Broadoak Backpack Character Values
Respect - Perseverance - Ambition - Happiness - Kindness - Love - Honesty - Co-operation - Empathy - Courage - Resilience - Determination - Enthusiasm - Peacefulness - Creativity - Acceptance - Gratitude - Confidence - Humour - Optimism -
Welcome to Reception
Welcome to our Reception page!
Here you will find regular updates and key information throughout the year, relating to everything that is happening in Reception. Below you will find details related to our class curriculum, along with news, dates and important updates. You will also be able to see photographs and videos of the exciting activities that we have been doing in our lessons through our Twitter page - Window into the Classroom.
Reception Team
Miss Samson's Class
2023-2024
Mrs Moss' Class
2023-2024
The Reception Staff Team
Teaching Team: Miss Samson, Mrs Moss, Mrs Brelsford, Miss Clarke and Mrs Breen
Health and Well-being Team: Coach Kim and Coach Vicki
Key Stage Leader: Miss Samson / Mrs Moss
SENDCO: Mrs. Manson / Deputy Headteacher: Miss Fairhurst / Headteacher: Mrs. Wild
Teaching Team
Health and Wellbeing Team
Key Dates and Reminders
PE: Every Monday - children to wear PE kits on this day.
Homework: This is allocated, every Wednesday and should be completed and submitted by Monday - via Seesaw.
Reading: We ask that all children have their reading record signed by an adult each time they have read at home. We have adopted a traffic light system to encourage the consistency of reading at home across the school. Weekly, staff will check the reading records and record either a red, amber or green traffic light:
Red : Read 3 times or less
Amber : Read 4 times
Green : Read 5 times or more
The children's names are put into a 'Traffic Light Treat' draw on a Friday, if your child has read 5 times or more that week and their name comes out of the box, they will choose a special prize from the Traffic Light Treat box!
Homework
Homework is handed out every Wednesday and will include a range of activities including handwriting, maths and topic activities.
Head Bump Protocol
If children have a head injury when at school, they will be assessed by a First Aider. Should the injury be a minor bump, parents/carers will receive an email to inform them that their child has bumped their head in addition to a sticker and a first aid note being sent home. Parents/carers do not need to respond to this email – it is just another way to ensure parents and carers are informed. If a child has a head injury which the first aider believes need to be checked or the child is unwell after a head injury, a telephone call to parents/carers will be made and they will be asked to collect their child and advised to seek medical advice. In the most serious cases, medical assistance would be called to school.
Rewards and Celebrations
Class Dojo: Children can earn 'Dojo Points' for any number of positive reasons, such as: following our Golden Rules, demonstrating our character values, excellent attitude, effort and achievement.
Dojo Dip Winner: Weekly celebration for a child in each class who are awarded the most Dojo Points. The winner selects a book as a reward for their achievement.
Achievement Awards: One child from each class is awarded the Achievement Award to reflect the excellent learning they have demonstrated that week These certificates are awarded to the children during Friday Class Celebration Assembly. As an additional reward, the children also bring home the class toy for the weekend.
Sparkle and Shine Book: Each week, a child is selected from each class who has been demonstrating our focus Broadoak Value. This is announced in the Friday Celebration Assembly and children may receive a special postcard home for their efforts.
Star of PE: Our Health and Well-being coaches award 'Star of PE' to children who show a commitment to their physical and metal well-being.
Window into the Classroom - Twitter
To enable you to gain an insight into some of the learning and experiences that your child will have whilst in Reception, we will tweet pictures, videos and work which you can use as a starting point for discussion at home with your child.
Parent Curriculum Meeting Presentation
*myHappymind - Mental Health
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In the Relate unit, this module is focused on teaching children the importance of being able to relate or get along with others in order to have positive relationships. It uses the Character Strengths Lens to illustrate the need to be able to see other perspectives in order to build relationships. Through lots of examples and discussion, the children learn about two key skills that will serve them well in relationship building. Active Listening - is focused on building Active Listening skills to ensure that children are really understanding other points of view rather than jumping to conclusions. Stop, Understand, Consider - this is all about taking the time to pause, and think about what someone else's point of view might be and why, before taking action. We also link this to what they have learnt about Gratitude in the previous lessons so that they can bring the concepts together and show Gratitude to others for offering different perspectives.
Handwriting
We use cursive font at school. Please see below the formation of letters and the letter families.
We encourage children to take pride in their presentation.
The Reception Curriculum
A bespoke curriculum for our Reception children.
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In Reception, your child will follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. We are committed to the overarching principles which shape practice in the early years.
These are:
- Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured
- Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships
- Children learn and develop well in enabling environments with teaching and support from adults, who respond to their individual interests and needs and help them to build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between school and parents and/or carers.
- Children develop and learn at different rates.
Reception Broadoak Backpack for Life
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Reception - Parent Curriculum Overview - Summer 1 2024
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Reception - Parent Curriculum Overview - Summer 1 2024
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Phonics
In Reception, children are grouped according to their phonic knowledge. Sessions are delivered daily and focus on the systematic teaching of letters and their corresponding sounds.
Supersonic Phonic Friends is the adopted scheme that is used by staff to deliver engaging and interactive daily phonic sessions.
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Reading for at least 10 minutes every day is great for your child’s happiness, wellbeing and, of course, for improving their reading and writing!
Our Commitment to Embedding a Life Long Love of Reading to ALL children
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What is Reading at Broadoak?
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At Broadoak Primary School, we want all children to develop a lifelong love of reading that will become an integral part of their future. As a school, we believe that creating a culture of reading is a vital tool in ensuring our children are given the best life chances. Cultivating readers with a passion for a wide range of materials, will ensure that children’s love of reading will extend far beyond the classroom and allow them to build on their skills independently through a real curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
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It is our aim that all pupils-irrespective of their needs, abilities or background- will be able to:
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- Read with confidence, fluency and understanding
- Develop the pleasure of reading widely and often and appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage
- Use higher order reading skills including retrieval and inference through the use of text referral, assessment of author’s intentions, justifications of their opinions and judgements and in the pursuit of critical awareness
- Acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
We use individual reading books, weekly book focuses to frame learning, high quality key texts and Broadoak's 50 Brilliant Books to engage all our children in reading.
Reading at Home - Support for Parents
Parents play a vital part in their child's learning and progress. Parents can support by reading daily, accessing the Supersonic Phonic Friends Newsletters, bedtime stories, modelling reading for pleasure as an adult, reading in the environment, trips to the library plus much more.
Sharing a book with a child is fun! It's a time for affection, laughing and talking together – and it can also give children a head start in life and help them become lifelong readers.
Summer 1 Key Texts
Week 1 - Key Text
The Tiny Seed
by Eric Carle
Week 2 - Key Text
Errol’s Garden
by Gillian Hibbs
Week 3 - Key Text
Lifecycles of animals and insects
by Kangu Kinderbuncher
Week 4 - Key Text
Human Life Cycles
by Anita Ganeri
Summer 2 Key Texts
Week 1
The Egg
by M.P. Robertson
Week 4
Super Happy Magic Forest
by Matty Long
Week 5 - Key Text
Oliver’s Vegetables
by Vivian French
Week 2
Oscar the Hungry Unicorn
by Lou Carter
Week 5
The Singing Mermaid
by Julia Donaldson
Week 6 - Key Text
Somebody Swallowed Stanley
by Sarah Roberts
Week 3
Grumpycorn
by Sarah McIntyre
Broadoak's 50 Brilliant Books - Reception
Mathematics
This term the children continue to expand their knowledge of the number system and number patterns, counting to 20 and beyond. Having explored the composition of numbers from 1 - 10, the children deepen their recall of number bonds for all numbers within 10. The children will continue to explore number including doubling, halving, odd and even. The children will revisit 2D (circle, triangle, square and rectangle) and 3D shapes (cylinder, cube, cuboid, cone, pyramid and sphere).
EYFS Addition Strategies
EYFS Subtraction Strategies
EYFS Multiplication Strategies
EYFS Division Strategies
Our Full / Wider Curriculum Offer
A Virtual Visit to our Reception Unit
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Click on the door to explore the provision available to children in our Reception Unit.
Reception Annual Life Skills Curriculum Overview