Reception 2023/2024

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Reception Reading Passport

20 BOOKS TO READ

Over the summer, each class teacher has been compiling a list of 20 books to read by the end of the year. These books are a mix of different texts, authors and text types. These can be read by the children, or read to them depending on your child's reading stage. 

Children will be coming home with their own reading passport. This will show the 20 books for your child to read by the end of their class year. Over the year, the children will have the opportunity to read these books at home, and then you can sign the passport when the books have been read at home. All of the books that are on the passport are available from each class reading area, though you may have some copies at home. 

After a book has been read and signed by an adult, a stamp or a sticker will be added to the passport in class to show that that book has been read. Once your child has read all of their books for the year, they will receive a certificate, a prize and their name will go onto our school Wall of Fame display. 

We hope that this will help to encourage the children of St Joseph's to develop their love of reading for pleasure, and to help them to find new authors, text types and books that will spark their interest. 

Happy Reading!

Class Newsletter - Autumn Term 2023

Topic Homework - Autumn Term (1) 2023

Autumn Term 2023 - What we have been up to do far....

Christmas has landed in reception!

We have loved looking at our big Christmas tree and at the decorations Buddy (our elf) has put up in our classroom! Today, we’ve dressed our very own tree and coloured our own elves. I’ve seen some lovely writing about the elves and some very creative names. 

Let’s all hope Buddy stays a nice elf in our classroom. 

Baking
Yesterday, we had sooo much fun baking cupcakes! We all had a go either mixing, pouring, measuring or icing the cakes. Then, we got to try them! Some of us chose to have a cherry on top, just like in the story Kipper’s birthday.
Well done reception, I think we’re ready to be on the next Bake Off

Birthdays

We’ve been learning all about birthdays over the past week and how they are celebrated. We’ve had birthday parties in the home corner, cake themed maths, built 3D cakes and role played baking cakes (ready for the real thing this week). I’ve heard beautiful singing, seen fantastic writing in birthday cards and super work measuring and mixing.

Keep up the great work reception! 

Todays Commando Joe session.
I am so impressed with how hard the class have worked in Commando Joe, their team work skills have really shone.

This week, we have been learning all about bonfire night and writing sounds we hear fireworks make. Such as, “pop, bang, fizzle”. 

This morning, we have explored different instruments and thought about which ones sound like fireworks. 
“The drums make a bang just like fireworks” “the tambourine makes a fizzle sound”. 
We then took the instruments outside to carry on our exploration. 

 

This week, we have been learning all about bonfire night and writing sounds we hear fireworks make. Such as, “pop, bang, fizzle”. 

This morning, we have explored different instruments and thought about which ones sound like fireworks. 
“The drums make a bang just like fireworks” “the tambourine makes a fizzle sound”. 
We then took the instruments outside to carry on our exploration. 

Today, the children had their first Commando Joe session.
These sessions will support child development through the RESPECT ethos (Resilience, Empathy, Self-awareness, Positivity, Excellence, Communication and Teamwork). This will be developed through a series of ‘missions’. 
I am so pleased to say how fantastically the whole class worked in the first session. Commando Tom was so impressed with their behaviour and willingness to learn. A HUGE well done reception

Today in RHSE, we have recognised how are bodies are good and made by God. 
We know that our bodies are incredible gifts from God. They let us do lots of things and should be taken care of. 
We used our labelling skills to label parts of our body. Some children heard the initial sound and some tried to spell the whole word! 
You did a fantastic job reception and your handwriting is looking AMAZING!

Today, we have used fruit to create repeating patterns! We have loved learning about repeating patterns and have done such a super job. Once we made our patterns, we got to eat them too.

Yesterday, we made repeating patterns by printing with peppers and potatoes.
The whole class did such an amazing job! Well done reception

Yesterday in RHSE, we looked at how the children are uniquely created by God and how special they are because they are made and loved by him!
We talked about what makes us special and different.

For our job, we used our hand/fingerprints to create some artwork on positive affirmation sheets. We know that all our handprints are unique to us.

This week we have started reading the Colour Monster. The children have been creating some fantastic feeling jars in the craft area, used our maths skills from last week by sorting the objects into jars, monster themed threading and so much more!