Reception - Red Class

A very warm welcome to all our Reception children! We can't wait for you to dive into all the exciting things we’ll be exploring this half term. 

🧠 This Half Term’s Topic: What are the colours in the Rainbow?

In Red Class, we love learning through play, creativity, and curiosity. Our days are filled with carpet time chats 💬, imaginative activities 🎨, and exploring all the different areas of our classroom—from the water tray 💧 to the malleable zone 🧼, painting corner 🎨, and DT station 🛠️.

We encourage children to share their ideas and help turn them into fun learning experiences. Every day is a new adventure!

📅 Topics for 2025–2026

📌 Reception Notices

• 🏃‍♂️ PE Day: Wednesday morning
• 📄 Parent Info Sheet: See below to find out how you can support your child’s learning at home.
• 🎄 Christmas Craft Morning: Thursday 27th November, 9:00–10:00 You're invited to join us and support your child with a variety of festive designing and making activities!

📚 What We’re Learning

🗣 Communication, Language & Literacy 📢📕

• Key story: Elmer 🐘🌈 Children will retell the story using costumes 👗, puppets 🐻, and small world animals 🐯.

• In phonics, we’re learning the phonemes s, a, t, p, i, n and practising oral blending of CVC words 🗣.

• We’re exploring the rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 🌟 to hear syllables 👂 and learn to rhyme 🎵.

🧮Mathematics 

• Focusing on numbers 1–3: recognising numerals, subitising, and 1:1 counting.

• Exploring AB patterns and creating our own.

• Learning about colours 🌈 and shapes 🔷 through sorting and matching activities.

🌍 Understanding the World 

• Exploring technology 💻: using computers, tablets, and keyboards safely.

• Celebrating Diwali 🪔, Bonfire Night 🎆, and Christmas 🎄.

💪 Physical Development

• Developing movement skills: hopping 🐇, skipping 🐾, jumping 🦘, and climbing 🧗.

• Daily outdoor play 🌳 supports gross motor skills.

• Fine motor skills grow through playdough, construction 🧱, and mark-making ✍️.

😊 Personal, Social & Emotional Development 💬💖

• Building friendships 🤝 and encouraging independence 🧦.

• Learning about celebrating differences through Jigsaw and My Happy Mind 🧠.

• Playing circle games to explore cooperation 🤗, feelings 😄😢, and conflict resolution 🕊.

• Reinforcing good behaviour 🌟👏.

🎨 Expressive Arts & Design 

• Moulding clay, using tools for joining, and exploring creative materials.

• Singing and performing songs 🎶 linked to our topic and Christmas 🎄.

• Role play areas: home corner 🏠 and Christmas grotto 🎅.

Look out for our Parent Information Sheet below! 

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home. 

These three videos show you how to pronounce the sounds. Notice how the children don’t add an ‘uh’ sound at the end, so they say: ‘t’ not ‘tuh’. Use the downloadable information to help your child remember how to write their letters and say their sounds.

Look at what we get upto in Reception!