Thorpe Lea Primary School
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Reception
Welcome to Reception Class
Welcome to the Reception class page for Thorpe Lea Primary School and a huge, warm welcome to all our new Reception class and parents!
On this page you will find information about: our daily routine, our topic and theme of learning for the term and special events and news.
My name is Miss Nickless and I am the Reception class teacher.
We are also very lucky to have Miss Pate who is our learning support assistant and Mr Collin (Deputy Head/ SENCO) who is in our classroom on Wednesday afternoons.
Miss Pate
PE:
PE is on Thursdays and Fridays so please can you ensure that your child comes to school in their school PE kit and that all uniform is labelled as well as both their trainers.
Snacks and Lunches
We provide fresh fruit and milk/ water during snack time. Children can bring in packed lunches (no nuts/ chocolate/ fizzy drinks) or they can have school dinners which you can order on a daily, weekly or termly basis. You can order these via the SCOPAY website. Please order these at least 24 hours before.
Library Day
At Thorpe-Lea, we have our very own library and the children get to visit once a week and choose a book for home to read with you. Reception's day to visit the library is TUESDAY. Please ensure your child's library book is in their bag on TUESDAY to change. If the book is not returned then your child will miss their library slot that week until the book is returned.
Please check this page on a regular basis for updates.
Below you will find the class timetable.
I am looking forward to having a great year in Reception with you all! :)
Miss Nickless :)
Reception Class Timetable 2022-2023
Reception Gallery 2022-2023
Summer 1 Spellings
Our topic for this half term is
"All Creatures Great and Small".
This half term in Reception we will be looking at the topic "ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL".
The children will be looking at the stories "Goldilocks and the 3 bears, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Owl Babies".
In Maths this term, we will be looking at counting, writing and ordering our numbers to 20, numbers bonds to 5 and 10, telling time to the o'clock, months of the year and the different seasons in them, counting in 2's, odd and even numbers plus addition and subtraction number sentences.
In Literacy, we will be continuing with our READ WRITE INC books. The children will also be writing activities based around our chosen books and they will practise writing character descriptions, writing their own stories and making missing posters.
In RE, we will be looking at different stories such as "The Hare and the Tortoise" and the morals behind it. In Jigsaw, we are focusing on our topic of Relationships and those we have with our family and friends and what to do if we fall out with any of them.
. In Understanding the World, we shall be looking at animals on the farm and what their offspring is called, nocturnal and non-nocturnal animals and where in the world different bears are found. In PE, our focus this term is on "Athletics" and practising our throwing and catching with big and little balls to get ready for Sports Day next term!
Here are some key dates to keep an eye out for!
17th April INSET DAY
1st May BANK HOLIDAY
4th May Drama for all workshop
5th May Governor Day
8th May BANK HOLIDAY
11th May Reception class assembly to parents
15th May Sports for Champions
17th May Whole class photos
18th May Trip to Bocketts farm
19th May Non Uniform Day
Whilst we have all of this exciting things happening, we still need to remember to continue to do our daily reading and to write it in our reading diaries and to learn our spellings for our test every Friday.
Ideas to support your child at home linked to this topic: (Please click on each picture to gain ideas on each weekly topic!)
TEACHER STRIKE WORK
This work is NOT compulsory but if you wish to do work there is some below linked to what we have been learning this week.
| Literacy
“Goldilocks and the three bears” | Maths
“Calendar and time” |
Thursday 27th April 2023 | To map and speak the story
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-map-and-speak-the-story-crr64c | Exploring and discussing the days of the week and daily events |
Tuesday 2nd May 2023 | To write sentences describing settings in the story.
| Using everyday language to talk about and sequence daily events
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