Reception | St Augustine's CE Primary School

Welcome to Reception!

Please see below for home learning packs and links to useful websites

Teacher: Mrs Carla Sorbello-Bali

Additional Teacher: Miss Christina Stagg

Nursery Nurse: Mrs Magdalena Major

Nursery Nurse: Mrs Ayesha Uddin

Work of the Week

Dear parents and children,

I would love to see the fantastic work that is taking place at home! Please email photos of the work that your children are most proud of, by Thursday each week. I will be picking out a few examples each week, that will then be published on the school website. I can't wait to hear from all of you!

Please also note that emails have been sent to all parents asking to keep in touch with me at least once a week. I am still available via email to answer any queries, from 8.30 to 4.30, Monday to Friday. My email is csorbello@stap.org.uk If you email after these hours, I will seek to reply to your email the following day. Please look at the class page regularly for updates on tasks as these will be updated weekly. Finally, I would like to say a huge thank you in advance for the support you are going to give during these challenging times. I want to reassure you that I am at the end of an email to offer support and advice to both children and parents.

Best wishes,

Mrs Sorbello-Bali

Spring Term 2

Our topic this term is Wild Animals. We have been looking at a range of books such as ‘Dear Zoo’, ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’. We have been learning about animals that live in the wild, their features, what their babies are called and the different environments they live in.

Week 6 Cover Sheet, Home Learning Pack and Resources (week beginning Monday 30th March) and activities you can do over the Easter holidays

Maths Mastery Home Pack - this is full of activities and resources that will support your child with mathematical skills that they have been learning since September.

Reception Maths Mastery pack.pdf

Week 5 Cover Sheet and Home Learning Pack (week beginning Monday 23rd March) - this includes links to websites and a timetable you can follow with your child/ren at home

Week 4 Cover Sheet and Home Learning Pack (week beginning Monday 16th March)

Here is an idea of what your child's daily timetable could look like at home:

Before 9.00am	Wake up	Eat breakfast, make your bed, get dressed
9.00 – 10.00	Morning walk (if possible!)	Family walk with the dog (ensuring there is distance between you and others), yoga if its raining
10.00 – 11.00	Academic time	NO ELECTRONICS Flashcards, handwriting, counting
11.00 – 12.00	Creative time	Legos, drawing, crafting, play music, cook or bake
12.00	Lunch
12.30opm	Chore time	Wipe all kitchen table and chairs, wipe all door handles, light switched and devices, wipe bathrooms, sinks and toilets
1.00 – 2.30	Quiet time	Reading, puzzle, nap
2.30 – 4.00	Academic time	ELECTRONICS OK Ipad games, educational show
4.00 – 5.00	Afternoon fresh air (if possible)	Bikes, play outside, walk the dog
5.00 – 6.00	Dinner
6.00 – 8.00	Free TV time	Childrens showers
8.00	Bedtime	All children
9.00	Bedtime	All children who follow daily schedule and don’t fight!

Scholastic Lots of free home learning resources for different subject areas

British Council - Kids Lots of educational stories, songs, games and videos

Teacher's Pet They have created a range of free home learning packs for EYFS

Cbeebies Some fun and education shows for your child to watch

Consortium - Early Years Free Pack This is a free activity booklet for Early Years children, with a huge range of activities for all areas of development based on stories and nursery rhymes

Twinkl They are providing access for all Twinkl resources with a one month Ultimate Membership free of charge. Just enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS

Bug Club website Each child has their own log in - please contact me if your child is not able to log on. The school code is rtmg.

The imagination tree Some fantastic and creative ideas for you and your child/ren to get involved in at home

Phonics Play A great website with games that allow your child to practice segmenting and blending when reading – they are offering free access from homes with username: march20 and password: home

Mr Thorne Does Phonics Here Mr Thorne demonstrates how to correctly pronounce most of the sounds we have been learning

Jolly Phonics songs Here are all the 'jolly phonics' songs to go with most of the sounds we have been learning

BBC EYFS zone This is a great website that has links to websites that are organised into the 6 areas of learning.

BBC Literacy Fun activities to help children learn more about Literacy.

Family Activities in London London is great for kids and has lots of family-friendly attractions, events and activities. During the summer holiday visit free attractions for a fantastic day out in London.

Starfall Have fun playing lots of Letters & Sounds and number games.

Tate Kids This website comes from the Tate Art galleries. The games allow your child to create their own works through the use of ICT. It also allows your child to explore artists' work that is exhibited in the galleries.

Teach Your Monster to Read Teach your Monster to Read is a new, free game to practise the first steps of reading. This free website has top quality games built on the principles of synthetic phonics and follows the teaching sequence of the Letters and Sounds programme.