Welcome To Reception
Julia Donaldson Class – Miss Finley
John Bond Class – Mrs Pariser and Mrs Simpson
Welcome to EYFS. The teachers in reception are Miss Finley, (Julia Donaldson Class), Mrs Pariser and Mrs Simpson (John Bond Class).
They are supported by Miss Bulled (Julia Donaldson Class) and Mrs Gallani (John Bond Class).
Marvellous me and We're all superheroes!
This term, our focus will be on all about me and superheroes (real and fictional). We will be having visits from a police officer, a doctor and a firefighter!
In Phonics, we will learn the stage 1 song, develop recogntition of sounds taught and have a go at writing them. We will also be building our confidence to recognise tricky words by sight. We will be developing skills to blend (putting sounds together) when reading and segment (breaking up sounds) when writing.
Below you will find our topic web and topic letter, giving you an idea of the things we will be covering as well as some ideas as to how you could support learning at home.
OUR KEY TEXTS
Reading is at the centre of all of our learning. Below are the key books that we will be sharing with the children.
Reading
Reading is one of the very best ways to support your child's learning across all areas! Just a little every day increases their vocabulary, enhances their understanding of the world and develops their comprehension. Children will bring home a reading book matched to their phonic level, these books should not challenge them but instead cover sounds they know and enable them to build confidence and fluency to segment and blend. These books will also contain some of the 'tricky words' we have learnt.
How can you help with reading?
- Choose a convenient time; for many children 5-10 minutes may be long enough.
-Use pictures and characters to engage their attention.
-Give plenty of praise!
-Stop if they are bored or become uninterested.
- Use your child's reading record to note down some comments - we love hearing how they are getting on!
You might consider-
-What they enjoyed/did not enjoy about the book and why.
-Any comparisons they made to other stories or their own lives.
-Comments about the events of the story.
-Ideas for what could happen next.
-Comments about what they notice from the pictures.
Hand Writing and Letter Formation
During our phonics sessions, we will begin to look at correct formation for each letter. We encourage children to use the correct formation starting from the right place, see below.
Song of Sounds formation ditties can be found here.
Below please find the link for how to pronounce each sound. 
Phonics meeting
Number Sense
Early number sense video