Welcome to Reception
Thank you for coming this evening
Reception staff…
Ladybirds - Mrs Main, Mrs Roberts and
Mrs Hudson
Caterpillars - Miss Smith and Mrs Gregory
Bumble Bees - Miss Prieur and Mrs Milne
Beetles – Miss Meaker and Miss Old
Jill Thornton
• Jill works closely alongside the staff and children at
Lilliput to support us with any speech and language
needs
• Coffee morning
Aim of this evening…
• Welcome you to Lilliput Infant School
• Tell you about our systems and routines
• Tell you about the kinds of things your children
have been doing so far
• Hopefully answer any questions you have!
Coming in on our own
• Please encourage the children to come in on
their own - the children have more space and
become independent
• Please be prompt! Doors are opened at 8.35am.
We lock the doors at 8.45
• Please do not enter the reception outside area
unless it is raining
• If you arrive after 8.45 please take your child
straight to the office who will register them –
please do not try to come in through any other
door
Going home
• Please remember to leave the premises promptly once you
have collected your child
• If there are any changes to who is collecting your child
please notify us by either writing a note that the child can
bring in that morning or phoning the school office
• Absence forms and going home forms are all available
from outside the office and on the school website
Getting dressed!
• Please make sure your child brings a coat each day, we go
outside whenever possible
• For PE the children change fully into their PE kits
independently!! Velcro trainers are really helpful! PE bags
will be sent home at the end of each half term.
• We also have an outside PE session so the children will
need tracksuit bottoms
• It would be helpful if they could put on their own coat
and do it up. 30 coats during a 15 min play does not leave
much time for playing!
• Everything must be named for your sake and our sanity!
Our school day...
Morning jobs
• Putting away reading folders, coats and
lunchboxes (key rings)
• Self-registration – putting up their photo to say
they are in school
• Start of day activities – computers, role-play,
puzzles, writing, drawing etc
Our school day...
Letters and Sounds
• Whole class learn and practise new sounds together and
revisit previous sounds
• Teach skills of blending sounds to read (c-a-t = cat)
and segmenting sounds to write (cat = c-a-t)
• Group and 1:1 work with teacher and TA according to
individual needs and targets
• Children apply this to their own learning – role-play,
outside, letters and sounds resources
Our school day...
Fruit and milk
• Fruit each morning – we encourage the children to try,
please make sure you let us know of any allergies
• Water bottles (please ensure this is in school EVERY DAY)
• Milk
Worship and Play
• Whole school worship – including songs of praise, stars of
the week
• Whole school play
Our school day...
Discover & Explore
•This is our child initiated learning
•The children select an area of learning that they would like
to work within
•They put their names up on our Discover & Explore board
•The children plan what to do and then select their own
resources
•As we work as a base the children can work in any
Reception classroom
Our school day
Lunch
• Hot school meals start Monday!
• Packed lunches should contain healthy items and we ask
for no flasks of hot food and no fizzy drinks
• Please make sure you do not put too much food in your
child’s lunchbox!
• Please make sure there are no nuts – we have children in
school with nut allergies
Our school day...
Number Fun
• Whole class practise skills such as number recognition,
ordering numbers, counting objects, addition and
subtraction, shape recognition etc together
• As with Letters and Sounds there is group and 1:1 work
with teacher and TA according to individual needs and
targets
• Children apply this to their own learning through role-play,
outside play, number and shape resources
News
• Each day a colour group shares their ‘news’ with the class
• It can be useful to practise at home!
• Occasionally they may wish to bring in a special item to
talk about but we do not encourage the children to bring
in toys
• Photographs can help children remember what they want
to say
Foundation Stage Profile
• We assess the children at the end of the year using the
Foundation Stage Profile which is a statutory requirement
• It involves ongoing observation and assessment
throughout the year which create a picture of each child
• Photos, independent work from home and school and
observations made by staff form their portfolios
• We welcome your involvement and will send further
information about how you can help
• We teach through a variety of fun topics throughout the
year!
Reading
•
We will start sending reading books home in October
•
Reading folders will go home every day but not necessarily with a new
book
•
Each time we hear your child read we write a comment in their link
book related to their targets (which are at the front of the link
book). Once they have consistently met a target the teacher will date
and initial it. You do not need to tick off these targets
•
Please also write a comment at home to let us know
you have read with your child
•
The children will get two books each week and will read to an adult
once a week
Stars of the week
• If your child comes home on a
Friday with a sticker it means they
have been the class star of the
week!
Open Class & Celebration Days
•
Open class is an opportunity to find out what your child has been
doing at school
•
There will be a number of dates available for you to come in.
PLEASE do not feel you need to attend all of them!
•
They will be from 8.35 until 9am or 2:40 until 3pm and the days will
vary. Look out for the ‘Important dates for Reception’ sheet for
specific dates
•
The children will enjoy showing you what they have been doing!
•
At the end of some of our topics we will also invite you to celebrate
with us!
Parent Phonics
• These will be on a Wednesday this year
• The first one will be on Wednesday the 9th November
after half term, starting at 8:45 and lasting approximately
20 minutes
• Unfortunately we cannot allow any younger siblings to
attend. The Community Room can be used by parents who
would like to set up their own crèche
Phonics pack
• Useful information about how to
support phonics at home
• Handwriting guide
• Booklet with each sound and action
• Timetable of when the sounds are
being taught this half term
• Coming home in book bags on
Monday
Maths Games
• After half term you can choose to take
home a maths game. A sign up sheet will
be available soon outside your child’s
classroom
• Home School Link book
Home Learning
• The school has put together a booklet called ‘Fun with
Maths at Home’. This is available on the school website, if
you do not have internet access please see your child’s
class teacher
• We will also be holding a Maths Evening later this term
(15th November 6pm)
• There is also a ‘Helpful Homework’ guide on our website
with suggested websites and activities to support learning
in maths and literacy
• Education City and Purple Mash passes (Link books)
• Our ‘Help Your Child At Home’ booklet is also on the
website and contains more general information
Parent Consultations
• We are holding one in October, one in February and
another in May. These take place the week before each
half term holiday
• Please check dates and if possible make sure you can
attend
• Sign up sheets go up the Monday before and there is 1
slot per child
• They run from 3:30pm until 6:30pm
• End-of-year reports go out during the second part of the
summer term offering an opportunity to discuss their
contents should you wish
Thank you!
• Thank you for coming this evening!
•
If you have any queries throughout the year
please speak to your child’s class teacher
• Urgent messages – direct to class teacher
• Please also speak to one of us if you are keen to
help regularly within the classroom
• Don’t forget to read your ‘Useful Information’
and ‘Important Dates for Reception’ which will
be sent home in book bags this week