Reception Christmas Blog

Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 10:02am

This half term the weather has got colder but this hasn’t stopped Reception enjoying our outdoor area. The children are using the outdoor space incredibly well and are developing their physical, imaginative, speaking, listening and social skills whilst they play. We have had lots of themes in the classroom including Dinosaurs Love Underpants, Stick Man and many more!

Children have been working hard on developing their fine motor skills. They have been working extremely hard using a pencil. Correct letter formation is being taught and children are encouraged to write in many areas of the classroom. The children have done incredibly well to remember all the new phrases. The children are growing in confidence when forming their letters. We are beginning to write simple words and sentences and are working hard on segmenting a word in order to spell.

Children are now reading on a daily basis as a whole class and individually once a week with an adult. They are developing their blending skills in order to read simple words and sentences. Reading books will continue to be sent out. Please continue to read with your child at least three times throughout the week and return your child’s book by Wednesday so a new one can be sent out on Friday. Thank you for your continued support.

In maths, we have explored the numbers from one to ten. The children have really enjoyed investigating numbers practically, using everyday objects and mathematical resources. They have also focused on exploring and finding different ways to make a number using Numicon I.e. 6+4=10. The children are developing their 1:1 counting skills and continued support at home is much appreciated.

We are so proud of how well the children have settled this term. They are having lots of fun and learning so much! We had a wonderful nativity performance and we all thoroughly enjoyed our visit to see Stick Man! The children did us incredibly proud with their behaviour.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Team Reception

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