Welcome to Reception! 24-25

Hello and a very warm welcome from Miss Dennison, Miss Thompson, Miss Palmer and Mrs Fairclough. Each week, we will give you highlights of learning and will share with you the Reception Westroyd Learners of the week! You can also view our attendance figures, curriculum overview and other useful documents to support you and your child at home. 

Home Learning

Each week the expectation is that you read with your child at least three times in a week. This might be a game or e-book that has been allocated to them via Oxford Owl, or a school reading book.

Each THursday, the book your child has been reading during our daily phonics lessons will be upload online. You can access this through Oxford Owl and these books will be allocated for a week. We ask you to practise reading these books with your child to build their fluency and comprehension.

We will tell you what the maths learning has been for the week. You also have NumBots logins that can be accessed at any time. The expectation is that you spend 20 minutes a week working on this programme.

This weeks attendance WC 02.09.24 is...
100%

Summer 2 - Week 5

This has been a lovely week in reception filled with lots of activities. We have all enjoyed our Happy, Healthy safe week. 

The children have taken  part in skipping school where they learnt different skipping techniques and had lots of fun jumping through the big skipping rope.

We have looked at how to keep our teeth healthy and why it is important to brush our teeth. 

We have had a wellbeing morning in reception where the children got to do some yoga, read the colour monster, make calm jars and writing how they are feeling down. 

It was our sports day this week and the children all did amazing as they participated in a range of sports including javelin. For reception, overall green group scored the most points!

The children met their new teacher for year one and got to spend the morning in Year one. They were very excited to tell Miss Dennison and Mrs Fairclough all about this.

We ended the week cutting fruit with help from our Year 5 Buddies. 

Certificates:

Teddy and Ida

Summer 2 - Week 4

What a warm week in Reception. The children have loved playing outside and especially enjoyed playing in the water and get soaked by the hose to cool down!

In maths This week the children have started to record addition and subtraction facts within 10. 

During our PSED lesson this week we looked at the zones of regulations and the children got really involved and it has helped them to understand how they might be feeling. 

Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The children have learning about what fruits and vegetable grow best in which season. They have all made a play of what fruit and vegetables they would use in the summer months to create a face out of which they are going to get the chance to make next week ... Exciting!

Certificates:

Seth and Louis 

Summer 2 - Week 3

This week the children have enjoyed playing outside and enjoyed the warm weather towards the end of the week.

In P.E we have been practicing for sports day and even learnt how to throw the Javelins. The children also practiced using the space hoppers, beanbag throwing and relay races. 

In English this week the children have started a new Talk for Writing story "Shark in the Park" the children have enjoyed learning the story, writing story maps and even making their very own telescopes!

In maths, the children are using part whole models to help them record addition facts on white boards.

Certificates:

Carter and Erin 

Summer 2 - Week 1 and 2 

What a lovely start it has been to the final half term in reception! The children have come back into school really happy this past two weeks. 

We have being looking at the word adventure and what it means to them. Many of the children spoke about the beach and the sea. This has led us to create a pirate area in our small world area.

In English we have looked at sea animals, the children have found their own information using the Ipads, books and computers. We have then written our very of facts in our books about a sea animal. 

In Maths on week 1, we have been looking at the composition of numbers to 10. In week 2 we have been looking at patterns and positional language and creating our own pirate maps!

Excitingly, the children are now going up to main school to enjoy playtime with KS1 and attend assembly twice a week. The children went for their first week and have really enjoyed it. Well Done Reception!

Certificates:

week 1 :

Miami and Elliot

week 2 : 

Saif and Joseph 

Summer 1 - Week 5 & 6

Reception have had a lovely last two weeks of the half term. We have been enjoying weather and getting outside even when it has been raining.

Over the last two weeks in Maths we have been recapping numbers to 10 looking at number bonds to 10, odd and even numbers, one more and one less. 

Our English this last week has been looking at questions and how we write a question. We had a special visitor from a police officer and all wrote a question to ask him in our books. The children wrote some brilliant questions. 

"how did you become a police officer?" 

"why do police cars have sirens?"

"why do you have handcuffs?"

Carrying on from our farm trip, the children have looked at what food farms produce and looked at how farming has changed over time. 

In P.E the last two weeks the children have been practicing for sports day by doing some relay and egg and spoon races!

Certificates:

Maya and Jackson 

Phoebe and Billy

Summer 1 - Week 4

This week in Reception the children went on the first ever school trip to the farm. They had an amazing time feeding the lambs, stroking the guinea pigs, holding the chicks and going on a tractor ride to see the cows. The chicken also got see the chickens, goats and pigs. 

After the trip the children did some lovely writing about their favourite part and some sentences of what we did first, next and finally at the farm. Additionally, some of the children have been writing lists and signs for our role play area which is going to become a farm shop next week. 

In maths we have been looking how to share and group quantities into equal parts. 

Certificates:

Whole of the Reception class for a great first trip!

Summer 1 - Week 3

The children have had a lovely week. The weather has started to improve and the children have been enjoying being outside on the bikes, playing ball games and being in the sand. 

In art this week the children looked at the colour wheel and contrasting colours following on from Henri Matisse. The children can more confidently retell the story of Chicken Licken and have looked at what character they would have in their stories. the children have enjoyed Maths this week where we have been exploring adding and taking away numbers up to 20.  

This week the children looked at categorising animals into two groups specially what animals belong on a farm. This led to many discussions and the children are now really excited for the trip to farm next week. 

Certificates

Scarlett and Aida

Summer 1 - Week 1 and 2

We have had a lovely first two weeks back in Reception. We have shared our Easter Holiday News, been learning the story of Chicken Licken and even started growing our very own bean plants!

In maths we have looked a 3D shapes and have been finding all different shapes around the classroom and school. 

The children have really enjoyed the Small World and Construction area the past two weeks. Miss Dennison and Mrs Fairclough have added in some different resources for the children to explore and create with. We have added in design sheets and the children have really thought about what they are going to make, choosing what they are going to use and labelling it on their sheets. 

Certificates

Siyana and Alex 

Toby and Scarlett 

Spring 2 - Week 4 and 5

We have had a lovely couple of weeks in reception. One child expressed an interest in the police so we set up our own police station. The children loved making posters, signs and resources. Miss Badura then brought a box in from home and we made a police car! The children loved making wing mirrors, a windscreen and they even painted it. The children have really used their imagination while creating this area and they have developed their roleplay skills.

Spring 2 - Week 3

What a fantastic start to the week! We have been finding pairs of numbers that make 9 and 10. The children have been great at identifying the different ways of making these numbers and they used their subitising skills to recognise different amounts. 

We loved celebrating World Book Day. The children loved coming into school in their pyjamas and sharing their favourite stories with their friends. We also had some mystery readers! If you would like to come into school and read with reception, please contact the school office- we would love to have you in!

Certificates:

Matthew and Carson

Attendance:

84%

Spring 2 - Week 2

This week, we have been learning all about length and height in maths. The children have enjoyed reading the story, 'Titch' and we have talked about growing. The children have been using the language of 'taller' and 'shorter' to describe their height. We have loved measuring our bodies by drawing around them using the large paper and working out how tall we are using the cubes. We then made a height chart and one of the children wrote all of the numbers so that we could measure each other.

We have continued reading our story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' - we used actions to retell the story. Next, we will be making story maps!

Certificates

Billy and Miami

Attendance:

96%

Spring 2 - Week 1

We have had a lovely first week back after half term. The children have loved telling us all about their adventures. This half term, we will be focusing on the text, 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. The children will learn to retell the story and recreate their own versions. This week, we considered who the characters and main characters are and many children drew them. We retold the story using our pictures. Have a look at some of our fabulous work!

Certificates

Logan and Louis

Attendance

87.3%

Spring 1 - Week 5

What a fantastic end to the half term. We have been reading the story 'A Way Back Home' and the children have loved drawing story maps, writing letters to the martian and recreating their own stories. 

Certificates

Harriet and Lukas

Attendance

97.3%  

Spring 1 - Week 4

We’ve had another busy week in reception. We have been learning all about the composition of 6, 7 and 8 in maths - the children have enjoyed throwing beanbags into hoops. They had to work out how many are in the hoop, how many are on the outside of the hoop and understand that the total amount of beanbags is still the same. 
 

Following on from some children’s interests, we also created a space area. The children have loved learning about our solar system and the different planets. One of the lovely children made a jet pack so they could fly up to the moon! 
 

Certificates 

Jackson and Joseph 

Attendance

95.7%

Spring 1 - Week 3

Earlier in the week, some children had a tea party in the playdough area. Following on from the children's interests, we made some invitations, posters and lists and we decided to have our very own tea party! Look at our fabulous writing!

Certificates

Elliot and Seth

Attendance

100% 

Spring 1 - Week 2

We have had a fabulous week in reception. We have loved exploring the ice outside! It has certainly been very chilly this week. 

We have been learning all about one more/ one less in maths and the children have been exploring lots of different ways of finding the answer. 

We have also been recreating our own versions of ‘The Snowman’ - the children have produced some incredible stories! 
 

Certificates

Aida and Erin

Attendance

100%

Spring 1 - Week 1

Welcome back to all of our lovely families and children. We have had a great start to the Spring term. We have introduced digraphs this week. Please visit the home learning link to find out about the new sounds we learn each week so you can practise them with your child. 

Certificates this Week:

Ide and Teddy

Attendance:

93%

Autumn 2 - Week 6 and 7

We have had such a busy few weeks in reception. We hope you managed to make it to our Nativity. I'm sure you'll agree, the children were amazing! I think we have some actors in the making! 

Santa came to visit us this week and brought us some very special gifts! We received some Pete the Cat books - we have enjoyed reading them with our friends.

Certificates Week 6:

All of reception for being amazing in the Nativity!

Certificates Week 7:

Freddie - for his much improved confidence and a brilliant can-do attitude

Isla - for being an excellent role model

Autumn 2 - Week 5

What a lovely week in reception we have had! We have written some cards and posted them home to our grown ups. We walked to the Post Office, bought our stamp and put them in the letter box. 
 

Attendance: 97%

Certificates this Week:

Carter - For always being enthusiastic about his learning 

Harriet - For sharing her thoughts and ideas in a big group and gaining more confidence

Autumn 2 - Week 4

This week, we have been learning all of the different ways of making 5. The children have been so busy, using the five frames and counters to support their learning. Ask your child about the different ways of making 5 - I'm sure they will impress you!

Certificates this Week:

Alex for his great knowledge of number facts to 5.

Evelyn for being a lovely friend.

Autumn 2 - Week 3

We have had so much fun in reception this week. Miss Badura noticed some of the children playing with each others' hair so we decided to make a hairdressers. The children have loved making signs, posters and booklets to go in our hairdressers and we even had a lovely parent volunteer who donated many things for us to use! 

Certificates this week:

Phoebe - for being kind and helpful 

Scarlett - for her can do attitude to learning

Autumn 2 - Week 2

It has been such a lovely week in reception. We have been learning all about shapes in maths - the children have gained a really solid understanding of circles, triangles and their properties. The children have also been developing their subitising skills. Ask your child what subitising means - I'm sure they will be able to show off how they can see different amounts without counting!

Certificates this week:

Toby - for being a kind and caring friend

Scarlett - for working hard in phonics

Autumn 2 - Week 1

We hope you have all had a wonderful half term. I hear the children have been very busy indeed! This week, we have been learning at Remembrance Day and how each year, we remember those who died in the war by wearing poppies. I'm sure your children will be able to tell you all about it! We have made some beautiful poppies in class in many different ways. We like to celebrate the children's 'uniqueness' so they all made poppies in anyway they liked. Here are some of their creations!

Certificates this week:

Billy for starting to be more resilient and having a go at new activities.

Matthew for having a really positive start to the half term.

Autumn 1 - Week 7 and 8

This week, we have been taking part in lots of spooky activities. The children have loved using the pumpkins in the mud kitchen - we added glitter, (pretend) spiders and worms and made our own potions.

We have ended the half term with a fabulous Welly Walk to raise money for charity. Thank you to all of the parents who came to watch, take part and donate. The children had a great time getting muddy, walking with their grown ups! Please see Tapestry for more photos from the day.

Autumn 1 - Week 5 and 6

We have had such a busy couple of weeks! The children have learned all about patterns in maths. We have made some beautiful patterns in the painting area, as well as making them using the objects around the classroom. We have also been reading The Little Red Hen, using the Talk for Writing actions to help us to remember the story! Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we recreate our own versions! 

We have been learning the phonemes i n g o c and k. Your child has been coming home with reading books that match their phonics ability. The idea is that they come home and show off their phonic knowledge to you! We thank you all for your continued support with reading at home. 

Thank you to everyone that came to our Phonics workshop and/or our Communication and Language open session this week.  These were very well attended. A busy week! We hope you took away lots of ideas and feel supported in ensuring your child has the very best start to their education.
 

Certificates this week:

Logan for working hard in maths

Carson for being a kind and caring friend 

Autumn 1 - Week 4

We have introduced phonic sounds (s, a, t, p) this week so over the next couple of weeks, your child will be sent home with a phonics book to practise. Children will have a book that is matched accordingly with their phonics ability so that they can come home and show off their reading skills to you! 
 

We have been sorting and matching in maths this week. We have been identifying how objects can be grouped such as by their shape, size and colour. Miss Badura brought in her box of buttons from home and the children have loved sorting them in whichever way they choose! 

Certificates this week:

Miami - for working hard in phonics 

Lukas - for his brilliant number work in maths this week.

Attendance: 92.25%

Autumn 1 - Week 3

The children have enjoyed reading the story, ‘The Dot’ with Miss Badura this week and we all had a go at drawing and writing. The children were developing their core strength by laying on their tummies. 

Certificates this week:

Maya - for a 'can do' attitude.

Bodhi - for being positive approaching new activities

Autumn 1 - Week 2

This week, we have enjoyed learning the new rules and routines. We have  enjoyed meeting some new faces and learning their names. 

Certificates this week:

Arthur - For a great first full week

Lottie - For making new friends already!

 Settling In - Autumn 1 - Week 1

The children have got off to a flying start in Reception and we are very impressed with the way they have settled! They are getting to grips with the new routines and have embraced the 'I can do it!' attitude. In the last few weeks they have taken part in lots of new activities and we are so very proud of them. This is what the children have said about the first few weeks.

“I have loved everything!” Harriet.

“Lunchtime is the best!” Arthur

“I've got all my old friends and new friends!” Jackson.

We cannot wait to see what the next few weeks will bring!