Reception
Welcome Back to Our Final Half Term in Reception!
We can hardly believe it’s here already — the final half term of the year! It feels like only yesterday we were welcoming your little ones through the classroom doors for their very first day in Reception. What an incredible journey it has been so far!
This half term promises to be a busy and exciting one, packed with fun activities and memorable celebrations. We’ll be heading off on a fantastic school trip to the Imagine That! Centre in Liverpool, enjoying a magical Teddy Bears’ Picnic, and of course, celebrating all the children’s achievements at our much-anticipated annual Reception Graduation Ceremony.
Our final topic will be Fantasy, where we’ll let imaginations run wild with castles, dragons, and fairy tale adventures. After that, we’ll gently begin preparing the children for their transition into Year 1 with a variety of thoughtful and supportive activities.
We want to say a huge thank you for all the support you’ve given at home throughout the year — it’s made such a difference to your children’s learning and development. We’re so proud of everything they’ve accomplished, and we can’t wait to share this special last half term with you and your wonderful children.
Key dates to remember!
Sports day: 30th June (more information to follow)
Reception sharing assembly: 4th July (9:00am)
School Trip to Imagine That: 9th July (letter to follow)
Reception Music assembly: 11th July (9:00am)
Graduation: 17th July (9:15am)
Teddy Bear’s Picnic: 22nd July (letter to follow)·
Ongoing Routines in school;
* School starts promptly at 8.50am and ends at 3.20 pm. Our classroom open 5 minutes early to allow children to come inside and get ready for their morning register, any children arriving after this time must go to the office to receive a late mark.
* Talk Books – Please see inside your child’s bag to find their Talk book homework book. All the information you will need to know about completing the tasks can be found inside their book. Talk books are to be completed over the weekend and to be handed in on Monday Morning.
* Reading books are changed twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays. We encourage you to read a minimum of at least three times a week at home to help to build your child's phonics skills and story telling vocabulary. We also ask that you write a comment in your child's reading book to let us know how well they did with their reading book.
* Please continue to log into Tapestry to see what your child is learning in school, we will also discuss what your child's next steps within the comments on Tapestry. – If you have not set up a tapestry account, please contact Miss Munro at the school gates.
* Keep in touch, if you need any extra support of if you have any questions about anything we are here to support you.
Useful educational websites you could use at home:
Reading websites -
* Remember to log on to the website MYON at https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ to listen to stories being ready to you online. Each child's individual login has been sent to you on Tapestry.
* The website Oxford Owl has a free eBook library for you to access at home. You will need to make an account to access this library, but it is free to do so. There are over 1000 children's books in the eBook library for you to look at. Follow this link to view this online eBook library now. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
* https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/ provides videos for parents showing you can how to say each pure sounds correctly.
* www.phonicsplay.co.uk has lots of free online phonics games to help your children to practise blending skills.
You will also find useful information about school on our social media pages. Please see the links below:
https://www.facebook.com/standrews.eccles.10/
https://twitter.com/eccles_st
https://www.instagram.com/st_andrews_cofe/
Warm regards,
Miss Munro
