Reception Class

This term our topic is …

How do we celebrate?

We will be thinking about a wide range of celebrations including Bonfire night, Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas.

Think about:

What occasions do you celebrate? Who do you celebrate with?
What special food do you eat for your celebrations?
Why do we celebrate these special occasions?
What kind of Christmas traditions do you have?
Explain to a friend what your favourite celebration is, and why you like it.

This half term, we will be thinking about:

Writing our name, starting with a capital letter.
Forming the letters we have learnt using their correct letter formation.
Writing lists using initial sounds.
Using our phonic knowledge to help us segment and blend CVC word e.g. c-a-t.
Counting forwards and backwards to 10.
Recognising, ordering and writing numbers to 5.
Exploring number facts.
Practise our ‘subitising’ skills – develop our ability to instantaneously recognise the number of objects in a small group without the need to count them.

Extra activities to try at home:

We are working hard to practise our blending skills for reading. Practise blending using the Phase 2 games ‘Buried Treasure’ and ‘Dragons Den’ (Sets 1-4):

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2

In Reception, we love reading!