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Eastwick Schools

Eastwick Schools

Reception 

Weekly Update - Friday 4th July 2025

Summary of this week:

We have been learning the story of ‘A New home for a pirate’ which the children have loved.  In maths we have enjoyed measuring our sunflowers which will be on the way home for you to enjoy over the course of the next week.

Move up day was a huge success.  The children came back excited about their morning in year 1, showing their medals and portraits.  Don’t forget to ask your child about their experience and please feel free to come to us with any questions or concerns that are popping up. 

Our learning after half term:

Maths

We will be learning about money.

Literacy Our new text is A New Home for a Pirate by Ronda Arnitage and we will be familiarising ourselves with the story and learning to retell it.
Phonics

Next week we will continue to practise reading longer words and revising our phase 4 tricky words.

 

Vocabulary

1p, 2p, coins, money and value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Show and Tell theme: This week we will be exploring the seaside.  This could include a photograph, a shell, a drawing of the seaside or an item from the seaside.

If you want to send in photos for us to print, could you let us have them by the afternoon of the day before to make sure we have seen the email and had time to print them off?  Thank you.

  

Makaton signs: pirate, sheep, bird, dog, farmer.

Homework:

Please draw a picture or write a sentence about a pirate fact that you have found out.  You could research in a book or ask an adult to help you use the internet.  Be ready to share your pirate fact!

 

Notices & Reminders:

A reminder that sunscreen can be sent in for the children to reapply after lunch.  Please do apply it before the children come into school as the temperatures look high again next week. 

Tuesday 8th is sports day!  Please ensure the children come to school with a full water bottle and sun cream applied as we will be heading up to the field from a prompt 9:15am start. Thank you.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Reception

Please find below presentations from our Reception parent workshops to be held throughout 2024-25, which provide useful information for parents and carers about areas of the Early Years curriculum at Eastwick. 

 

Reception Prime Areas

 Infant Reading Parent Workshop Presentation

Contact

To contact the Reception Team, please use this email address: yearr@eastwick.thpt.org.uk