Reception – Acorn & Oak
STAFF
Acorn Class – Miss Hammans (Class Teacher), Miss Bunney (Teaching Assistant – Mondays and Tuesdays), Mrs Garbutt (Teaching Assistant – Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays)
Oak Class – Miss Lain (Class Teacher & Phase Leader), Miss Chapman (Teaching Assistant), Miss Blackburn (Teaching Assistant), Miss Jones (Apprentice Teaching Assistant)
On Thursday mornings, PSED and yoga are led by Mrs Meakin and Mrs Maher.
RECEPTION ETHOS
Our aim in Reception is to support the children so that they:
- love coming to school
- are kind, respectful and tolerant of all others
- are independent and able to take care of their own needs
- are curious, excited and committed learners
- look after the school environment including our resources
- have a passion for the natural world
- make good or better progress from their starting point
- have a developing awareness of the past and life outside Menston Primary.
WHAT TO BRING
Children need to bring to school every day a named water bottle, a hooded waterproof coat and their reading folder. Children have access to outdoor learning daily. They all need to keep a pair of wellies in school. On sunny days, children should come to school with sun cream already applied and with a named sun hat. On wintery days they need a warm hat and gloves in addition to a warm hooded coat.
TIMETABLE
Children have phonics, maths and literacy/topic sessions daily, and weekly RE, PSED, art/DT and PE lessons. They take part in regular reading sessions, 1:1, and whole class shared reading. Children also have time to follow their own learning in outdoor and indoor provision.
On Tuesday it is PE and the children need to come to school already dressed in their PE uniform. The children also need to wear their PE kit to school on Thursdays for yoga.
HOMEWORK
A Reception newsletter is sent out via email every Friday.
Reading: Please read with your child at least five times a week. Their book will be changed when they can read it confidently and it has been read at home.
Big talk: Children are given a topic to discuss at home and are expected to come to school with a sentence to share about it.
Maths/Literacy: Practical maths activities are suggested to do at home that fit in with the current teaching, for example, hunting for numbers. Ideas to support learning in literacy are also offered.
Phonics: The newsletter will outline which phonemes and tricky words the children have learnt that week, those that they have learnt so far this year, and how their learning can be supported at home.
LEARNING OVERVIEW
For information about our learning over the year (including writing and maths), please see our EYFS Long-Term Plan.
For information on reading over the year, please click here.
For information on how we teach British Values in Foundation, please click here.
For information on EYFS end of year expectations, please click here (pp.11-16).
OTHER INFORMATION
For information on school milk click here.
