Mrs Lindblad's Class - Reception 2025 - 2026

Mrs Lindblad

Reception

Welcome to our Class Page

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Hello Everyone and WELCOME TO RECEPTION!

We are so excited that you are starting Reception at Alsager Highfields and we cannot wait to get to know you and help you make new friends. Being in Reception is the most wonderful adventure where you will play and learn new skills everyday. By the end of the year you will be able to do so many amazing things. You will have explored the world around you and most importantly, had so much fun!

On this webpage you will find important information about the school day and week. Please have a read through and make sure you check it regularly for any changes.

I will also use Seesaw to communicate important infomation to you and you can also contact me via Seesaw if you have any questions.

Further down this page you will find a weekly learning journey to let you know what we will be covering each week in phonics, literacy and maths. I hope this will enable you to support your child where possible and talk to them about what they have been learning in class.

Our School Day

Our school day will start 8.50am and end at 3.10pm. I will come out and meet the children at the gate at 8,45am and should you wish to speak to me please feel free to catch me either at the start or the end of the day. Children will leave from the same gate at the end of the day.

Our learning this term

We have lots of exciting things planned this term and I hope that your child will come home each day feeling excited about their day. The yearly curriculum planner will be added to the bottom of the page in the next two weeks

Our topic for this half term is 'Animals' and we will be reading lots of stories about animals in our literacy lesson.

We will begin our phonics lessons this week and I will be sending home daily videos on seesaw of the sounds that we have learned. The children will also bring home the sound card of the sound that they have learned. Please practise these sounds daily and complete the corresponding letter formatation sheet with your child.

In maths this half term we will be matching, sorting, comparing and ordering, making patterns and counting. I will go into more detail each week and would appreciate you practising the skills at home too.

Autumn dates for your Diary

This year we will have two P.E. lessons a week. This term they will take place on a Wednesday and a Friday afternoon. We would like the children to come dressed for P.E. on these 2 days so that we won't have to worry about getting changed. Please be aware that most lessons will take place outside so we would appreciate it if the children could be wearing their school track suit over their shorts and T shirt so that we are prepared for all weather. Children will also need a water bottle for P.E. lessons as they always get very thirsty.

Snacks:

We will provide daily fruit or vegetables to every child in Reception so they do not need to bring in any additional snack.

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Water Bottles:

Please make sure that your child comes to school each day with a named water bottle that contains water only. We encourage children to drink water regularly.

Homework:

Phonics cards daily
Phonics handwriting sheet daily

Reading:

As a school will place a high emphasis on teaching children to read and we are passionate about fostering a love of reading and books. I intend to read at least 3 books a day to the class and your child will read daily to an adult during their phonics lesson. They will have additional reads where time allows. We ask you to please read to your child at bedtime (or any other convenient time) daily as this will have a huge impact on their reading progress, their vocabulary and all areas of their learning. Please also write a short comment in your child's reading diary to say what you have read and how thet have done with their phonics activities. Once children progress to Ditty Sheets and reading books we would like to see every child reading at least 4 times a week minimum at home.