Welcome to Reception
The Daily Routine The school gates are opened at 8.45pm. The School Day begins at 8.55 am and ends at 3.15 pm. We will be finishing at 3.15 pm the same as the rest of the school.
Coming in and out of School ■ The children drop bags off in the classroom and join the other children on the yard and line up in the playground with the other children. ■ Home time can often be hectic. If you have any questions or would like to speak to a member of staff, please wait at the side and after all children have been collected we will be glad to answer any queries or discuss any matters. This is to ensure all children are handed over safely .
• We have many new routines to learn in the classroom, playground, dinner hall and assemblies. • The children are already getting used to hanging up coats and placing their belongings in the correct tray according to their colour group. They then go around to the big yard with the other Key Stage 1 children.
When they come into school they hang up their coats, say prayers together then talk about our day ahead. The whole school follows the same Religious Education topics. This term we will be starting with Myself. Every 1 st Friday there is a Mass which you are all welcome to attend in the school hall.
■ Each Friday we have family group lessons when each class teacher has a group of children from Reception to Year 6. Your child will be in the same family group all the way through the school. Their Big Friend will be in the same family group. ■ We discuss many different topics from being healthy, making the right choices to being a good citizen. ■ On Fridays we sit in family groups during whole school Good News assembly, where birthdays are also celebrated. We receive behaviour awards. Mr. Burke tracks the progress of each class. A star badge is also given to 1 or 2 children who have tried hard or been helpful and kind.
We have already met our big friends which was very exciting! TODAY!!! These special friendships last all year, with Year 6 coming to play with us in the yard, sometimes we may have lunch or walk to church together and they also take us to our family group.
• There are 7 areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage. • 3 Prime Areas ■ Personal, Social Emotional Development ■ Communication, Language and Understanding ■ Physical Development • 4 Specific Areas ■ Literacy ■ Mathematics ■ Knowledge and Understanding of the World ■ Expressive Arts and Design
• We offer a free-flow learning environment which allows the children to learn both indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions. • Warm clothes are important in the foundation stage and it is important all children have wellington boots and sun hats left inside school and have a coat with them at all times. • Free- flow learning is a very important part of the foundation curriculum – activities are planned to enhance literacy and maths skills as well as develop the children’s creativity and physical development as they learn and discover the world around them.
• Word Reading ■ Letters and Sounds - Is a government initiated phonics programme to teaching, not only the 26 letters of the alphabet, but also the diagraphs e.g ch, sh, ee. The first sound is ‘s.’ The letters are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically) this allows the children to begin building words as soon as possible. • Comprehension ■ To become confident readers children must have experience of talking about stories, retelling stories and answering how and why questions about the stories they read.
• Pencil Grip – A lot of children ‘fist’ grip a pencil, when starting out with writing. Please encourage your child by removing the pencil and positioning it properly in your child’s hand. The point resting lightly on the thumb and the first finger resting on the top of the pencil, and the other fingers lightly curved inward. With practise your child will get use to this and gain more control over their mark making. • Show parents PICK and FLICK
• We do practical maths in foundation stage such as sorting, matching, making sets and number line activities. We practise counting daily, order numbers correctly, provide opportunities to understand what the number stands for, as well as exploring addition, subtraction and sharing. • Please highlight numbers and number language at home and when out and about. Setting the table - do we have enough? How many plates? Spotting number plates, counting games, measuring when baking are all valuable learning activities. • It is more important to be able to understand numbers properly, by using them in real life, than it is to be able to count up to ‘big numbers.’
Maths isn’t just number, however, and there are many opportunities in our environment to look at time, shape, measure, position and direction. • Always talk to your child about what time it is and point out how long something takes. Talk about pertinent times, i.e. bedtime, breakfast, etc. • Allow your child the experience weighing out ingredients, comparing heights, etc. • Use the language associated with direction left, right, forward, etc • Talk about where things are by using words such as on, under, beside, etc. • Ask your child about the shapes they can see in the house, out on a walk, wherever they are.
Topic Each half term we do a different topic around which all our work is based. This term is ‘People who help us’ and the child -initiated topic is ‘Superheroes’
Rewards • Verbal Praise • A Dojo Point. • Golden Book! They go to the box and pick a toy (STOLEN) • Star of the week.
• Verbal Praise • A dojo point. • Golden Book! • Star of the week.
Consequences • Verbal Warning • Losing a Dojo Point • Losing some of their outdoor playtime time-out • Sad Book and a letter home
Homework • Sound Book -Monday • News Book- after Christmas • Reading Book- first book to go home on Monday Please send in every day as it takes us all week to hear everyone and we might want to give your child more practise.
A sentence from your child Ask them what they want to write Repeat it back to them one word at a time asking them what sounds can they hear? They may know the sound but not remember what it looks like. An alphabet sheet will help. I went to the shops ……………….could look like… Ay wt t th shs. And that is actually wonderful! How I mark the homework mention it. Please don’t help them too much.
• Charlie Bear is our class bear. Each child will receive Charlie to take home to share with their families. Please return Charlie the next day with clean teeth!! • We have a show and tell bag for a different child to take home each night. Please help your child to choose one item to put in the bag and discuss with them what they will say about it. • Regular news letters will also announce any special days/events in the school calendar and keep all parents involved in our school community. Keep up to date with events using our school web site, which is being updated at the moment. • Family Fun Time Wednesday 1:30pm 5 th December 2018 • The Friends of St Charles are always looking for new members to get involved with school fundraising and events.
Reception Parents Evening/Afternoon 5 th November Monday pm 3:15-6:00pm 6 th November Tuesday pm 3:15-6:00pm 8 th November Thursday afternoon from 12:00pm Or if you cant manage then we can do another time and date.
• Please could you: • Help us learn our sounds. • Please write your child’s name is on all of their belongings, including shoes, water bottles and all clothing. • Any trip money should be paid for on Parent Pay but it may sometimes be split so that we can for example buy the children an ice cream. • Add a key ring to your child’s coat and bag– this will help them become more independent. • Help your child to be ready organised for school.
. Play-times – Opal Because of the large space and to prevent children running around too fast and hurting themselves we have become involved in Opal. The children will be able to access a Den building Area, Mud Kitchen, The Garden and new activities are added all of the time. e.g the boat
. Breakfast Club Letter about it. REC can start from Monday 10 th September There are no afterschool clubs presently but there are regular film nights which they can attend .
Breakfast Club
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