Summer Term in Reception

 

The Reception year is a very special part of your child’s school journey. Having got to know your child, we are excited to continue this journey in a term full of exploration, learning and development.

We strive to provide a unique, challenging and inspirational curriculum based on new and memorable experiences.

During the year, we will work with your child to learn and understand their individual needs and support them in their learning and development.

Our aim is for your children to become happy and confident learners and to carry their love of learning throughout their lives.

 

Summer Bookshelf

Our bookshelf will spark our curiosity and imagination, supporting our learning around the six Character Traits, ‘Kindness, Bravery, Citizenship, Curiosity, Gratitude, and Integrity’.

We will begin the term reading ‘Bog Baby’ igniting our imaginations and curiosity.  This will support our ‘understanding of the world’ as we begin to compare different environments.  We will learn together with the character Rocket when reading ‘Clean Up’ as we explore our character traits when learning how we can make a difference in our world.

 

 

Summer Learning at a Glance

 

Maths

Numbers to 20

Addition and Subtraction

Sharing and grouping

Spatial reasoning

Properties of shapes

Consolidation of key skills

 

Reading and Comprehension

Developing fluency with blending through individual, choral, partner and echo reading

Making predictions

Demonstrating understanding

 

Writing

Letter formation

Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s

Writing for different purposes: recounts, invitations, letters

Developing storytelling and writing using Tales Toolkit

 

Understanding the World

Focused observation of summer

Exploring the natural world and habitats

Celebration of similarities and differences in our local community

Understanding festivals & special times celebrated: Eid al-Fitr & Eid-al-Adha

Life in this country and life in other countries

Comparing and contrasting environments

 

Expressive Arts and Design

Art project focus – Eric Joyner, Robots and Donuts

DT– Design, make and evaluate a Bog Baby habitat

 

 

 

Meet the team

Mrs Whitehead – Class Teacher

Miss Davies – Learning Support Assistant

Mrs Booth – Learning Support Assistant

 

 

Important Information

• PE will take place every Thursday, please send your child to school wearing their PE kit.
• Forest School will run for the first half of the summer term each Wednesday.

• Your book bag, containing your reading books and reading log, should be bought to school each day and will be taken out on Thursday and replaced on Friday.

• We would encourage you to read with your child every day to develop their love for reading.
• Mrs Whitehead will be available every day before and after school to talk about any concerns, receive messages and celebrate successes.

 

 

As always, there will be lots of learning and exciting activities going on in Reception this term. Please speak to our admin team for access to the Pre-School Instagram feed @wps_reception

You will receive personalised activation information from Tapestry to your registered email.