1. Reception Transition Evening
Wednesday 15th January

2. Smooth Transitions Painless progression Familiar surroundings
Interdepartmental communication

3. Summer term transition activities
Visits to Reception classrooms
Story sessions in KG
Move-up day
‘Meet the teacher evening’
New children join KG for a day

4. Reception Curriculum -
A balance of child initiated and adult led activities
Many games and practical activities to make learning fun and engaging
Gradual introduction of more formal phonics, writing and mathematics sessions
‘Next steps’ - identified for each child to personalise learning
Varied Curriculum

5. Solid foundations for the future
Reception classes provide a ‘step-up’ from Kindergarten but a natural continuation of the Early Years curriculum
Opportunities for performance develop confidence in a relaxed atmosphere
Harvest Festival
Christmas Play
Class Assembly
Summer Concert
Sports Day
Grandparents’ Day
Arts Week Finale

6. Typical Daily Routine 8.00 Early club
8.30 Child initiated activities and reading
9.15 phonics lesson

7. 10.00 Break
10.25 Playtime
10.45 Mathematics lesson
11.30 Lunch

8. 12.00 Third session of the morning, often writing
12.30 Playtime
1.15 The afternoon tends to focus on our current topic and activities are a mixture of child initiated and those led by the teacher and assistant.
3.00 Sandwich and story-time
3.30 End of school for Reception

9. Writing Lower case letters Correct formation
Pencil grip – a ‘tripod grip’

10. Reading At first you will ‘share’ books
Then, you will say the sounds and they will blend them together to make words
Later they will learn to do this independently and to recognise ‘tricky’ words too
Gradually they begin to read with greater fluency and start to add some expression

11. Phonics Synthetic phonics We make words by pushing sounds together
We also learn ‘tricky words’
Letters and sounds book

12. Mathematics Number Shape, space and measures
Saying number names in order
Counting objects accurately (1:1 correspondence)
Recognising and ordering numbers
Matching numeral and quantity
Writing numbers with correct formation
Understanding of more and less, estimation, addition, subtraction and sharing
Problem solving using this knowledge
Shape, space and measures
Shapes (2 and 3d)
Using everyday language related to size, weight,
capacity, position, money, distance, time and patterns

13. Lola’s Marvellous Me Box
Marvellous me box – each child chooses five special things. The instructions are in the box!
Lola’s Marvellous Me Box
•Little Mermaid Doll
•Tennis Ball – Lola likes playing tennis with her Daddy.
•Randoms– These are Lola’s favourite sweets and she would like to share them with her friends!
•Cinderella Book – Lola’s favourite book.
•Necklace – pink and purple.

14. Communication with parents
This Week – on the website
We speak to parents on a daily basis
Parents’ Evenings and reports.

15. Wow Moments! Partnership – get involved!
Charlie counted 10 cars in a car park on Saturday.
Partnership – get involved!
Record your child’s achievements outside school.

16. Forest School
Forest school uses the natural environment to provide experiences from which self-esteem and confidence grow

17. P.E and Games P.E. includes gym, swimming, dance and athletics
Games activities work on the skills necessary to play netball, football, rugby, hockey, cricket and rounders in Year One
Ball skills - catching, throwing and kicking.

18. Educational visits Harvest Trip to Top Barn Farm Christmas Trip
People who help us – visitors
Gaydon Motor Museum
Theatre trip
Croome Park Forest School Site

19. The Reception Team Anna Parkes Gill Riley Sue Doorbar Helen Chapman
Sam Routledge