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Swithland St Leonard's CofE Primary School

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Class One

New starters information

Welcome Class One

 

A big warm welcome to our new reception class. We have been very excited for you to start your journey with us at Swithland St. Leonard's. During your first topic, Me and My Community you will be getting to know your new school, adults and peers. You will also explore and talk about the wonderful things that make you who you are i.e. your likes, dislikes, family, friends etc. 

During Topic 1 we will be covering and learning the following: 

 

 

Literacy 

You will learn how to read through our phonics scheme Essential Letters and Sounds. You will learn lots of new sounds and begin to blend sounds together to read. You will apply your phonic knowledge to our literacy lessons where you will practice writing initial sounds and short words. You will listen to lots of wonderful stories and retell them through story maps, sequencing and role play.

 

Reading

Topsy and Tim Start School 
Worry Boots

The Worry Monster
Once There were Giants
Five Minutes Peace
Funny Bones

Kippers Birthday
The Colour Monster

 

Mathematics

Match, sort and compare amounts

Measure and pattern

 

Understanding the World

All about me

Body and sense

School community/ mapping classroom/key areas of the school
People who help us

 

Expressive Arts & Design

Marvellous Marks
Junk Modelling 

Exploring Sound

 

  

Computing

All about instructions/ technology around us

  
  
Physical Development 

Me and Myself
Forest School

 

RE

Our new Christian Value for this half term is Thankfulness 

 

Wellbeing

Self-Regulation: My Feelings 

 

 

Timetable:
 

PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon and Forest School will be on a Thursday afternoon. In case of any changes, please make sure you have your PE kits/forest school clothes in school at all times. 

 

Spare clothes:

 

Please could we kindly ask that you keep a labelled bag of spare uniform on your peg at all times. 

 

Tapestry Learning Journeys:
 

Please use our class Tapestry account so that you can share your 'WOW' learning moments with your parents at home. This is the place to look out for your homework or any Memos from school. 

 

Knowledge Organisers

  • Alphablocks Learn about the sounds that letters make using these games and stories.
  • Numtums Numtums games Join in with the Numtums and learn about numbers from 1 to 10.
  • Phonics play Play games to support the learning of new sounds we have been learning in class. You do not have to subscribe to these. Look out for the free games on this site.

Phase 2 Pronunciation

Phase 2 phonics pronunciation video.

Phase 3 Pronunciation

This is "Phase 3 Pronunciation" by KSTE on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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