Reception

Welcome to Class 1

Miss Harwin and Mrs Burbidge are here to give you a big warm welcome to our Reception class! We love being part of your learning journey!

Let's discover and learn through play!

Uniform

Each day your child will need to wear school uniform. They will also need suitable clothing to access our outdoor provision. We go out in ALL weathers! Our clothes might sometimes get dirty but this shows all our wonderful learning!

The children will take part in PE each week. This will be every Friday. On these days please send your child with PE kits which consists of black trousers/shorts and a white t-shirt with black pumps.

Please make sure your child brings their book bag everyday,  especially on a Monday and Friday. On a Monday the children will receive a decodable book at their reading level which we would like them to share with you daily. On a Friday the children will receive a guided reading book which we will have read all week in school and this is at a level appropriate for their age. 

Please can you make sure their name is on all uniform and clothing, including coats and shoes, as we have found some clothes which unfortunately do not have names in and they all look the same!

Song of the week

Each week the children learn a new nursery rhyme or song. It has been proven that when children hear and sing nursery rhymes, lullabies and simple songs, then we are preparing their ear, voice and brain for language development.

Celebrate the New Year (Sing to the tune of ‘Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush’)

This is the way we clean the house,

Clean the house, clean the house.

This is the way we clean the house,

To celebrate the new year!

This is the way the dragons dance,

Dragons dance, dragons dance.

This is the way the dragons dance,

To celebrate the new year!

Then we open red envelopes,

Envelopes, envelopes.

Then we open red envelopes,

To celebrate the new year!

Paper lanterns of red and gold,

Red and gold, red and gold.

Paper lanterns of red and gold,

To celebrate the new year!

Then we can eat some yummy food,

Yummy food, yummy food.

Then we can eat some yummy food,

To celebrate the new year!

Then we can watch the fireworks,

Fireworks, fireworks.

Then we can watch the fireworks,

To celebrate the new year!

Book of the Week

Each week we have a book of the week. We explore the meaning of the words in the book.  

Our Book of the Week this week is...

Vocabulary

This week the words we are learning include...

1. Sigh- To breathe out slowly to express and emotion.
2. Beijing- The capital city of China 
3. Daydreamed- To have nice thoughts about something. 
4. Trade- To swap something for something else.
5. Sauntered- To walk in a slowly and relaxed way.
6. Briskly- To move in a quick energetic way.
7. Commanded – To give an order on what to do.
8. Gleefully- To do something happily and excitedly. 
9. Poor- Having little money or possessions. 

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