Welcome to Reception Class

Mrs Croft will teach on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Mrs Rushton will teach on a Tuesday and Thursday. Mrs Hughes will be in class every day, finishing at lunchtime on a Friday when Mrs Stanworth will come in.

The children have settled in well to Reception. Well done everyone!

Please take a look at the EYFS tab above, you will find further information here.

Readers

The children have started their guided reading sessions, they continue to choose a library book from the class book corner. We call this our 'book for pleasure'. They will also bring home a book they can read independently to you. This will be a picture book to start with and once they have learnt some phonics and can attempt to blend some words, they will be short stories.  Please share the book with your child and read several times together through the week. The children have a ‘reading day’ when they will return the books they have read and will choose new books. This day may change throughout the year but we will let you know if this happens. We use a digital reading record, ‘Go Read’ you can record a positive comment on the app about your child's reading. The children will receive new books once the previous weeks have been returned. Please keep water bottles out of the bookbags as we often have spillages!

PE

PE will be on Thursday and Friday. Please could all children bring a named PE kit (black shorts, house colour polo shirt and trainers) in a small, named bag and leave it in school.

Homework

We use a home learning platform called ‘Seesaw’. A weekly update is given letting you know what the children have been learning. The phonics that we are learning will be posted, along with songs or little activities. The children are expected to read regularly throughout the week. Little and often is usually best.

Rules

We strive to have happy, motivated and well-behaved children. We have a behaviour system called ‘The Waverton Way’:

• Be safe
• Be ready
• Be respectful

Topic

Our  topic after half term  is called ‘Celebrations’ We will talk about Bon Fire night, Guy Fawkes, Remembrance Day, Divali and of course Christmas. Our new author is Mick Inkpen, the children love the Kipper books!  Topic overviews are posted on our EYFS page.

If you would like to ask us anything through the week you are welcome to email the office at:

admin@waverton.cheshire.sch.uk

If you have any queries just catch us at the door or we would also be happy to speak to you at the end of the day, once the children have left.

Here are some links to some websites the children might enjoy!

Alphablocks

Numberblocks

BBC Bitesize

Science Experiments- Great Fun!