Welcome to Owlets R

Mrs Worthy, Miss Begum, Miss Brigg and Mrs Sattar 

welcome you to our Owlets reception class.

Please read through the information below to help you and your child understand all that will be happening in our school year.

There will be parent information meetings that will explain in further detail Reading, Writing and Maths.

We will be inviting parents to our Play and Stay sessions each half term (when the Covid 19 situation changes.)

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  We will be learning about demonstrating friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with our peers.  As well as  explaining our own knowledge and understanding. We will be doing circle times to become aware of our own and others feelings understanding that some actions and words can hurt others’ feelings.

Communication and language

We are learning to listen to stories with increasing attention and recall, as well as using language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations. We will be listening and responding to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion. We will begin to question why things happen.

Literacy

Throughout the year children will focus on the way stories are structured and suggest how a story might end. We will begin to read words and simple sentences, representing sounds correctly and in sequence. We  will write our names, picture captions and labels.  We will have a daily ‘Letters and Sounds’ and guided reading session.

 Maths 

We have a daily ‘Magic Maths’ session where children learn about different mathematical concepts in a fun and practical way. 

Understanding the World

We are going to be showing an interest in different occupations and ways of life. We will have a weekly visit to our woodland area and will regularly visit our local area. We will be learning about where we can find  information and how to complete a simple program on a computer.

Expressive arts and design

Children will join construction pieces together in order to build and balance.  We will aim to construct with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources and to be able to use available resources to create props to support role-play. We will introduce a story line into their play and encourage children to play alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.

Physical Development

Children will begin to form recognisable letters. In PE we will experiment with different ways of moving.  We will also learn good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene which can contribute to good health.  

Homework

Your child will be provided with a Phonics book, please go over the sounds in the book with them - daily if possible. Each week your child will be provided with ‘Talk Homework’ in their ‘Busy Bee Book.’

Keeping safe when using the internet 

Click on the pdf file below to teach your reception child about internet safety with Jessie and her friends.

Ideas to Support your child’s learning at home 

Provide children with paper and pens/pencils/crayons to draw pictures, engage in writing - including practising letter formation, writing simple words, captions, lists, simple sentences.

Provide opportunities for children to play boards games with adults or siblings, encouraging taking turns, communication, language and vocabulary skills and maths skills. For example dominoes, snakes and ladders, bingo, tiddly winks.