Welcome to Summer Term in Reception

We are now in our final term in Reception and are excited for another fun-filled term of exploration, learning and development. Having got to know your child, we are excited to continue this journey in a term full of exploration, learning and development. 

During this final term, we will continue to work with your child to learn and understand their individual needs and support them in their learning and development, especially as we begin to get them ready for their next chapter of ‘Year 1’…

We will continue to strive to provide a unique, challenging and inspirational curriculum based on new and memorable experiences. We will also continue to establish strong relationships with our children, but also with you – their families.

As always, our aim is for your children to become happy and confident learners and to carry their love of learning throughout their life.

Meet the Reception Team

Miss Hopkins – Class Teacher
Miss Hudson – SEND Teacher
Mrs Parker – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Cooper – Learning Support Assistant

Summer Bookshelf

Our Summer Bookshelf is filled with high quality, engaging texts which will inspire our learning across the curriculum.

The books this term will help to spark our imagination and curiosity. We will use them to encourage the growth of new skills such as resilience and empathy, as well as developing creativity and our understanding of the world beyond Crown Street Primary School.

Character Traits

Each term, through our Curriculum Bookshelf we will focus on learning about, identifying and embodying our six character traits which will support our learning across the curriculum and support our Personal, Social and Emotional development. 

Summer Learning at a Glance

Maths – numbers to 20 and addition and subtraction, properties of shapes and consolidation of key mathematical skills

Reading and Comprehension – developing fluency with blending, anticipating key events in stories and making predictions

Writing – letter formation, spell words by using our Phonics, develop our sentence writing using capital letters and full stops

Understanding the World – learning about the past and now, comparing and contrasting environments, life in this country and life in other countries

Expressive Arts and Design – creating and explaining, performing

For more detail on our Spring learning across the different areas, please see our Reception Curriculum Overview (saved below in Useful Documents).

Important Information

  • Our team will be available every day before and after school to discuss your child’s day, receive messages and celebrate successes
  • Your child’s book bag should be brought to school each day – this will contain a Shared Reader, Library book and a Reading Record
  • Library day is Friday – so please bring these books in on this day for changing
  • PE day is Wednesday – please send your child to school in their full PE kit on this day
  • Wellington boots and waterproof coats will be required for outdoor learning and can be left in school
  • Please ensure all clothing items are labelled
  • Important information will be shared via MCAS communication and our weekly school newsletter
  • Reception use Tapestry to share your child’s learning. We also love to see photographs and videos from home to talk about and celebrate in School
  • At the end of the day children are dismissed directly to parents/carers. Should there be any changes to this, please inform our Admin team before the end of the day so the Class Teacher knows who to look out for