Welcome to Reception! (2025-26)
Welcome Back!
We hope you all had a wonderful and restful half-term break. We are very excited to begin our new half-term together with an engaging and meaningful topic.
Our Topic: Going Green 🌍
This half-term, our learning will centre around the theme “Going Green.” The children will explore how we can look after our planet and the important role we all play in protecting it.
We will be learning about the five key ‘R’ words:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair and Refuse, and how we can use these ideas in our everyday lives.
The children will also discover:
- Where food comes from around the world
- The different oceans on our planet
- How we can help to protect animals and their habitats
Literacy ✏️
In Literacy, we will be enjoying a range of fiction and non-fiction texts linked to our topic. The children will continue developing their writing by forming short sentences using their growing phonics knowledge. We will also focus on introducing and using new topic-related vocabulary to strengthen both communication and writing skills.
How you can help at home:
- Share stories together daily and talk about what you have read
- Encourage your child to practise writing simple sentences (e.g. labels, captions, short messages)
- Talk about new words you come across and explain their meanings
- Encourage mark-making and writing in playful ways (shopping lists, cards, drawing and labelling pictures)
Phonics
This half-term, we will revisit and consolidate the sounds we have already learnt. The children will practise using these sounds to read and spell longer words and simple sentences, building confidence and fluency.
How you can help at home:
- Practise phonics sounds regularly using flashcards or games
- Encourage your child to blend sounds to read simple words
- Support them in segmenting words when spelling (e.g. c-a-t)
- Read decodable books together and celebrate their progress
Maths
In Maths, we will explore numbers to 10 in more depth. The children will investigate patterns, including odd and even numbers, doubles, and sharing quantities equally. We will continue practising number bonds to 5 and 10, and learn to write simple addition and subtraction number sentences using practical resources.
How you can help at home:
- Practise counting everyday objects (toys, snacks, steps)
- Play simple number games (e.g. matching, counting, dice games)
- Talk about numbers in daily routines (time, money, quantities)
- Practise number bonds to 5 and 10 using songs or quick-fire games
- Encourage sharing items equally (e.g. dividing snacks between family members)
We are looking forward to a busy and exciting half-term full of learning and discovery. Thank you, as always, for your continued support.
Mrs Grindey, Miss Sutton and Miss Purslow
Key Information
PE day – Monday (Please send your child to school in their PE Kit for the day)
Book changing day – Wednesday
Books we will be reading this half-term...
