Welcome to Reception Class - Autumn 1

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 Tomkinson        gtomkinson@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

Welcome to Reception

A very warm welcome to all our new Reception children and families. We are so excited to begin this special journey with you and look forward to getting to know each and every one of you.

Our first half term is all about “All About Me”. We will spend lots of time getting to know the children, finding out about their interests, likes and dislikes, and learning all about their wonderful families. We want every child to feel happy, safe, valued and excited to come into school each day.

As part of our “All About Me” topic, the children will be bringing home a Marvelous Me Bag. They will have the opportunity to fill their bag with special items from home and then bring it into school to share with their friends. This is a lovely opportunity for the children to talk about themselves, their families and the things that are important to them. More information about the Marvelous Me Bags will be sent home shortly.

Beginning our reading and writing journey

This half term, the children will also begin their exciting reading and writing journey. We are delighted to invite you to our Phonics Workshop on Monday 21st September. We will begin with a short meeting for parents and carers, followed by the opportunity for you to join us in the classroom and take part in a phonics lesson alongside your child.

We hope this will give you a chance to see how we teach phonics and discover some simple ways you can support your child's learning at home.

Autumn, Harvest and stories

As the weeks progress, we will begin to explore the changing season and learn all about autumn and harvest. We will be looking closely at the world around us and noticing the changes that autumn brings.

Our key texts this half term will be:

• The Colour Monster

• Elmer

• The Little Red Hen

Maths

In Maths, we will begin by exploring 2D shapes. The children will have lots of hands-on opportunities to recognise, name and describe shapes and discover where we can find them in the world around us.

A few important messages

As we settle into school life, we would really appreciate your support with a few things:

• Please send your child to school with a named water bottle every day.

• Look at the Black Pepper menu with your child. 

• Please make sure all items of clothing are clearly named. This makes such a difference when we have lots of jumpers, cardigans and coats.

• Please provide named wellies and waterproofs that can stay in school for outdoor learning and wet-weather days.

• Please let us know about any changes to home-time collection arrangements.

• Most importantly, please always come and talk to us.

Starting school is a big step for both children and parents, and we want you to feel that you are part of our Reception community. We are always here to listen, help and support you and your child. Please feel free to email us or catch us at the gate if there is something you would like to chat about. No question or worry is too small.

We are incredibly excited for the year ahead and cannot wait to watch your children grow in confidence, independence and curiosity as they begin their Reception adventure.