Welcome to Reception
We know how important the first year of school is for you and your child. To help parents of new pupils, any member of the Reception team will be able to provide a detailed description of Early Years provision.
The Reception class at Fulwood St Peters is a learning environment which aims at all times to be happy (because we know that happy children are responsive, receptive and enthusiastic to learning) and challenging (because we know children are capable and keen to learn, and enjoy the challenge and the achievements that come with it).
Through planned, purposeful play, children are able to discover, practise and refine their skills in literacy and mathematics as well as find out about themselves and their environment. In a broad and balanced way, our provision ensures coverage of the seven areas of learning (see below) and responds to the needs and interests of all our children. At all times, we consider characteristics of effective learning which promote positive attitudes to learning, an enthusiasm for knowledge and the confidence to become successful learners.
Through our teaching we promise to deliver learning which is practical, outdoor and develops a love of learning within each and every child. Children are encouraged to make choices about their learning and take the lead to grow their self-belief, confidence and independence.
We use the STAIRS approach to engage our children with high quality interactions with adults.
Phonics
Here is a link for a video for how to say the sounds:
Supporting documents for parents
- What to Expect When - 40 - 60 months Page 26 - 31 In this age band we list early learning goals which are the expectation for where children may have reached at the end of reception year at school.
- Stages of Speech and Language - This section of the site looks at the typical development that most children experience. Of course all children are different, so these are meant as a guide. It is organised into age groups to help you find the information that is most appropriate for each child.
- Children’s Food Trust
- Steps to Starting School
- Chat. Play. Read. The Institute of Wellbeing - Helping parents develop and learn new skills that help build strong foundations for a brighter future.
- Alphablocks - Play along with the Alphablocks and have fun with the letters of the alphabet.
- Numberblocks - Sing along and learn all about numbers with the Numberblocks!
- White Rose Maths
Supporting Your Child's Reading
- Read Write Inc Phonics Programme Information
- Speedy Sounds - The children say the sounds they already know as quickly as they can as we want the children to be speedy readers.
- Teach a New Sound - The next part of the lesson is teaching them a new sound. This is done saying the new sound, identifying some words beginning with that sound and then introducing the letter. The new sound is then put into the set and the children have to identify the new sound within the set.
- Fred Talk and Read the Word - The next part is doing Fred Talk for reading words. We start with adventures with Fred where the children listen to Feed and blend words back together. The children then read green words using segmenting and blending.
- Handwriting - The children will then have a go at writing the new sound that we have learnt during the session. For example today we have learnt w so we used the rhyme 'down up down up' to help us write it in the air and then on paper. It is essential that the children adopt a good writing position so we do insist on the children using the crocodile snap for writing.
- Fred Fingers for Spelling - The last part of the lesson is the spelling part where the children say a word and then pinch the sound in that word. We will then write it together and then the children have a go at spelling it on their own. As the year goes on this changes so it will updated as the children move through the scheme.