Early Years (Reception)

Home learning

Work for Wednesday 6th January to Friday 8th January 2021 is below. However, as of Monday 11^th January 2021 ALL home learning activities will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. To access Microsoft Teams please click here.

Your child’s Microsoft Teams login was sent out on the 05.01.21 using the email address you provided school with. If you did not receive an email then please contact school via the email addresses below. Any parents who are struggling to access online learning are advised to school on 01207-232147 to discuss a solution.

For any other queries that you may have, please email either Miss Huntrod [n.huntrod302@greenlandcps.co.uk] or Miss Claydon (f.claydon229@greenlandcps.co.uk)

Hello Reception and your Grown-Ups!

Please find your home learning for this week (6.1.20-8.1.20). Every day there will be a phonics, maths and topic activity and there are also some extra challenges for you to choose from. There are video links to help you if you have access to a device to view these on. We have tried to make the learning accessible so that if you do not have a printer, you can view the sheets on the screen or you can make your own versions. Please don’t worry and ask us if you have any questions.

We hope that you enjoy your challenges!

Love from,

Miss. Huntrod, Miss Claydon

Mrs. Reed and Mrs. McElrue

Work for Tuesday 5th January 2021 is below. Please keep checking back for updates. Your child’s Teams login will be sent to you tomorrow (5.1.21) using the email address you provided school with. If you do not receive an email by the end of the day then please contact school via the usual means. To access Microsoft Teams please click here.

Hello Reception class!

Happy New Year! We are very sorry that we aren’t able to see you today but we want you to know that we are thinking about you and miss you very much! We cannot wait to welcome you back. We hope that you had a wonderful, relaxing break and are all ready to start some learning at home. All your learning for today is in the PDF document with today’s date. If you do not have a printer, please don’t worry as we have tried to make it so that you can still access the learning by looking at the screen and using a separate piece of paper. If you would like to show us any of the work that you have completed then we would love to see it! This can be emailed to n.huntrod302@greenlandcps.co.uk or f.claydon229@greenlandcps.co.uk.

Love from,

Miss. Huntrod, Miss. Claydon

Mrs. Reed, Mrs. McElrue

Tuesday 5th January Home Learning

Welcome to Early Years

Hello and welcome to our special page for Reception! We are really lucky to have two big and bright beautiful rooms with lots of different areas to explore! We have a beautiful cosy book corner, a special writing place (though we love to write wherever we can!) and a brilliantly resourced maths area as well as lots of other inviting areas for us to learn in! Reception also have a lovely outside area which we learn in as well as inside! The children have lots of fun learning through play!

In Reception Miss Huntrod and Miss High are the class teachers. Mrs McElrue, and Mrs Reed are our wonderful teaching assistants. We really love working in Reception and want your child to be happy. Here’s just a little bit about us:

Early Years Curriculum

We are the youngest and newest members of the school. Our curriculum is very special as we learn through PLAY! We love to be challenged and enjoy playing inside and outside. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage which is organised into seven areas of learning. These seven areas are as follows:

PSED – Personal, social, emotional development (developing self confidence and self awareness, making relationships as well as managing behaviour and feelings).
CL – Communication and Language (speaking, listening and understanding)
PD – Physical development (moving and handling as well as health and self care)
LIT – Literacy (reading and writing)
MATHS – Mathematics (numbers, shape, space and measures)
UW – Understanding the World (people and communities, the world and technology)
EAD – Expressive Arts and Design (exploring and using media and materials as well as being imaginative!)

Early Years and Foundation Stage Framework

Termly Topics

Click on the links below to see the topics in more detail.

Helping at home!

In Reception we don’t have formal homework as such but after half term we will set some weekly challenges for the children to complete. These will be given out on Friday, to be completed through the week and handed in the following Thursday. Remember we are just getting used to school so we won’t get reading books until after half term.

There are lots of things you can do to help your child.

Below are some ideas of what you can do which are quick and easy and will help your child consolidate skills we have taught in school.

Don’t forget to look at the topic web to see what we are learning each term.

If you would like any help or support please ask any member of EYFS staff. We would be more than happy to help with ideas!

Reading
Your child has a reading folder which includes letter flashcards and a reading book. Please practise these for 5 – 10 minutes every night if possible. We will hear your child read every week in school and will practise letter sounds and high frequency words in our phonics activities.

We will give children new reading books ever Friday.

Writing
Encourage your child to write their names on invitations and cards reminding them to have a capital letter at the beginning! As they learn their letter sounds help them practise writing them using the correct letter formation.

Mathematics
Play board games such as ‘snakes and ladders’ to encourage your child to count spaces to move their counters forwards or backward. When you are walking as the children to count how many foot steps from one place to another and ask the children to identify different numbers they see on doors or buses. Practise counting in order to at least twenty and backwards to zero.

Life skills
Encourage your child to put on and fasten their own coat, to put on their own shoes and to get dressed and undress by themselves. Remind them to wash their hands after going to the toilet and before eating a meal. When eating encourage your child to use a knife and fork correctly.

Home Observations
Your child has a learning journal in school. This is a working document that documents everything we are learning and doing in Reception. If you would like to come in and have a look at your child’s learning journey you are more than welcome, speak to one of us on the gate or call reception to arrange it.

If you and your child do something wonderful or exciting at home please feel free to take a picture and fill in a home observation sheet (see below). This can also be put into the learning journals to show all the wonderful learning you have been doing at home too!

Adobe Reader
You may need a product like Adobe Reader (free download) to view our PDF documents on our website.