Scissett CE Academy

Welcome to Mo Farah Class

 

Teacher: Miss Shaw

Hello, my name is Miss Shaw and I am the class teacher in Reception. Mrs Bray works with me in Reception every day and she is fantastic! Our initial aim is to welcome the children into school by creating a fun, safe and stimulating environment which initially involves lots of creative play based learning both indoors and outside. We spend a lot of time getting to know the children and endeavour to build good relationships with each and every one of them.

We are named after the famous Olympian Sir Mo Farah. In Reception class we love to learn through our topics of Families and living things and under the sea. We also take our learning outdoors in our Forest School sessions where we explore and get up close and personal with nature and start to learn how animals and minibeasts survive and how humans impact the world of animals.

A little bit about how we learn in Reception:

Throughout the Reception school year we like to have lots of fun and really enjoy our learning, therefore your child will enjoy an active and rich curriculum.

We aim to build the foundations and prepare children for the rest of their time at Scissett CE Academy and beyond. Our main focuses for this school year is to develop high quality phonics and being able to read is the most important skill children will learn. In achieving this we will send home key words and a reading book along with a reading record diary for you to comment in about your child's progress enabling us to continue the learning journey together.

Within the ‘Foundation Curriculum’ there are seven areas of learning these are:-

• Communication and Language 
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Physical Development
• Literacy 
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World 
• Expressive Arts and Design

On-going assessment in these areas through observation and set activities, ensure we are meeting and extending the learning opportunities for your child.

 

Learning links:

Here are some website links to help with your child’s phonics and maths skills.

Phoneme Pop!

A brilliant and motivating way to embed the letter sounds that we are learning.

http://www.ictgames.com/phonemePopLS_v2.html

 

Phonics Play-interactive games

This site is split in to the different phases that we teach the children as they learn to read. You will know where your child is up to from the words they are sent home with.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/index.htm

 

Ceebeebies Alphablocks

We are using the alphablocks to help the children learn letter sounds and to understand how to read and spell words using letter sounds.

http://play.bbc.co.uk/play/pen/gt64l93rr9

 

Phonics Play - Pick a picture

Use the phase 2 sets 1-5 option to allow the children to practice reading tricky words.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PictureMatch.html

 

100 Splat Square

The children love counting on this number square.

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SplatSquares/splatsq100.html

 

Top marks maths games

Interactive games to help children count and recognise numbers

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting