Welcome to Reception Class - Summer 2

Our Vision for our Children in EYFS is in line with our school vision;

We believe every child is amazing and everyone deserves an excellent start to their learning journey. Everything in our nurturing environment sparks enjoyment, curiosity, awe, and wonder encouraging a lifelong love of learning through play, discovery, and meaningful experiences.

Contacts:

Mrs Saunders          ssaunders@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

Mrs Butcher            sbutcher@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

This half term in Reception -

This half term our topic is Delights of the Sea, and the children will be exploring stories, art and hands‑on activities linked to this topic as well as looking at a daily weather check, rainfall gauge, temperature and weather of the day . Through our key texts, the children will be inspired to write instructions, look at rhyming words and write character descriptions.

This half term in maths, we are beginning with a focus on decomposing shapes as well as looking at and comparing groups of objects and reciting doubles.

How you can help at home:

• Continue practising doubling facts
• Keep revising number bonds to 5 and number bonds to 10
• Keep practising counting to 20, especially those tricky teen numbers
• Recognising 2D shapes in the environment.

Over the next half term, we will also be looking at the following:

• Science                                                                                                                                                                                                           We will be looking at Water displacement, based on the book Mr Archimedes'bath and what happens to different items when placed in the water.  We will also look at the book My Ocean is Blue and children will see if they can create an ocean scene in a bottle.

 

• Geography focus

Looking at a World map and locating some oceans and seas around the world. Observing which animals live there? How deep does the ocean need to be for certain creatures eg. Whales?

Discuss that the River Severn runs through our city. How can we be safe near the river?

Drawing treasure maps and other maps for pirates to follow using directions and arrows.

• History focus

Looking at the seaside past and present. Compare things that take place today, in the past and some which still take place

What were holidays like in the past and what are they like now?

• RE focus

What times/stories are special and why?

• Seasonal changes- Summer

Summer walk to identify key signs of summer. Daily weather check to look at the temperature and amount of rainfall we have in comparison to Winter. Know the dangers of the sun and water and how to stay safe in each. “Slip, Slop, Slap”

• ICT focus

Demonstrate that computers have input and output. The use of keyboards and mouse support information to be inputted into a computer.

We will also learn the main parts of a computer; including keyboard and mouse.

A few reminders to help the final half term run smoothly: Summer 2

• Forest School will be on Monday afternoons.   Please note, there will be no P.E. this half term, due to Forest School

• Children go outside in all weathers, so a coat is essential. As the weather gets warmer, please send in named hats. Sunglasses are not permitted to be worn in school, so please keep these at home.  Please remember to apply suncream before school.

• Book bags and water bottles should come to school daily. 

Reading books 

Reading books must be kept in book bags at all times. A new reading book will be issued every Monday, matched to your child’s current phonics level, and will be collected in on a Thursday.

Please note that if a book is lost or damaged, there will unfortunately be a £5 charge to cover the cost of replacement. To help prevent damage, please do not place water bottles in book bags, as leaks can easily ruin books.

Reading Diaries

Please ensure reading diaries are to be sent in everyday too. If your child is taking part in a phonics or reading intervention, staff will need to make a note in the diary and inform you when this support is taking place.

If your child is currently using a wordless book, please do come and speak to us— we are more than happy to discuss how you can best support your child’s reading at home.

Thank you for your continued support in developing a love of reading!

In Summer 2, we will continue teaching Phase 4 - Little Wandle Phonics Scheme 

Click on the link below for guidance on how to pronounce each pure sound clearly.

 For parents | Letters and Sounds