Welcome to Class 1

Reception

Class Teacher

Miss Horrigan 

Class Teaching Assistant

Mrs Howard

Autumn Term 2

Our theme this half term is Let’s Celebrate!

This term our topic is based around celebrations. The children will be learning about lots of different celebrations such as Halloween, Diwali, Bonfire Night, Birthdays and Christmas.   

We will be starting our Halloween theme by reading the story Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and completing a variety of comprehension and writing activities around the text.

In phonics, we will continue to learn Phase 2 phonemes and tricky words, and use our new phonic knowledge to blend and segment words for reading and writing. In maths, we will explore the composition of numbers within 10, and recognise the value of each number by subitising.

Our theme in PE is how to catch a star. We will continue to develop our gross motor and fundamental movement skills during our indoor and outdoor PE sessions. We will also practise our letter formation, using the red rose ditties and weekly handwriting sessions as support. We will also develop our listening and attention skills, speaking skills, and social skills through our opportunities to play and circle times. For expressive arts and design, we will be creating Kandinsky style Rangoli patterns inspired by Diwali.

Home Learning

Please try to read your home reading book for 5 minutes each evening to consolidate what we have learned in school.

Online Resources

https://www.classdojo.com/ Class Dojo - for parental communication and reminders, photographs of activities at school, etc.

Topmarks (EYFS games)

Phonics play (Phase 2 games).  

Many thanks, 

Miss Horrigan 

PE

Our PE days are Monday and Friday.

Please arrive to school in your PE kit:

• Plain, dark tracksuit bottoms/Plain, dark shorts
• Plain white t-shirt
• Blue school jumper/cardigan/hoodie (no other hoodies)
• Trainers
• No earrings

Home Learning

	Reading	Online Learning Children should access each online learning platform 3 times a week	Home Learning Grid These are suggested home learning tasks that promote curiosity in the subjects the children are currently learning.
EYFS	Daily reading	Numbots	Home Learning Grid Class 1 Class 2
KS1	Daily reading   Reading Miles Passport	Year 1 Numbots Year 2 Numbots TT Rockstars  Spelling Shed	Home Learning Grid Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
LKS2	Daily reading   Reading Miles Passport	TT Rockstars  Spelling Shed	Home Learning Grid Class 6 Class 7 Class 8
UKS2	Daily reading Reading Miles Passport	TT Rockstars  Spelling Shed Y6 SATs companion	Home Learning Grid Class 9 Class 10 Class 11

The children’s passwords are in the front of their green reading record.

Class dojo is used for parental communication, reminders and for photos of activities at school.