• Phonics in Reception

Welcome to Reception

 Welcome to our Reception class of 2025/26. My name is Miss Evans and I am delighted to be your children's teacher this year, alongside me will be Mrs O'Keefe and Miss Burton. 

It's the final term of Reception! We can't believe how quickly this year has gone, we have lots of exciting things to do before we break up. 

🌼 What We’re Learning This Term

In Phonics, we will be exploring our basics 3 sounds in Supersonic Phonics. The children have their reading books that relate to their phonics learning, please read at home with them at least three times a week as it really helps the building of their phonics knowledge. Children now have the tricky word bookmarks which are very important, they should be looking at these alongside thier reading books three times weekly. 

In Literacy, the children will be continuing to practice their letter formations and sentence structure with writing tasks such as a recount of our trip to knowsley, creating I can see... sentences, writing captions and lots of transition activities. We have now introduced finger spaces, full stops and are working on capital letters also. They will also be building their comprehensions skills by thinking deeper into the themes of our books, for example thinking about who they want to be when they grow up in careers week and also being their best self. 

In Maths, we’ll be focusing on sharing and grouping, manipulating shapes, money, numbers 10-20 and building number sentences. 

Reception will learn about 'Being my best' in our SCARF unit and also minibeasts in Science. We will also be exploring a range of understanding the world events, building our enquiry skills through science lessons  and creating exciting projects in art and music. 

Outdoor Learning & PE

As the weather gets warmer, we will still be spending time outside. Please ensure your child has a labelled sunhat and they come to school with suncream on the hotter days. We request that no sunglasses are brought to school as they can be a safety risk when running/playing outdoors. 

PE will be on Monday mornings. They will need PE top, PE shorts and black pumps all labelled in a seperate PE bag which will stay in school. We will send these home half termly. We also ask if children could bring in a pair of trainers, as we aim to have some of our lessons out on the field. 

🎉 Upcoming Highlights

Can be found in the Summer 2 newsletter linked below. 

📚 How You Can Help at Home

• Read everyday at home and talk about stories.

• Talk about numbers, shapes and patterns in everyday life.

• Practice letter formation through writing activities. 
• Practice tricky words. 

• Practice independence with getting dressed, packing their bag and tidying up.

Thank you for your continued support. 

Miss Evans 

Reception Class Teacher

Important Information

Reading Books

Reading books need to be in school every day. Your child will read on specific days each week both individually and as part of Guided Reading sessions. Please ensure that your child reads at least 3 times at home each week and that this is recorded in their planner. 

Spare Clothes

Please provide spare clothes for your child in a draw string bag. These will be left in school, in case your child has an accident of simply gets wet/muddy within our outdoor provision. If your child does have an accident, these clothes will be sent home and we would appreciate it if you return the spare clothes as soon as possible. Please label all of your children’s belongings.

P.E Lessons

P.E. lessons will be on Mondays. If your child wears earrings they will need to be removed by yourself prior to the sessions. P.E kits will stay in school for the duration of every half term. We will send these home at the end of every half term for a wash. Please return the P.E kit on your child’s first day back after the school holiday.

Walk to School Programme. 

This year we are implementing the walk to school programme, please find information on this in the attached letter below.

We are very much looking forward to working with your child during their time in Reception. If you ever have any questions and queries, please do not hesitate to ask. 

Miss Evans and the Reception Team