Little Owl Class Reception

Welcome to Little Owl Class

Little Owl Class is our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Reception Class.

Within Little Owl Class we have two ‘nests’: Barn Owls and Tawny Owls.

In Little Owl Class we love to learn and particularly enjoy to explore the outdoors, finding and using natural resources to help us learn new things. We discover through play and use a range of brilliant stories to guide our learning. Our timetable is a combination of child initiated learning and adult led activities. Our wonderful indoor and outdoor learning environment provides endless learning opportunities; we can follow our own interests and access exciting weekly challenges. Adult led learning takes place in small groups or in our ‘nests’.

The EYFS Team

Teachers

Mrs Garrick - Barn Owls

Miss Heald - Tawny Owls

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Daw

Mrs Macdonald

Mrs Stephenson

Values

Our Church School Values

LOVE KINDNESS FORGIVENESS PERSEVERANCE RESPECT COMMUNITY

Our value this term is Respect

We will learn about honesty through stories, role play and through discussions in our Class Worship and Talking Time sessions.

Term 2

What are we learning about?

OURSELVES

Week 1 & 2 ~ Autumn

We will be learning about Guy Fawkes night and bonfire/firework safety, as well as enjoying some yummy and exciting activities in our provision! We will be taking part in World Nursery Rhyme Week, world science day, remembrance day and Children in Need. We will also be observing the season of Autumn, creating art with natural autumnal items and enjoying stories about autumn too.

Week 3 & 4 ~ Our Homes

We will be exploring different types of homes, homes around the world and thinking about the homes we live in. We will be experimenting with constructing homes from different materials and reading stories about houses and homes (such as the Three Little Pigs!) We will also acknowledge Hello World Day and take part in NSPCC Stay Safe workshops.

Week 5, 6 & 7 ~ Christmas

We will be learning about the meaning of Christmas through stories and activities and discussing our thoughts and ideas in class. We will be preparing for Christmas by making cards and decorations and enjoying Christmas events with Rhubarb Theatre visiting for a story telling session, Christingle and Mince Pies and Music!

We are so excited to play and learn with you.

Useful Information for the new term.

A friendly reminder to please ensure that all of your child’s belongings (clothes, water bottles, lunchboxes, etc) are clearly labelled to allow children to go home with the correct belongings at the end of each day. We have quite a few items that are unnamed, on the water bottle trolley.

PE remains the same and takes place every Monday & Thursday. Please send your child to school in their PE kits.

We want to say thank you for reading with your child and writing about it in their reading diaries. Please read with your child 3 times a week and don’t forget about revisiting the phonics sounds.

We have a daily time for a snack. We provide the children with a healthy snack in school. If you would like to bring in an additional/different fruity and healthy snack you are very welcome. We are a nut free school - Please make sure they are nut free!

Please bring in a spare pair of wellies and clothes to stay in school whilst your child is in reception. We do plenty of exploring outside in all weathers and sometimes we might get a little muddy - so we want to be prepared.

Phonics – Phonics will take place every morning from the start of our first full week in school.

The children will start in their new phonics groups. Please enable your child to sit down and read their sounds with an adult at home several times each week. This will really help develop their reading fluency.

PE - PE will take place on Mondays with Mrs Garrick and Miss Heald and on Thursdays with Coach Ben. Please ensure that the children wear their PE kits to school on these days.

Important Dates

Week starting Monday10^th November - World Nursery Rhyme Week

Tuesday 11^th November - Remembrance Day

Friday 14^th November - Children in Need

Friday 5^th December – Rhubarb Theatre

Monday 8^th December – Mince Pies and Music.

Friday 12^th December - Christmas jumper day, Christmas lunch and Christmas disco.

Friday 19^th December – Polar Express Day and end of term 2.

We will share updates of our learning journey with parents on our Class Dojo page.

Keep a look out for Little Owls on our School Instagram page too!