Welcome to Ladybird Class

Hello and welcome to Ladybird Class! I am really looking forward to welcoming you to reception. We have lots of exciting things for you do to and explore. It was really nice for myself and Mrs Clements to come and see you and talk about what you are looking forward to in Reception. 

This half term our topic is All About Me. We're going to use this topic to find out all about each other! We will be looking in the mirror to see our different features and use this to create our own self portraits which we will put up on display. 

In Maths, we will be matching, comparing and sorting. We are going to look at matching objects, making sets, sorting objects, create sorting rules and much much more. I can't wait to see how you sort some of my things into different groups! 

In Literacy we are going to be looking at the story of 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson I am sure many of you already know this story so I hope you will be able to join in with me when we read it. We will be using our speaking and listening skills to talk about the story and ask and answer questions.

In phonics we will be starting to learn the first set of phase 2 phonics sounds, these sounds will be sent home in your orange phonics books so you can practise them at home. 

Some reminders:

• Please name everything.
• Please bring a water bottle each day.
• As the weather is changing all the time at the moment, please make sure that your child comes into school with a coat at all times. 
• Please bring a book bag or back pack each day, with home learning. All books are changed on a Monday.

Thank you.

Miss Sanders :)