Welcome to Reception Orange
Staff
Miss J Albiston
Phase One Lead
BA (Hons) MA pending
Mrs J Lander
Nursery
Miss J Aspinall
Orange
PE Day & PE Kit
PE will take place on Tuesday.
Please ensure you child comes to school in their PE Kit on that day.
What's New
Download Timetable
Snack Money
Tuck Shop is available after school
on Wednesday and Friday.
Toast is available to purchase every day for snack time. Snack costs £1.50 a week and should be paid at the beginning of the week. Children are welcome to bring their own snack from home which is less than 110 calories.
Reading Books
Reading Books will usually be changed on a Friday. Please read with your child every night and sign their reading record.
Knowledge Organiser
You have been given a Knowledge Organiser and Homework Grid with some tasks relating to our topic.
Each week we will have a focus that has been covered on the Knowledge Organiser.
Homework
Click here to download the Homework grid.
Recent Terms Archive
WELCOME TO RECEPTION
ORANGE CLASS
This half term our topic is: 
Overview
This half term our topic is ‘Under the sea!'‘. We will begin our half term by comparing the seasons and the weather we have seen in each season. We will be learning all about the seaside and the beach. This will include what we may do and find at the beach, and things that live in the sea.
We will also be exploring pirates and will be looking and following maps and even making our own! We will be exploring pirate ships and building our own, discussing the best materials to use to make our ships float!
We will be reading lots of new stories including ‘Mermaid dreams’ and ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and will be looking at the characters and setting in each story.
In maths, we will be focussing on a range of things including mass, volume and capacity, money and data.
Curriculum
At Bewsey Lodge, we cover all the areas of the curriculum to ensure your child has a wider understanding of the world.
Literacy - Stories, descriptive writing.
Mathematics - Volume and capacity, mass, data, word problems and money.
Expressive Arts & Design - Painting, drawing, cutting and sticking, exploring different materials.
Personal, Social & Emotional Development - Weekly Jigsaw lessons- Changing me:
Week 1 - Life cycles
Week 2 - Changing Me
Week 3 - My Changing Body
Week 4 - Boys’ and Girls’ Bodies
Week 5 - Learning and Growing
Week 6 - Coping with Changes
Understanding the World- Weekly RE lessons
Science - Under the sea, sinking and floating.
Geography - Summer season, Changes in the environment, map skills.
History - Recent past events, changes in the seasons.
Important Dates!
Hearing tests- 12th June
Fathers day- 16th June
Finish for summer- 24th July
See school diary for more information!
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Phonics
Your children will be in groups for Read Write Inc according to the sounds they know.
Here are some useful links for phonics games that can be completed on a laptop or tablet.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase2Menu.htm
For more information, please click here.
Websites to support your child in their learning:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh3nmfr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwbr8p3/articles/zq74wsg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbxqfr/articles/zqhbr82