Bishop Ian Ramsey Church of England Primary School

Chestnut class

 reception

Miss richards

2024-25

 

Welcome to our classroom!

Our exploring zones

 

 Our sleep zone!

Our focus zone


Click on the link below to see an introduction to Chestnut Class for parents and carers:

Induction meeting

 

 

Welcome to Chestnut Class

Spring Term 2025

 

Welcome to Early Years and our class page! Hopefully you will find our class page useful. On our class page we have details of our topics for this term as well as other useful information about Reception. We love to share what we learn in school every day via Facebook, so please head over to our school Facebook to see what we have been up to. Here's to a great term!

Miss Richards

 

What will we be learning about this term?

English 

Chosen texts include: Lost and Found, The Bear, The Emperor's Egg, Polar bear, Polar bear what do you hear?, Bringing in the New Year, Peppa's Chinese New Year, We're going on a bear hunt, The tiger who came to tea, Dear Zoo, Tiddler, Commotion in the Ocean, Snail and the Whale, Six Dinner Sid, What the ladybird heard, Tad...and many more!

 

Maths

Alive in 5!/Mass and Capacity/Growing 6, 7, 8!/Length, Height and Time/Building 9 and 10/Explore 3-D shape, 

 

RE

 Being Special: Where do we belong?

Salvation - Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?

  

Knowledge and Understanding of the world - The natural world

Natural processes of freezing and melting

Animal adaptations

Animals and their habitats

  

Knowledge and Understanding of the world - Past and present

Remembering key events in own lives

World Explorers - Ernest Shackleton

Dinosaurs and fossils

 

Knowledge and Understanding of the world - People, Cultures and Communities

Creating simple maps

Different environments to our own

Exploring differences between cultures

Exploring different habitats around the world

 

Expressive Arts and Design

Colour Creations (Wassily Kandinsky)

  

PE

Ball Skills and Gymnastics

Outdoor Explorers - Forest School

 

PSHE

Jigsaw: Dreams and Goals/Healthy Me

 

Computing

Using devices around me (such as iPads)

Keyboard, tracking and mouse skills

 

Music

Charanga: Everyone/Our World

  

Key Information

Our arrival time each morning is between 8.45 - 9.00am and we leave at 3.15. Reception children can be dropped off and picked up at the reception door (the door nearest the car park) in the EYFS area.  

 

Bringing things in from home

The children should bring in a water bottle which they will leave in for the week and take home on a Friday.   They need wellies that will stay in school. They do not need any other equipment. 

 

PE/Forest school Days

Our PE day is a Tuesday and our Forest school day is a Thursday. On Tuesday, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit (it can be their purple shorts or black joggers/leggings). They do not need to bring in their normal school uniform to get changed into, they will just stay in their PE kit all day. For Forest school days, they should wear their normal PE t shirt, black track suit bottoms/leggings and purple school jumper or purple hoodie. 

 

Homework

Reading

 Supporting your child with reading:
  • Although your child will be taught to read at school, you can have a huge impact on their reading journey by continuing their practice at home.

There are two types of reading book that your child may bring home:

  • A reading practice book - My book. This will be at the correct phonic stage for your child. They should be able to read this fluently and independently and will have already read this with an adult at school. This will be changed weekly.
  • A sharing book - Our book.  Your child will not be able to read this on their own. This book is for you both to read and enjoy together.
 

Spelling/Phonics

Your child will learn and practise spellings within their phonics sessions.  Work will be sent home weekly to help your child to practice the phonetical skills they have learned in class that week. 

 

Useful Websites

Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.

Phonics games for EYFS

EYFS phonics games on BBC Bitesize

 

Phonics play

Reading Eggs

Doodle learning

Mr Mc Phonics- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcZnvuTeovlznioLRo0GOA

 

Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.

Maths games for EYFS

EYFS maths games on BBC Bitesize

Crickweb maths games


 

This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.

BBC Bitesize Understanding the World

 

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