about different Traditional Tales, where we will retell the stories through roleplay and props. Linking to Science we will build
bridges to hold the goats and discuss the different materials that would be suitable for the bridges. The children will be encouraged to learn alongside and with their peers in order to form positive relationships and develop their personal, social and communication skills.

R.E
Reception will be learning about the different celebrations that are taking place in Autumn. We will be asking the children to talk about the celebrations and how they celebrate at home. If you would like to share any
photos with us we would be happy to see them.

General Information 

In EYFS, we are always working on our personal, social and emotional skills, aiming to improve our sharing and turn taking abilities. We are also learning to look after each other and our  environment whilst building our self confidence to make us resilient, happy learners. Each week we spend time working on our speaking and
listening skills, talking about things we have done, places we have been or using a picture as a stimulus to build our vocabulary and ensuring that we speak in full sentences. Every half term we make or cook in class and this half term we will be making Christmas biscuits.

As we head into Winter, we ask that your child brings a warm coat, hat, gloves and a scarf to school, as we do learn outdoors whatever the weather and we want
your child to be warm and comfortable. Please can all of these items be named as well as your child’s jumper, shoes and cardigan to ensure your child brings them back home with them.

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Autumn 1

Maths

This half term the children in Reception are focusing on: numbers and amounts to 3, singing counting rhymes and exploring ideas of shape, space and measure within our areas of provision.

Literacy

In Literacy, we will be practising name writing and beginning our phonics learning, starting with a recap of phase 1 and then moving onto Phase 2 using the Little Wandle Scheme. Our books of the week will include books about starting school, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

Reading

Please read every night with your child and write in their reading record. Whilst reading please can you help your child learn the new words and sounds in their book. 

Curriculum

This half term our theme is ‘What An Amazing Story’.  The children will be settling into life in Reception at Snapethorpe, getting to know their new   teachers,  making friends and finding their way around the indoor and outdoor classrooms. We will also be learning about different Traditional Tales, where we will retell the stories through roleplay and props. Linking to Geography we will look at the journey of the gingerbread man and link it to the journey we might make to school. The children will be encouraged to learn alongside and with their peers in order to form positive relationships and develop their personal, social and communication skills. The  children will be  given plenty of opportunities to talk about themselves and those they love as well as their likes and dislikes.

R.E

Reception will be learning about things that are special to them. We will be asking the children to talk about stories that are special to them and  discussing the reasons why, during our speaking and listening sessions

General Information

In EYFS, we are always working on our personal,   social and emotional skills, aiming to  improve our sharing and turn taking abilities. We are also learning to look after each other and our environment whilst building our self confidence to make us resilient, happy learners. Each week we spend time working on our speaking and listening skills, talking about things we have done, places we have been, or using a picture as a stimulus to talk about, to build our vocabulary and ensuring that we speak in full sentences.

As we head into Winter, we ask that your child brings a warm coat, hat, gloves and a scarf to school as we learn outdoors whatever the weather and we want your child to be warm and comfortable.  

Please can all of  these items be named to ensure your child brings them back home with them.

Home Learning

A homework menu will be posted on Class Dojo for the half term. The children will choose a homework task to complete each week. There are some tasks that we would encourage you to complete each week for   example, reading and practicing writing their name. You can  send photos on class dojo or they can bring in  whatever they make or design.

Ways to help your child

The Reception school day starts at 8.40am and  finishes at 3pm.    

Attendance is very important for the children’s learning, please ensure your child is at school for the start of the school day.

Make sure they bring their book bag and  reading book every day

Please ensure your child’s jumper, cardigan, coat and shoes are labelled with your child’s name to ensure your child brings their items back home with them.

Please note that the  children have continual access to fresh clean  water in their own named bottles and are offered a healthy snack and milk in the  morning so there is no need to bring water bottles into school.