Dear Parents' and Carers of Reception Children,


In Reception this term, we will learn about the roles people have in families and society and also focusing on seasonal, locally grown food. In Literacy, we will be reading stories about families, learning letter sounds and identifying initial and final sounds in words. We will also be looking at sentence structure and learning how to write simple sentences. In Numeracy, we will be counting, recognising numbers, identifying the number of objects in a group and properties of shapes. 


We intend to take the Reception children on a walk around our local area to explore our environment. The children will be discussing their families and family life, identifying their likes and dislikes, identifying their country of origin and the range of languages spoken.


Please ensure that your child brings their book bag everyday with their reading record. We will read and change your child’s reading book once a week. The children will receive blocked homework every three to four weeks with a project to complete during this time. This is to consolidate what they have been learning in class. Homework books should be given in every Thursday and handed back out on Fridays.


 Healthy eating

 

We encourage our children to eat healthily, we have subscribed to Food for Life to work with us to ensure our food takes sustainability into account. We have designed our curriculum to ensure that we teach children how to grow, cook and eat seasonal food that are mostly locally sourced. Please join us in monitoring what children bring into school for their packed lunch.

 

Charity work

 

As we emerge from the pandemic, there has never been a time when supporting charities has been more relevant. We want to continue showing our support for cancer and heart charities to name a few. We have local soup kitchens, residential homes for the elderly, hospices and lots of our local community that need our support. We will appreciate your support in carrying out this vital work and highlighting the need to serve the community to our children.



Sustainability

 

Our world needs children who understand and share the passion to save it from the climate emergency it faces. We want to highlight reusing and recycling in all we do at school and beyond the school gates. The children will be learning a lot about the effects our actions on the earth. They will be looking at litter, water usage and energy use, please join us in this drive. The curriculum ensures our children understand the consequences of travel and the food they eat.

 

Remote learning

 

To ensure that children do not miss out on their learning during days off sick or isolating due to covd-19, we use google classroom as an online platform for remote learning. Over the next week, we will be giving your child their login details, if they do not already have it, so that they can access google classroom. We use this platform when teaching remotely, in the case of self-isolation, and to upload weekly homework. Your child will be able to access their homework on a Friday and will need to complete it by the following Thursday. Homework can be completed either in the homework book provided or online.

 

Reading is at the heart of our curriculum, we want our children to read widely for pleasure. Children will bring a book home each week as part of their homework. We ask that you please read with your children daily and record your comments in the reading record provided. Books are changed every Thursday. As there are opportunities for us to hear your child read at school, we ask that they bring their reading books in each day with them.

 

We look forward to working closely with you over the year to support your child’s progress. If you wish to contact your child’s teacher please do so using the email address below.



Elizabeth Jenkins: elizabeth.jenkins@woodfordgreen.waltham.sch.uk

Kelly Surtees: kelly.surtees@woodfordgreen.waltham.sch.uk



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