Reception 2025 - 2026
Ms Mrozek
Miss Yasin
Meet the Team
Adults who work here:
RM – Ms Mrozek and Mrs Waugh
RY - Miss Yasin and Mrs Rogerson
If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Reception staff or email reception@almapark.manchester.sch.uk
Welcome to Reception!
During their time in Reception, children will build on their prior learning and experiences from Nursery. With many opportunities for children to play, express themselves creatively and build resilience in the face of challenges; we support our pupils to become independent and confident learners.
This half term:
Maths:
Addition - Combining sets and saying how many we now have
Subtraction
Comparing number within 20
Identifying odd and even numbers
Learn all the number bonds for each number up to 10 (and the subtraction facts to match)
More and less/fewer (including 1 more and 1 less)
Reciting numbers backwards from 20
Reciting numbers beyond 20
Looking at different patterns in movement and shapes
2D & 3D shapes
Rotating, matching and building pictures using different shapes
English:
Talk for writing unit - Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell & Helen Oxenbury
Writing purpose -
Learning the sounds that go with the letters of the alphabet Phase 2 and Phase 3 sounds
Hearing all the sounds in a word and writing them in the correct order
Segmenting and blending the sounds in words e.g. c-a-t = cat
Writing simple sentences e.g. The cat is big.
Remembering and using our three sentence rules; capital letter, finger spaces and full stop
Topic- Down on the Farm
We will be learning all about farms and what happens on them. We will talk about different animals that live on farms and learn about how different food is grown. We will be visiting a farm during week 1 of our Summer half term and then writing about the things we saw there.
We will continue to explore different feelings in our circles times. This half term we are focussing on feelings of pride and recognising success. We will talk about our own achievements and what we have accomplished that has made us proud. We will also talk about how other people feel when they do something good and how that can make us feel.
We will look at changes in the world around us as spring moves into summer. We will be investigating our school grounds and looking for signs of summer. We will start to see more flowers and the leaves on the trees will be fully gorwn. This half term we will be putting carrot tops and garlic tops in water to see what happens to them and also exploring what happens when we put celery into a vase with coloured water.
P.E:
Dance - We are learning the basic movements and learning how to keep in time with music. We will continue to explore moving at different levels.
Both classes have dance in the hall on Friday.
Longer hair must be tied back.
PE kits
Dance - black shorts or black leggings and a plain white t-shirt.
Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on Fridays
Reading books:
In class we are currently reading stories that encourage us to talk about our feelings and behaviour, such as:
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Reading:
Please read with your child every day. Reading for pleasure books should be in school on Thursday and a new book will be issued on Friday. A new ebook will be added to your child’s account at the end of each week.
Reading for pleasure books should be returned to school every Thursday and a new book will be issued on Friday. This book is for you to read to your child.
Homework:
Our purple brainbuilder books should be returned to school every Tuesday and a new homework activity will be sent home on Wednesday.
Please email reception@almapark.manchester.sch.uk if you have any questions. Please only use this for non-urgent communication.
Please review the Phase 2 and Phase 3 videos from Spring 2 and Summer 1 so that your child can consolidate their learning.
Little Wandle - Phase 2 sounds taught in Reception Autumn 1 - Click Here
Little Wandle - Phase 2 sounds taught in Reception Autumn 2 - Click Here
Little Wandle - Phase 3 sounds taught in Reception Spring 1 - Click Here
Little Wandle - Tricky Words - Reception- Autumn Term - Click Here
Tricky words Phase 4 - Click Here
Tricky words Phase 3 - Click Here
Tricky words Phase 2 - Click Here
Little Wandle - How we blend to read words Video- Click Here
Little Wandle - How we teach tricky words - Click Here