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Dear Parents,

Welcome to Reception. 

In Reception, our doors open from 8.40 a.m. until 8.55 a.m. to allow for a smooth start to the day. We learn through play, both indoor and outdoor and follow the Early Years curriculum with its 7 areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Communication and Language, Mathematics, Literacy, Understanding of the World and Expressive Arts and Design. Equal importance is given to both our indoor and outdoor learning.

We use ClassDojo as our main communication tool. We will share what the children have been learning in class and communicate all class/schorelated information with you using this platform. It is essential that you are connected to our class page.

Your children will be beginning their Reading Journey. We follow Read, Write Inc for phonics. Initially your children will be taught as a whole class, learning all of set 1 sounds and learning to read and write the sounds and blending sounds to read the words. By half term, we will have assessed the children and they will be working in smaller more targeted groups.The children we be taught to read and write the sounds, blend sounds to read and write words and eventuallyy write simple sentences.

In maths we will be working on numbers beyond 20, learning to read and write number and will begin to add and subtract numbers. We will be working on number bonds to 10 and learning to count in 5s and 10s. We will be exploring 2 and 3 d shapes and not standards units of measurement.

Or Curriculum is thematic and follows the rest of the school, building up in knowledge as the children progress through the years. All our curriculum documents are on the wbsite.

In Reception, P.E is on a Monday afternoon. Please could you send a pair of black shorts and black pumps, which will be left in school.

Please can you ensure that all clothing is labelled clearly with your child's name.  As you will appreciate, all the children are wearing similar if not identical clothing both during the day and also during PE lessons. If names are in clothing we are able to quickly return any lost items to its owner.

I am looking forward to working with you and your children. If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact me.