Welcome to F2 - Reception! 

We are delighted to welcome you to our Foundation Stage unit. Our children learn, explore and grow together in a shared indoor and outdoor environment. 

Foundation Stage is made up of Nursery (F1) and Reception (F2). Our Nursery class, Sweet Peas is taught by Mrs Cottingham. In Reception, Mrs Finch, our Foundation Stage Lead, teaches Bluebells and Miss Thomas teaches Primroses. 

We are also supported by our Teaching Assistants, Mr Barber and Mrs Bailey and our Personal Care Assistant, Mrs Brown. 

Meet the team

 

 

 

Welcome to our Foundation Stage Unit  

Our reception children learn through a carefully planned balance of adult-led teaching, play and exploration. Our shared Foundation Stage environment provides lots of opportunities to investigate, create, imagine, practise new skills and learn alongside friends. 

 

Our School Day 

Foundation Stage Gates 

Drop-off: 8.40–8.50 am 
Collection: 3.15–3.30 pm 

 

Children will need: 

PE kit includes:  

  • Hive colour T-shirt  

  • Black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms  

  • Plain black top or your school jumper 

  • Trainers  

  • Socks (for those who sometimes wear tights to school) 

  • Hair should be tied back with practical hair accessories  

  • No football kits  

  • No branded clothing  

  • No earrings or other jewellery 

 

A Few Useful Reminders   

  • Label everything! Please make sure that coats, jumpers, cardigans, PE kits, water bottles and lunchboxes etc are clearly named.  

  • Our PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays.  

  • We are a nut-free school, so please do not send any nuts or products containing nuts into school. 

  • Sign up for Cool Milk here if you would like your child to receive milk at school.  

  • Ensure children come prepared for the weather - thick winter coats, gloves and hats for this half term.  

  • Please check your child's book bag regularly.  

 

This half term – Autumn 2 

This half term our topic is 'My Community'. We will be asking the question 'Who am I and what community am I part of?'

 

Key dates 

PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays 

 

Our focus texts 

Our two key focus texts are ‘The Invisible' by Tom Percival and 'The Friendship Bench' by Wendy Meddour. 

 

What are we learning about? 

This half term, we will discuss our community and where we sit within that. Children will understand that they are a part of John Clifford Primary School that is in Beeston. They will understand what this means and understand it’s importance.

 

Phonics 

We will be sending home a decodable reading book for your child to read to you, along with a separate sounds book to practise their sounds.

Please ensure both books are in your child’s bookbag every day so they are always available in school.

Phonics information, support and pronunciations can be found here.  

 

Maths  

This half term, we will continue to develop our counting skills and explore numbers to 10. We will investigate how numbers can be made in different ways, practise recognising small amounts without counting, and compare groups of objects using mathematical language such as more, fewer and the same. We will learn how to form the written numerals and we will be using the positional language - in, into, on, under, up, down, next to and between.

 

Homework in Reception 

Reading is an important part of your child’s learning, and we encourage you to enjoy a little reading time together every day.

Your child’s reading homework includes:

  • Reading decodable books: Please listen to your child read their decodable book multiple times.

  • Practising sounds: Please help your child practise the sounds in their separate sounds book regularly.

  • Sharing stories: Please read stories to your child regularly to develop their love of reading and support their language development.

Rainbows Readers

All of these activities count as reading! Please remember to record each activity on your child’s Rainbows Readers sheet so they can work towards earning a special reading badge at the end of the half term.

Please ensure that both your child’s decodable reading book and sounds book are kept in their bookbag and brought into school every day.

Thank you for your continued support in helping your child develop their reading skills and enjoy books!