Reception
Autumn Term
Friday 20th December 2024
Dear Parents and Carers,
Wow! Can you believe we have already had a term together in Reception? It has been wonderful already and we are all excited for 2025! We are all so proud of the children and how much progress they have made in so many areas in just a term. They all really seem to love being at school and what more could you ask for a first term at big school? They have thrown themselves into everything we have done so far and they love learning which is awesome. We look forward to continuing our journey with them and you all too.
Thank you!
Thank you all so much for the cards and gifts that we received. You have been very generous and we really appreciate it.
Party
We all had a lot of fun at our Christmas Party. We celebrated Christmas with a lot of fun and laughter. J Thanks for providing the snacks.
Calendars
Your child has brought their calendar home this week. We asked the children to draw a picture to represent one of our drivers – diversity. Can your child explain their picture to you and what diversity means?
Tapestry Summaries
Ella and I are in the process of writing each child’s Tapestry summary and these will be uploaded by January 6th. The content of these summaries will be: ILT progress and next steps and phonics/reading progress and next steps. It would be amazing if you could share the Tapestry summary with your child and add their words to the comments section. The outcomes for children are best when parents are involved in their child’s learning and so are the children themselves. Enjoy sharing! J
Handwriting
We will be beginning our letter formation teaching in the New Year. In readiness, the children need to be using a tripod grip – see below. If your child finds this hard, please help them to place the pen in the right part of their hand (the arch between thumb and Peter Pointer!) Thanks. J
Phonics
The children are making astounding progress. We have now looked at all 26 letters of the alphabet. We will start more phonic sounds after Christmas. Please ensure your child can recall all the pure sounds for the alphabet by the start of January ready to be taught more sounds/phonemes.
Reading
A good game on Phonics Play is Tricky Trucks. We play this in our phonics sessions to build up the children’s sight vocabulary. Please practise the Phase 2 high frequency words (hfw) here:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/tricky-word-trucks
We have also taught he, she, me, we, be, was and my from Phase 3.
Maths
We have begun to look at the number 10 and we have been talking about digits and place value. Can your child explain the 0 in number 10? What is its job?
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from The Reception Team! Thanks so much for your continued support.
Kind Regards,
The Reception Team