Reception
Welcome to Reception!
Mrs Blogg is the class teacher and Mrs Lee is the teaching assistant. On this page you will find information about Reception class news, pictures of things we've done and more.
Early Years
To find out more about Early Years at St Luke's. visit our Early Years page.
Termly Newsletters & Information
Reminders for the Spring Term 2023
Arrival and Collection Times
We are continuing to use our one-way system to enter and exit school via the external Year R classroom door.
Children should arrive between 8.45am - 8.55am.
Children in Year R, 1, 3, 5 and 6 should be collected be collected at 3.25pm.
Children in Year 2 and 4 should be collected at 3.20pm.
Breakfast Club and After School Club
Children in Year R, 1 to 6 should arrive as normal and be taken to the Breakfast Club room. They will be taken to their Classroom ready for lessons. Breakfast Club will be open from 7.45am. After School Club will be open until 5.45pm.
Stationery
We will provide this equipment where required in Year R.
Fit Friday P.E.
Children in Class R will need to ensure that their P.E. Kit is in school on a Friday. P.E. Kits should consist of jogging bottoms, shorts, a house-coloured t-shirt, jumper and trainers.
Spring Term Learning
During the Spring term we will focus upon Dinosaurs and The Three Little Pigs. Our newsletters will outline the activities your child will take part in, linked to the 7 areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
English
In Reception, children learn to orally retell different types of texts using actions. We ask all parents to support children with learning these texts at home orally, so that children can use them to create their own versions. The table below highlights the text types and texts that we are learning in Reception. The table will be updated and added to throughout the year. Please download the texts and practise retelling them at home with your child. Aim to retell the texts with actions and expression!
| Date | Text Type | Text Title |
| 12th September 2022 | Cumulative Tale | The Little Red Hen |
| 31st October 2022 | Cumulative Tale | The Gingerbread Man |
| 9th January 2023 | Non-fiction Text | Dinosaur Egg Hunt |
| 20th February 2023 | Traditional Tale | The Three Little Pigs |
Maths
As a school we use Maths No Problem. To find out more, visit https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos/ to watch videos all about how we teach Maths at St Luke's. The table below highlights the topics that we will be learning in Year R in the Spring Term.
Date | Focus Topic |
| 9th January 2023 | Counting to 10: including composition of each number |
| 16th January 2023 | Counting: comparing quantities up to 10 in different contexts |
| 23rd January 2023 | Counting: comparing quantities up to 10 in different contexts |
| 30th January 2023 | Addition: deepening understanding of numbers up to 10 |
| 6th February 2023 | Comparing and ordering: comparing quantities up to 10 |
| 20th February 2023 | Counting: deepening understanding of numbers up to 10 |
| 27th February 2023 | Counting: number bonds to 10 |
| 6th March 2023 | Pattern: exploring and representing patterns with numbers up to 10 |
| 13th March 2023 | Measuring: lengths and heights |
| 20th March 2023 | Capacity: developing language |
| 27th March 2023 | Shapes: tangrams and describing shapes |
Phonics
In the Spring term, we will be learning our Phase 3 phonics graphemes using the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Phonics scheme. We will also be continuing to learn tricky words (words which cannot be sounded out). To find out more about how we teach phonics, please visit our phonics page https://www.st-lukes.hants.sch.uk/phonics/
Our Class Country
We will be learning all about Great Britain. We will investigate where it is in the world and find out facts about what it is like to live in Great Britain.
Texts
Our Classroom Environment
Through our engaging and stimulating classroom environment, children have lots of opportunities to play, explore, learn actively, create and think critically.
Arts Week in Reception Class!
