Whiteley Reception

  Friday 18th September We have been learning and performing the nursery rhymes "Incy Wincy Spider" and "Little Miss Muffet". Over the next few weeks, we will be learning lots of different nursery rhymes and on Tuesday 20th October, we will be having a nursery rhyme dress up day and sponsored nursery rhyme singing event at school.  Further details will follow nearer the time. An Introduction to Phase 1 Phonics At Whiteley Primary School in Phonics, we first focus on Phase One which is all about the children tuning into sounds around them, listening and getting ready to develop oral blending and segmenting skills.   Phase One concentrates on developing children's speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase Two.    This week we have been concentrating on awareness of sounds that we can hear around us in the environment. We have also thought about the sounds we can hear in words eg, pot  p-o-t Maths In ...

 Friday 12th September Welcome to our first blog post of this new school year! We are enjoying getting to know your children and we are pleased with how they are settling into their classes. Pictured below is our outdoor woodland area situated behind the Year R classrooms. Your child will be spending time each week in our woodland area. We would just like to recap what your child needs to bring to school. They should bring a named, non spillable water bottle to school each day (filled with water please). On Sunny days you might like to send a named sun hat with your child.  Please apply sun cream at home in the morning and do not send it to school. Please can you put a change of clothes in your child's book bag as they may well get wet in the water tray or have an accident.  A change of clothes may include plain leggings or jogging bottoms, pants, socks and a plain t-shirt. P.E. Kit We keep your child's P.E. kit in the classroom for the whole half term.  The P.E. b...