Reception and Mixed Year 1

Welcome to Reception\Year 1

We are delighted to welcome you and your child to Reception\Year 1. This year will be filled with new discoveries, friendships, and exciting learning opportunities. Our aim is to create a caring and supportive environment where every child feels happy, confident, and ready to shine.

This page will be updated regularly to help keep you up to date with everything happening in Reception/Year 1. Please also look out for an email every Friday from class teachers that will include news, reminders, and information to support with your child's learning.

We look forward to working closely with you to support your child’s journey and to celebrate their achievements together.

Mrs Carr and Mrs Bailey

Week 4

The children have had a wonderful week and have shown such enthusiasm for learning! This week, they’ve especially enjoyed mathematics, phonics, and oracy activities.

This week we focused on:

Phonics: g, o, c, k

Tricky word: is

Oral blending (e.g. c-a-t cat, t-o-p top) see homework sheet

Number of the Week: 3 (Numberblocks – Three)

Mathematics: Counting – Cardinality (understanding how many items are in a group) and Ordinality (recognising position in a sequence) 

Understanding the World: Signs of Autumn 

Oracy: Taking turns speaking with a partner, linked to our ‘All About Me’ topic.

Week 3

This week has been a fantastic week for the children in school. The children are really settling into school life and we have been impressed with their efforts. 

In phonics we have been learning about the phonemes i, n, m and d and have started to blend words with these sounds in, for example: m-a-n.

In mathematics, we have started to learn the rules for counting and really enjoyed teaching our class puppets how to count. 

In RE lessons, we have started to learn about the Creation story and went on a walk to see how many things we could find that God has made. The children have also enjoyed making artwork for our Creation display.

Week 2
This week in Reception/Year 1, the children have made a fantastic start to their learning. We introduced the first four phonics sounds: s, a, t, p, and the children enjoyed practising saying and recognising these initial sounds.

The following website has some really useful videos that explain how we teach it:

👉 https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/  

Please pay particular attention to the video titled ‘Phase 2 sounds taught in Reception Autumn 1’ as this will support you in helping your child pronounce the taught sounds correctly.

In mathematics, we have been developing our subitising skills—learning to look, not count—with numbers up to three.

This week we also visited the school prayer garden, where the children enjoyed some quiet reflection time together. Next week, we are looking forward to beginning our Creation unit in R.E.

Week 1

We were so proud of the children for their first week in school. They have been busy making friends, getting to know their teachers and learning where the different areas are in school.

We read the story ‘Worry Boots’ by Lisa Thompson to help the children talk about they were feeling on their first week of school. 

We look forward to beginning our formal phonics and mathematics lessons with them next week.

Useful Websites / Information for Parents