Class Teacher & Early Years Leader  = Miss Peers
Nursery Nurse = Miss Brown
Early Years Practitioners = Miss Ward and Mrs Bashir
PPA Cover = Miss Clarkson

 Our Class Saint

Our class saint in Reception class is St Patrick. 

Our feast day is the 17th March. 

 Our Learning

In the first six weeks of the Autumn 1 half term, children will engage in the DfE Reception Baseline Assessments. Please find the information letter below. 

reception baseline assessment information for parents.pdf

 Settling in

As part of our settling in approach, staff will spend time with the children in provision, teaching them the rules and routines in class and engaging in sustained play with the children. Staff will be getting to know your child and will have daily high-quality interactions with them. 

Children will be learning how to become more independent by:

* getting changed independently, putting on and taking off their waterproofs and wellies ready to access outdoor play. 

* exploring provision independently. 

* learning how to drink and eat independently at lunch time. 

We will also be conducting baseline assessments to make sure that the curriculum we teach is appropriate to children's starting points. 

Reading

We are engaging in daily story sessions as a whole-class. We are learning about how to identify the title on the front cover of a book and predict what the story may be about. We are learning about our key author, Julia Donaldson and will be listening to her stories daily. 

This half term our topic is: Creation & Covenant. 

“Creation is the foundation of all God’s saving plans, the beginning of the history of salvation that culminates in Christ”

Religious Education Directory

This half term children in Early Years will be learning about God’s beautiful world. Throughout this unit of work, the children will begin to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the world and know that God made it. They will learn that God loves each one of us and reflect on this. They will hear about and respond to the things God created for us. They will know that God has asked us to care for the world and think of ways in which we can help to do it.               

We will be learning how to make the sign of the cross and we will be joining in with our daily prayers in class. 

We will begin to learn our routines for collective worship. 

How you can help at home by:

* looking at pictures of animals and plants and talking about how special creation is

* encourage them to notice different parts of God’s wonderful creation and think of ways to care for the world.