Reception is the exciting start of a child's education. During this year the children will learn through play and opportunities to investigate learning. At this age the children start to develop the understanding of key communication skills as well as developing more social relationships with their peers and adults in the environment. Foundational skills are developed and practiced across all areas of learning.
Our aim in Reception is to teach our children our key school values and skills such as resilience to make them confident and happy learners. Within our daily timetable the children will have Read Write Inc sessions to support their learning of letter sounds which will enable their learning of early reading skills. Our writing will link to shared books and interests of the children throughout the year.
In mathematics, we follow the ‘White Rose Maths Scheme’, ensuring that they have an in-depth understanding of numbers and how they relate to one another. We start with the numbers 0-10 so that the children have a solid understanding of what each number means, how it can be represented and how it links to other numbers. As well as this, we also investigate shape, space and measures to allow the pupils to experience a wide range of maths
Some of our exciting topics include ‘Are we there yet?’, ‘Watch Them Grow’, and ‘Off on Safari’. Through these topics we will explore a range of hands on experiences based on the natural world , past and present as well as developing creative and musical skills.