Moon's Moat Nursery & First School
Welcome to Reception!
Mrs Burgoyne is the Early Years leader and Reception teacher. Miss Lythgo is our other teacher.
Mrs Bench and Mr Clissett are our fabulous teaching assistants, who will be supporting learning in Reception this year. Mrs Harrison and Miss Jenks will come down to help us sometimes too.
We work closely together in the Foundation stage to plan a challenging and stimulating learning environment, where children can develop and consolidate new skills and knowledge, take reasonable risks and learn to be independent.
We know that children learn best through play which is why we plan meaningful learning opportunities based on children's own interests and fascinations. We ensure a careful balance of adult initiated activities with child initiated play and spend time observing children to understand their learning styles and to plan their next steps.
PLEASE NOTE-WE ARE AN EGG FREE AND NUT FREE CLASS. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL WITH ANY EGG OR NUT PRODUCTS IN THEIR LUNCH BOX. THANK YOU
Please speak to Mrs Burgoyne or Miss Lythgo if you have any questions about your child at school.
In Reception we love to read!! We have story time everyday and we love all kinds of different stories.
As well as sharing stories, it is also really important that your child reads their reading book at home every night, even if they have read with an adult in school- and don't forget to write it in their reading diary too! The children can earn stickers and prizes for reading at home, so don't forget!!
We change the children's reading books on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please ensure that the children bring their book bags every day so that we can send letters home too.
Reception story time will continue on Fridays at 2.50. All parents are welcome to come and share a story. Grandparents are welcome if parents can't make it! We hope to see lots of you there.
Take a look at our Reading for Pleasure webpage for ideas on how to develop your child’s love of reading and suggestions for books to read together. Click here
Summer 1
Our topic this half term is "Minibeasts"
Welcome back!
We hope you had a lovely half term break and are ready to continue your learning journey. This half term is jam packed with lots of exciting things we have planned for the children, including 2 PE sessions per week. Please send your child into school in PE kit on Tuesday and Thursday this half term.
This half term our topic is "Minibeasts". We will be learning about lots of different minibeasts, what they look like, where they live and how to care for them. We are hoping to have some minibests to look after in the classroom too!
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RECEPTION HAVE PE IN THE HALL EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS WEARING A NAMED PE KIT ON PE DAY. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR UNIFORM IS ALL NAMED AS WELL!
We also spend lots of time outdoors using the bikes/scooters, climbing equipment and the balls/beanbags/hoops etc.
Physical development in Early Years is also about developing fine motor skills. Threading, cutting, play dough, puzzles and using tweezers all help the children develop their hand eye co-ordination and build up the muscles in their hands ready to start writing. Lots of these activities are easy for you to do at home too!
Learning from home
If your child cannot come to school for some reason, we will try to put some ideas for work for you to do at home.
Maths
- Sing counting songs (eg, 5 speckled frogs) How many number songs do you know?
- Counting objects whilst playing, eg how many sweets have you got? how many cars are in the line? how many dresses does your doll have?
- Recognising numbers around the home- what number is on your front door? what numbers can you see on the cars?
- Subitising- can you tell how many objects are there without counting them? Playing dice games can really help with this.
- Practice writing numbers, make sure you form them correctly!
- Adding two numbers together to make a given number up to 10 (sometimes
- called number bonds)
- Doubling and halving numbers up to 10.
Phonics
We have already learnt all of Level 1+ and Level 2 sounds in phonics and the children are now able to read and write simple words with them in.
This half term we will be learning the sounds in Level 3.
Can you read these words? Remember to say each sound before blending them together to make the word.
jam jump van web win fox yuck zip buzz quiz chip much shop
bash this bath ring thing dodge bridge have when ducks hatch
pink
- Can you read these sentences? These are called cumulative texts and we are learning to read these and other sentences like them in our phonics lessons.
- All students have access to the Floppy’s phonics books at home. Here the children can revisit the book we have looked at in phonics that day and practice reading words containing these sounds.
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- The username: mmfs
- The password: mm2022
Screen-free Afternoons!
We all need time to unplug. While we all recognise the numerous benefits of mobile devices for children to learn at the moment, it’s equally important to remember the importance of screen-free time. Research has found that too much screen time can have a negative impact on children, affecting their sleep and eating habits, among other things. We would like children to have time to play and relax using other methods. Children need time to be able to explore their physical world, build their curiosity, and expand their imaginations. Therefore, as a school we are asking that you take an afternoon a week as screen-free time.
