Welcome to Reception
We are very excited to welcome you all to the start of your school life at St Augustine’s! This year is going to be filled with fun, lots of learning and new experiences.
The Reception Teachers are Mrs Towle and Mrs Jordan; and they are supported by our highly experienced Teaching Assistants, Mrs Beaven and Mrs Shorbagy.
Here you will find all the information you need about what we will be doing in Reception this term and throughout the academic year.
Remember, it is really important to be at school every day, on time and ready to learn.
PE/Forest School:
Our PE/Forest School day is on Friday. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit on this day.
Reading at home:
Please read with your child each evening. This could be supporting them to read their Rhino Readers reading book; or sharing with them their school library book or a chosen book from home.
Week Commencing 24th November
RE:
We will continue our unit on People Who Care for Us. This week, we’ll learn about Jesus’ family and discover that Mary and Joseph were his parents. We’ll reflect on the fact that Jesus was once a child like us and explore how life in his time differed from life for children today.
Maths:
Our focus remains on numbers up to 5. We’ll work on understanding “one more” and “one less,” as well as the composition of numbers to 5. Practical activities and concrete objects will help us show different ways to make these numbers.
Phonics:
We’ll learn the next four sounds in Phase 3: y, z, qu, and ch.
English:
We’ll be exploring the That’s Not My… stories. As we share these books, we’ll think about the textures on each page and choose adjectives to describe them. Using our phonics knowledge, we’ll attempt to spell the adjectives we select.
Special Reminders:
Week Commencing 17th November
RE: We will begin to learn about weddings, looking at artefacts and photographs and sharing our own experiences of attending wedding celebrations. We will learn that when two people get married, they ask God our Father to love and care for them; and they promise to love and care for each other. Please send in any photos of weddings that your children have attended.
Maths: In maths, we will be starting our new unit, '1, 2, 3, 4, 5'. We will be identifying, representing and subitising sets of 4 and 5; and we will be exploring further '1 more', using a range of practical equipment.
Phonics: It will be a very exciting week in phonics as we will be starting Phase 3! Our new focus sounds will be j, v, w and x. We will once again be sending home phonics worksheets, so please look out for these in the children's book bags!
English: In English next week, we will begin work on a new text, the traditional tale, 'The Gingerbread Man'. We will be following clues on the trail of the Gingerbread Man and creating our own story maps to help us become familiar with the story.
Special Reminders:
At Saint Augustine’s Primary School, our school rules are simple yet powerful: Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe, and Be the Best You Can Be.
These school rules guide us in everything we do, helping us create a positive, caring, and inspiring learning environment.
Being ready means coming prepared to learn and try our best every day.
Being respectful reminds us to treat others with kindness and value everyone's contributions.
Being safe ensures that we look after ourselves and others, both inside and outside the classroom.
And striving to be the best we can be encourages us to aim high, work hard, and take pride in our achievements.
Together, these rules help us to grow into confident, compassionate, and capable individuals.