Reception

Welcome to the Early Years Foundation Stage

England Class

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to talk to us in the mornings or after school, if you need an appointment, please email us at yearr@ashtonstpeters.beds.sch.uk.

Mrs. Edwards Teacher

Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Bourne Teaching Assistants

Key information:

PE will take place on Mondays. Please make sure your child brings their PE kit to school on those days, if you have taken it home to wash.
Library is on a Friday. Please ensure that your child bring their library book to school on this morning.
Reading book are changed on a Monday and a Thursday. Please ensure that your child has their reading folder in their bag on those mornings.
Show and Tell is on a Friday. Please ensure that it is something that your child has drawn or made, or an interesting object, thank you.
Drop-off time is between 8:45am – 9:00am. Pick-up time is 3:30pm. Please drop off and collect your child from the playground entrance to England classroom.

A typical day in England Class looks like this:

8:45am to 9:00am: Name Writing Practise

9:00am to 10am: Phonics

10:00am to 11:00am: Child Initiated Play both indoors and outdoors

11:00am to 11:45am: Maths

11:45am to 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm to 1:30pm: Dough Disco and Circle Time

1:30pm to 3:00pm: Topic input and Child Initiated Play both indoor and outdoors

3:00pm to 3:30pm: Story time and Show and Tell (Fridays)

What have we been learning?

Phonics

The children have taken the first steps on their journey of learning how to read. We have now finished phase 2 and have learnt the following sounds:

Week 1: s, a, t, p

Week 2: i, n, m, d

Week 3: g, o, c, k

Week 4: ck, e, u, r

Week 5: ss, h, b, f/ff, l/ll

Please click on the following link to hear all of the phase 2 sounds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8&ab_channel=jollylearning

We have also been learning how to form and write each letter too.

Maths

We have been learning all about numbers to 5 and how to count carefully, saying one number for each object. We have also been looking at the composition of 5, such as the number bonds: 5 + 0, 4 + 1, 3 + 2 and how to compare different groups and which one has more, fewer and the same.

We have been learning how to use cubes and a five frame.

Topic: Bonfire Night

We have been learning all about Bonfire Night and Fireworks. We have been looking at sound vocabulary such as: whoosh, bang, crash, screech, boom and how they match the fireworks. In art, we have been looking at printing, using toilet rolls to make fireworks.

Topic: Diwali

We have been learning all about the Hindu story of Rama and Sita and how Rama rescued Sita from the terrible Demon God: Ravana, with help from the Monkey God: Hanuman. We made Diva Lamps out of clay and when they dried we then painted them. Lastly, we painted Rangoli patterns, that Hindu’s put on the paths outside their front door.

Topic: Autumn

We have been learning all about Autumn and the changes in our environment. We went on an autumn walk and hunted for conkers, acorns and leaves. We looked at the colours of reds, oranges, yellows and browns. Lastly, we looked at what will happen to the animals that live in our town, that some will be hibernating.