Bluebell Class 

Daisy Class 

Teacher: Ms Kellett 

Student Teacher: Ms Lane 

TA: Mrs Tadman 

Teacher: Ms Diaz 

TA: Ms Mariam 

Homework 

In Reception, our families are invited to share their home learning by uploading photographs & videos to EvidenceMe via Parent Share. We also have a mobile library which will be located by the Reception garden gate.  Families are able to loan books to share at home.  Reading to your child regularly will develop their attention & listening skills as well as their vocabulary & understanding of the world. Please fill in your child’s bookmark and send it into school with your child every day!  

Key Times 

The school gates open at 8:30am in the morning.  The gates will be locked at 8:45am. Children should be collected from school promptly at 3:30pm.  

Reception children have PE on Wednesdays. You can leave your child’s PE kit in school throughout the week and take it home to wash as needed – this is helpful for if your child needs to get changed for any reason.  

Please come to our Reading Together sessions on Thursdays at 3.10pm.   

Communication and Language  

Physical Development  

To be able to listen to others and respond by making relevant comments and answer questions about what they have heard.   

To be able to speak in complete sentences keeping conversations going by remaining on topic.  

To be able to use extended sentences and begin to add new vocabulary. 

To be able to use small tools with greater proficiency.  e.g. cutlery, pencils, scissors. 

To be able to experiment with different ways of moving, testing out ideas and adapting movements sometimes combining movements together in a sequence.   

To be able to develop and refine a range of ball skills including kicking, batting, passing and aiming. 

To be able to jump off an object and land safely. 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development  

Literacy  

To be able to recognise a wide range of emotions through body language, expressions and tone of voice. 

To understand why we have class rules. 

To be able to spend an extended period of time accessing chosen areas independently.  

To understand the need for healthy lifestyle choices. 

To be able to initiate play with peers and take into account the views and opinions of others.  

Our core texts this half term are:  

To be able to recall stories, rhymes and poems with increasing detail including main story setting, characters and key events. 

To be able to recognise features of non-fiction texts eg contents, captions and index page. 

To be able to write simple sentences that are phonetically plausible, sometimes using full stops and capital letters.   

Mathematics  

Understanding the World  

• Length, Height and Time 

• Building 9 and 10 

• Explore 3D Shapes 

To be able to draw simple comparisons between their own culture and heritage and those of others.  

To be able to make simple comparisons between old and new. 

To be able to identify key features of their local community including transport links and significant landmarks 

To be able to complete a simple program and/or app on an electronic device. 

To be able to show care for living things and the natural environment and the role they play in this. 

To be able to make predictions and ask questions about why things happen in the natural world e.g. changing seasons, dissolving, cooking. 

Expressive Arts and Design 

RWI  

To be able to recognise and mix colours and explore tonal variations.  

To be able to adapt well known narratives, stories and songs.   

To be able to join and combine materials together to achieve a desired effect for example transient art, collage. 

To be able to copy and continue a simple beat/rhythm/ pattern using musical instruments and body parts. 

To be able to draw a simple representation of an object or person. 

To know set 1 special friends and read words containing them.  

To be able to read alien words containing 3/4 sounds.  

To be able to read words from 1.5-1.7.