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.

Reminders for the Autumn Term 2022

Arrival and Collection Times

We are continuing to use our one-way system to enter and exit school in September, entering and leaving 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.

Autumn Term Learning

During the first half of the Autumn term we will be learning about ourselves and people who help us.  Our newsletter and curriculum map 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!

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.

Phonics

In the first part of the Autumn term, we will be starting to learn our Phase 2 phonics graphemes using the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Phonics scheme. We will also be starting 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.

Our Classroom Environment

Through our engaging and stimulating classroom environment, children have lots of opportunities to play, explore, learn actively, create and think critically.