Reception / Year 1

Welcome to Reception / Year 1!

January 2021

We are so pleased with the way your children have settled into Crockerne during the last two terms. They are doing a fantastic job of following our class rules and we are very proud of them! 

Term 3 Update  

This term the children will be building on their learning from the last two terms through our new project, How do I grow a garden? We will be learning about ourselves and our growth cycle before moving on to the structure of plants and trees and what they need to grow well. We will engage the children in a variety of activities including labelling our bodies and investigating what different parts of our body do as well exploring healthy foods. 

In maths Reception will be exploring numbers to ten, including recognising the numerals, writing them, ordering the numbers and accurately counting objects.  Year 1 will be consolidating investigating place value up to 20 before moving on to numbers to 50. 

We all have phonics every day. Reception have learnt all of the Phase 2 sounds now (s a t p i n etc.) and have had lots of practice blending them into simple words. This term they will begin to learn the Phase 3 sounds, beginning with the consonant digraphs (ch, sh, th, ng).  Year 1 will continue to learn new alternate ways to make sounds previously learnt (ay, ea, ie, ou etc) and write them in words and sentences too.  Please continue to practice the sight words that have been sent home. 

Year 1 children will continue with our weekly Rainbow Challenges, which support and extend their independent play and learning. 

Reception parents:  please remember to access your child’s Tapestry learning diary and Bug Club.  Please feel free to add any photographs and comments. 

Year 1 parents: please remember to read 4x week using bug club.  Check your Purple Mash log in and explore the site together.  

From the Early Years and Year 1 team 

Project Overview

These are the projects in our two year cycle.

Reception Curriculum

These three areas are known as the prime areas:

• Communication and Language (CL)
• Physical Development (PD)
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)

These prime areas are supported, strengthened and applied by four specific areas:

• Literacy (L)
• Mathematics (M)
• Understanding of the World (UW)
• Expressive Arts and Design (EAD)

Year 1 Curriculum

We teach the National Curriculum through our project theme approach.

Information for School Closure

In the event of a school closure, the Reception and Year 1 team will host twice daily zoom meetings with all children.  These will take place at 9.30 am and 3pm. Links to these meetings will be sent to parents and carers via Tapestry (Reception) and Purple Mash (Year 1). 

During these meetings we will take the register and set activities for the day for your child to complete. Some of these activities will be in the sheets sent home to you last term. Please let us know if you need a new one issued.  Other activities will be set via Tapestry and Purple Mash. Please can you ensure that your accounts are activated and you are familiar with your passwords. Let us know as soon as possible if you are having any trouble accessing these sites.  Reception - as usual, please send photos of your home learning to us via Tapestry.

Best wishes

Reception and Year 1 team