Mrs O’Brien, Mrs Horne, Miss Bal and Mrs Rehana

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays – Please come to school dressed in your PE kit!

Reception – Our Curriculum

The curriculum in Reception is delivered through a balance of adult led and child led learning. It incorporates everything we want the children to experience, learn and be able to do. Meeting all the requirements of the educational programmes in the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the flexibility to allow us to respond quickly to children’s new interests and/or needs.

Below is a broad overview of what we are learning this half term. Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development. All areas are interconnected.

Overview of learning

Phonics

Below you will find all of the graphemes we have been learning in class.

Pronunciation Guide Autumn 1

Phonics support for parents

These three videos show you how to pronounce the sounds. Notice how the children don’t add an ‘uh’ sound at the end, so they say: ‘t’ not ‘tuh’. Follow the link below for downloadable information to help your child remember how to write their letters and say their sounds.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

For further information about how we teach phonics at St Thomas More please visit our ‘Early reading and Phonics’ page.

https://www.st-thomasmore.leicester.sch.uk/curriculum/reading-and-phonics/further-reading

Maths

At St Thomas More CVA we use ‘White Rose’ to support our teaching in maths. Over the academic year we will focus on the six main areas that collectively underpin children’s early mathematical learning, and which provide the firm foundations for the math’s that children will encounter as they go up the years in primary school.

These are;

  • Cardinality and counting
  • Comparison
  • Composition
  • Pattern
  • Shape and Space
  • Measures

Please use the links below for more information.

https://www.ncetm.org.uk/in-the-classroom/early-years/

https://whiterosemaths.com/for-parents/

Reception 2024 – 2025

Thank you to the parents who attended our meeting on Wednesday 22nd May. If you were unable to attend please find the information that we shared below. If you have any further questions please email office@st-thomasmore.leicester.sch.uk.

New Parent Meeting 2024/25

PE Lesson

Our PE lessons take place on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon. However, the children have opportunities for Physical Development activities daily.

Useful Links

You may also like to check out the EYFS websites below

  1. Numberblocks:  Sing along and learn all about numbers with the Numberblocks!
  2. Alphablocks:  Watch as the letters of the alphabet tell stories and make words using phonics. Play the learning game, watch clips and print colouring pages.
  3. Epic Phonics: One month free membership.
  4. Phonics Play:  You will find lots of games and ideas to explore with children at home.
  5. Tapestry: Share your children’s interests and experiences from home.
  6. Stay at Home Story Time:  Oliver Jeffers will be reading one of his books every weekday and talking about some of the things that went into making it.
  7. Time To Come In, Bear written by Kim St. Lawrence  – A story explaining social distancing to young children

APPs for EYFS

Useful Documents

Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage

A parents guide to the statutory framework

What to expect in the EYFS

Development Matters

Tapestry help sheet for parents

EYFS -baseline – parent information.