Reception – Beech Class

Miss Gettings is very pleased to welcome your child into Reception and looks forward to supporting them as they begin their school journey.

🌟'Pack Your Bags' 🌟

Our topic this half-term is Pack Your Bags. Children will be exploring journeys they have experienced and the landmarks they have seen, recounting and recording key details.

We will identify different forms of transport and discuss when and why we use them (e.g. taking a bus to the shops or an aeroplane to travel abroad). Children will also practise using maps to gather information and create their own maps based on familiar journeys.

As part of this topic, we will enjoy a range of texts about journeys, including We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

Literacy and Phonics

This half-term, children will be consolidating their knowledge of Phase 3 sounds and applying these skills to blend and segment CVCC and CCVC words, such as fish and shed. They will continue to explore consonant blends in Phase 4 (e.g. lamp, belt, crab) through both reading and spelling activities.

There will be a strong focus on learning to spell tricky words from Phases 2, 3 and 4. Children will also be encouraged to write simple sentences by recording the sounds they can hear in words. Alongside this, we will continue to develop our understanding of sentence structure, ensuring children use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops accurately.

Maths

This term, our Reception children will be growing their confidence as mathematicians through hands‑on exploration, problem‑solving and lots of practical fun!

In Maths, we will continue to consolidate our understanding of the composition of numbers up to 10. Children will explore sharing and grouping, which will support their understanding of odd and even numbers.

We will also investigate repeating patterns and begin to explore maps, developing early spatial awareness and positional language.