Foundation Stage

A very warm welcome to Reception

Reception page contents:

• Meet the Reception Team
• Your New School (Video of the classrooms)
• New parents information
• Further helpful information
• September fun (photographs)
• Reading and Phonics in Reception at St George’s Primary School – this includes the presentation on Friday 7th October 2022
• How can I help at home?
• Maths in Reception at St George’s Primary School

Meet the Reception Team

• Miss Garrard – Early Years Lead and class teacher
• Mr Wilson – Class teacher and Key Stage 1 Lead
• Mrs. Bedford – teaching assistant
• Mrs Ingram – teaching assistant
• Mrs. Whiles – teaching assistant

‘We are so excited about the year ahead. Our key focus is to get to know your child really well and ensure that they feel happy, safe and settled at school.‘ Miss Garrard

Your new school

*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ENTRANCE HAS CHANGED. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE ‘RECEPTION CLASSES PPT SEPT 2022’ DOCUMENT BELOW

New parents information:

If your child needs a little extra support with their transition to ‘Big School’ please take some time to read, print and share the document below (Reception-classes-PPT-Sept-2022) Please also take some time to watch and talk about the videos above.

If you were unable to attend the meeting please take some time to read the following document ‘Parents Presentation 2022‘. This offers some information about starting school.

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Further helpful information:

Tapestry PowerPoint – Our Online Learning Journal

2 Pupil Premium.docx – Pupil Premium and funding

1 School Lunches.docx – Free school meals

All About Me – document to be completed

Early Years Foundation Stage Policy 2020 Parents – EYFS policy

September fun

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Reading and Phonics in Reception at St Georges Primary School

Phase 2

In the Autumn Term we cover the following letters:

• Set 1 – s a t p
• Set 2 – i n m d
• Set 3 – g o c k
• Set 4 – ck e u r
• Set 5 – h b f ff l ll ss

We use Jolly Phonics to teach the letter sounds. Click here to listen to the songs:

It is really important to pronounce letters correctly. Click here to listen how these letters are pronounced: https://youtu.be/NuFAznzxZIo

Click here to see a list of Phase 2 words and high frequency words: http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2.html

Phase 2 tricky words: I the no go to into

Click here to sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dx65u59aw

Each child takes home a sound mat which includes the Jolly Phonics actions ahttps://fliphtml5.com/bbhee/raft and the Read Write Inc letters Letter-formation-chart

For more details, and for online activities to support home learning, please take a look at the following PowerPoint dated Friday 7th October 2022

Quick guide:

Glossary Phoneme – a single sound that can be made by saying one or more letters e.g. saying c or ck out loud Grapheme – written letters or groups of letters which represent a single sound e.g. reading and writing c o ck. Digraph – two letters which go together to make one sound e.g. ‘sh’ in the word ‘shut’. Trigraph – three letters which go together to make one sound e.g. ‘igh’ in the word ‘sigh’. Blending – combining broken up sounds to make a word e.g.  you hear ‘p-i-g’ and you merge these sounds together to make the single word ‘pig’. It is a key skill of early reading. Segmenting – saying the individual sounds in a word and then writing the letters that represent them e.g. sounding out p-i- g and writing pig. Tricky words – words that cannot be sounded out.

How can I help at home?

There are so many ways that you can help at home with phonics. Here are a few ideas from phonics expert Laura Sharp.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/learning-at-home-4-5/

Most importantly, keep reading with your child every day. Let them read to you. The school will provide you with age appropriate books that will help to develop their phonic skills and word recognition. Each book should be read two or three times. Also, make sure that you are reading more complex books to them and that they are continuing to hear stories and other texts read aloud.

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Maths in Reception at St Georges Primary School

We use White Rose Maths to help us plan inspiring activities that promote confident Mathematicians.

“Influenced, inspired and informed by the work of leading Maths researchers and practitioners across the world, White Rose Maths brings together a team of highly experienced and passionate Maths teaching experts to train, guide, help and support all those who want to make change happen in their schools.”

White Rose Maths provide resources and activities to help children progress in small steps and develop confidence and competence in mathematics…and most importantly it also recognises the importance of enjoyment on children’s journey to Maths Mastery.

Children in the early years develop the concept of Maths Mastery through Maths talk, practicing the skills they’ve learned during play, and developing number sense. The key to introducing mastery in the early years is to keep activities fun and part of your daily routine.

Click here for advice and guidance for parents: https://whiterosemaths.com/advice-and-guidance

Click here for Home Learning ideas: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

How we form our numbers: Number Formation Rhyme Cards

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