Welcome to Reception at Tweseldown Infant School!

We cannot wait to welcome all of the children into their new classrooms and to help them settle in. This half term we will split our learning into two topics, as the first half really will be dedicated to helping the children acclimatise to life at school, and getting to know them as individuals. For a detailed breakdown of the learning, please take a look at our curriculum overviews.

Our first topic is ‘Marvellous Me’ where the children will share interesting facts all about themselves and their family. We will look at the similarities and differences between our families and those of our peers. The children will get the opportunity to share lots of information about their likes and dislikes during our many circle times. This will help the children to make some new friends in their new class.

The key text for this topic is ‘Starting School’ by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. We will look at how the characters in this story start school and the routines they have to follow, making comparisons to our school routines. Hopefully this will help us to understand the everyday workings of school life.

Our second topic is ‘I sent a letter to…’ The children will meet a friendly, familiar character when we read our next key text ‘Paddington’s Post’. During this story we will explore lots of different writing types including letters, party invites, postcards and maps. The children will get lots of opportunities to write for a purpose, then we will finish our topic with a trip to the local post box where the children will get to post a real-life letter to their grown up.

The adults in Reception believe that communication is the key to success. If you have any worries or information that you would like to share with us, then please do one of the following:

· speak to one of us at the classroom door

· email or phone the school office

· write us a message in your child’s reading diary (please ask your child to hand this directly to an adult to ensure the message does not get missed)

We are really looking forward to beginning our school journey together, and can’t wait to get stuck in to lots of fun and exciting learning!

The Reception Team