Hello, and a very warm welcome to Apple Class!

We hope you are ready for an exciting journey in Reception. In Term 1, our topic is All about Me!

At Brenzett Primary School, we believe that our Early Years Foundation Stage provides children with firm foundations to build upon and create life-long learners. It is our intent that children develop emotionally, creatively, verbally, physically, spiritually and intellectually. We set high expectations for all areas of our curriculum and create knowledge-rich topics, cater to the children’s interests, to support the children’s cultural capital. At Brenzett, we inspire children to have a ‘love of learning’ and support the development of the ‘Characteristics of Effective Learning’.  We value the uniqueness of every single child that enters our classroom and ensure all their needs are met to help children to achieve their full potential.

The staff in Reception are dedicated to ensuring the children have the best possible start to their school adventure. We strive to ensure our children feel safe and loved in our classroom as if it were a home from home. Here in Apple Class you will often find us in the garden digging up worms, crafting something amazing or strengthening our fine motor skills and counting.

Our reception class follow the EYFS framework https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1170108/EYFS_framework_from_September_2023.pdf and use the Development Matters as a supportive guide alongside the statutory framework.  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005585/6.7534_DfE_Development_Matters_Report_and_illustrations_web.pdf

 

The framework has seven categories. These are:

The Prime Areas:-

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication and Language
• Physical Development

And Specific Areas:-

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts

Who is who?

I'm Miss Burns, and I am the Reception class teacher here at Brenzett. You will often find me making mud pies in the mud kitchen or in the cosy reading corner reading stories.

Miss Pepler is our class supporting hero in Apple Class. You will always find her playing in the mud with dinosaurs or jumping around on the stage singing lots of songs!

 

What do we get up to? 

Below, you will find our weekly timetable filled with all the subjects and lessons for this term.

 Apple Weekly Timetable for this term:

 As we begin our journey into starting school, we take priority this term in making sure children build positive, strong relationships with their new teachers and peers. We plan activities that will help children build on their communication and language as well as develop a love for learning in our Discovery Time. 

 

 

NOTICES:

Please ensure all school uniform is clearly labelled.

Children will need a drinks bottle to be used in the classroom, please ensure your child arrives to school with one.

Children will need a full PE kit clearly labelled to be worn on a Monday (Starting in Term 2).

Please bring in Forest School kit (starting Monday 14th September), which needs to include; long trousers, long sleeved top, a long sleeved jumper, a coat, spare socks and underwear and welly boots. These can all be kept at school.

READING:

Our focus within reading is to build oral fluency and comprehension. All children will now have a picture book. Please ensure you read with your child every evening. Please sign and date after you have read with them, so we can keep up to date with how our little bookworms are doing with their reading during their early stages of reading for pleasure. Question what events happen in the story, and make them reflect on what they have read. These questioning skills help develop your child's comprehension.

 

READING COMPETITION:

The aim is, your child will read for 10 days at home. They will however, still be reading 3 times a week with an adult at school. After the 10 days of reading at home, your child will be awarded a bronze award, they will then complete another 10 days for their silver award and a further 10 days for their gold award. After this, they will be given a raffle ticket after every 10 days to be put into the draw to win a prize at the end of the term. The more they read, the more of a chance they have to win.

THIS TERM:

In Phonics, here at Brenzett we follow the Read Write inc (RWI) scheme. This term, we have a drive to have keen readers and writers within our reception cohort! Children will be beginning phonics at the same time, ensuring intervention support is readily available to challenge and support their development whilst also building their confidence and understanding. Children are using their knowledge of phonics to help their development and awareness of their reading, writing and blending. This term, we have a great focus on children recognising and learning how to say the set 1 sounds and to form the letters correctly.

Here are the sounds we will be learning below:

                            

KEEP UP WITH US:

You should receive an email from Tapestry to link you to your child's online learning journal

Please speak to Miss Burns if you have any issues with this.

 

 

Medium Term planning for EYFS: