Reception
Staff members
Mrs J. Brown (Class Teacher) Mrs N. Ibrahim (Early Years Practitioner) Mrs M Malaoud (Teaching Assistant)
Miss L. Thurston (Teaching Assistant) Mrs N. Asif (Teaching Assistant)
On this page, you will find information about our class learning, which is updated weekly. We will occasionally share links to online resources that can be used to support learning at home. It is important that children are supervised when using these suggested links.
Our Class Saint
Saint Joseph
This year in Reception we have chosen St. Joseph as our Class Saint. We chose this Saint as we feel that St. Joseph is an important figure in the Holy Family and follows our previous learning around St Mary. We will celebrate St. Joseph this year throughout our time in school and we will also celebrate his feast day on the 21st March. We look forward to sharing the learning around this special saint and his Earthly, Fatherly figure to ourselves and to Jesus.
Feast Day: This will be celebrated in school on Friday 21st March.
Reminders and Expectations
- Please read every day with your child at home for around 10 minutes and an adult to sign their reading diaries. READING EVERY DAY WILL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT! Children hand in their reading diaries every morning to be checked. We will listen to your child read throughout the week.
- Children will have a homework book, given out on a Wednesday and this will be returned on a Monday.
- PE Kits: On a Thursday, children should arrive at school in their full school uniform and will get changed into their PE kits. Please make sure children have everything they need, and all items are clearly labelled with your child's name to ensure no items get lost.
Please continue to scroll down after this phonics information to find weekly updates on what your children will be learning in the curriculum.
Below is some useful information and activities.
Phoneme– The sound of a letter. For example /k/.
Grapheme– The way we write the phoneme (sound). For example, /k/ can be written as c k ck qu ch.
Digraphs– Two graphemes that make one phoneme (sound).
Trigraphs– Three graphemes that make one phoneme (sound).
Please find below phonics pronunciation videos to support at home. This will tell you how to pronounce each sound.
Phase 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZtjFIvA_fs
Phase 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvOuc7cWXxc
Active learn log in link 
Week Commencing 06/10/2025
This week the children will continue to enjoy learning about keeping themselves healthy. We will be using the story 'Eat your Green Goldilocks' to inspire discussions about fruit and vegetables and what kinds of food help to keep us healthy.
Use the link below to share this story at home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZC25SIKZT8
Phonics
In phonics, the children will be reviewing the sounds they have learnt so far
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d and will learn the new sounds 'g' and 'o'.
Use the video below to help your child learn the 'g' sound at home:
https://youtu.be/24dKTgOG3Ok?t=7
Use the video below to help your child learn the 'o' sound at home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_LH4TN5xWk
In Maths this week, Reception will continue to practise comparing groups of objects.
Using the key vocabulary 'more, fewer, most, less, equal, the same' the children will learn to identify and sort amounts according to their quantity.
Use the video below to support your child compare quantities at home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWGl-NGJjU
Week Commencing 29/09/2025
This week the children will be learning about the importance of brushing their teeth.
We will enjoy role-playing a visit to the dentist, learning about healthy and unhealthy food for our teeth and look closely at how to brush our teeth properly.
Enjoy this tooth brushing song at home by clicking on the link below...
https://youtu.be/wCio_xVlgQ0?t=4
In Phonics, the children will enjoy reviewing the sounds we have learnt so far
s, a, t, p, i, n and will learn the new sounds 'm' and 'd'.
Use the video below to help your child learn the 'm' sound at home...
https://youtu.be/xmycKoWEMWU?t=10
Can you find the items beginning with 'm' in the picture below?
Use the video below to help your child learn the 'd' sound at home...
https://youtu.be/X1td07nKF5A?t=10
Can you find the items beginning with 'd' in the picture below?
In Maths this week, Reception will be learning to compare the numbers 1 to 5. They will learn about more or fewer, and will be able to identify when a group is equal.
Use the video below to support your child at home when comparing quantities.
https://youtu.be/E34PAOGYRNk?t=9
Week Commencing 15/09/2025
Our focus story this week will be ‘Funny bones’ and the children will enjoy learning the skeleton dance song to help them to learn about body parts and names.
Follow the link to enjoy hearing this song together:
In phonics this week, we will be learning the sounds ‘t’ and ‘p’. The children will learn to recognise the sound and will practise hearing the sounds in simple words. Why not try a game of ‘I spy?’ “I spy with my little eye, something beginning with t or p.”
Please click on the link below for a video to support your child's learning with the ‘t’ sound:
Letter t Phonics | Phonics Letter Sounds for Kids | Learning To Read
Please click on the link below for a video to support your child's learning with the ‘p’ sound:
'p' Words | Phonics | Initial Sounds
This week in maths the children will be revisiting learning from Nursery and learning to count and recognise up to 4 objects.
Please click on the link below to support this learning at home.
I Can Show the Number 4 in Many Ways | Number Recognition Four | Jack Hartmann
Week commencing 08/09/2025
What a fantastic first few days we had and well done to all the children for coming into school with super smiles! We have enjoyed getting to know each other a little better and look forward to our first full week, this week.
This week the children will listen to the story 'From Head to Toe' by Eric Carle. Follow the link to enjoy hearing this story together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIx72g0UdA
Throughout this story the children will enjoy learning about animal names and body parts, along with making movements and actions to accompany each animal. Why not try some at home? Kick your legs like a donkey or stomp around like an elephant.
During this week's phonics sessions, we will be learning to recognise the sounds 's' and 'a'. Try finding things at home that begin with a 's' or an 'a'? Can you see the sky, stars or the sun? Do you have an apple or an alarm clock in your home? What else can you find?
Please click on the link below for a video to support your child's learning with the "a" sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MuG-XjItWM
Please click on the link below for a video to support your child's learning with the "s" sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtBB1qX327Y
Maths
This week in maths the children will be revisiting learning from Nursery and learning to count and recognise up to 3 objects. Please click on the link below to support this learning at home
Week commencing 01/09/2025
The children this week will be learning to settle into their new classroom and routines.