Reception
We currently have two classes in Reception.
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Bat Class |
Teacher: Miss K Platt
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Fox Class |
Teacher: Miss A. Alcock
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The following members of staff will be supporting across the Reception classes this year:
Mr P. Nagle, HLTA
Mrs C Hammon, Teaching Assistant
Miss K Hodson, Teaching Assistant 1-2-1 support mornings only
Miss J. Pemble, Teaching Assistant - afternoons only
A Day in Reception - Term 1
8.45am - 9.00am: Doors Open & Welcome Time - Please encourage your child to hand their coat up and put their bag in the box independently. Then help them to find a book to read on the carpet.
9.00am: Morning Register
9.05am - 9.25am: Phonics/Rhyme Time
9.25am - 11.30am: Children's Learning Time - Children select challenges for themselves within all areas of the environment, including the garden.
11.30 - 11.4am: Tidy up Time
11.40m - 12.00pm Story/Rhyme time
12.00pm - 1.00pm: Lunchtime - Children eat their packed lunch / school dinner in the main school hall and then join the other children in the playground for playtime.
1.00pm: Afternoon Register
1.05pm: Numbers & Patterns
1.25pm: Children's Learning Time - Children select challenges for themselves within all areas of the environment, including the garden.
2.30pm - 2.40pm: Tidy Up Time
2.40pm - 3.00pm: Mark Making
3.00pm - 3.20pm: Story & Getting Ready for Home Time
3.20pm: Doors Open to Collect Your Child.
Top Tips for Helping Your Child Read at Home
- Set aside a few minutes each night to read with your child.
- Encourage them to hold the book and turn the pages one at a time.
- Talk about the pictures in the book - make links to familiar experiences, what is happening on the page, how to the characters feel and why, what do they think might happen next.
- Read the book to them with the children joining in with any repeated phrases.
- Once they are familiar with the book, let them read a word on each page using their phonics to sound out and blend.
- Then move on to the children reading a few words / a sentence.
- Don't be afraid to read the same book several times. Repeated reading helps to build confidence and reading fluency!
Suggested Reading pattern with a Book:
Day 1 - Look at the book together and talk about the pictures.
Day 2 - Adult to read the book (if it has words) or model telling a story (if it doesn't have words)
Day 3 - Child to have a go at telling the story using the pictures, in their own words.
Day 4 - Child to have a go at reading some of the words using their phonics skills.
Day 5 - Change the book - you can do yourself in the classroom in the mornings when you drop your child off at school.