Reception

Weekly Update – Friday 16th January 2026

Summary of this week:

We have had a busy, happy week in Reception editing the characters in our stories, using numberblocks to solidify understanding of the stable order of numbers, exploring the difference between fruits and vegetables, planning a soup recipe and then making and tasting it!  On Wednesday in Forest School as well as playing games to keep us warm, we helped to clear overgrown paths in the woodland and Mrs L lit a fire so that we could have a warming snack of tomato soup!  So much fun and one child was overheard to say, “I’m going to ask my mum if I can have tomato soup for dinner!” 

Our learning next week:

Maths: investigating part–part–whole relations, e.g. seeing that 5 can be made of 3 and 2. 

Literacy: For the next few weeks we will be using non-fiction texts to find out about the different roles and jobs of people who help us all, like firefighters, police and doctors.  Our writing will include facts about the different roles. 

Phonics: We will be learning the digraphs oo (moon), oo (book),  ar and or.  Our new tricky words are was, you and they. 

PSED (Personal, Social, Emotional Development) Setting a goal 

Art: In art we will be learning about different ways of joining 

RE: Persian new year 

Vocabulary: Firefighter, police officer, doctor, nurse, paramedic, vet, teacher 

Makaton signs: firefighter, police officer, doctor. 

Homework:

Look out for police officers, paramedics, vets etc and service vehicles in the community.  Talk to the children about their uniforms and vehicles, what colours they are and why, what they think the people are doing and how they help us.  If the children know someone in their family who has a service role, perhaps they could ask them some questions about it. 

Notices & Reminders:

As part of our learning about the different roles of people who help us in society, we like to invite in people who carry out these jobs to talk to the children about them. If you, or anyone you know, works in a service industry and would be happy to explain a little about it to the children, we would love to see you!  It would just mean chatting to the children and answering their questions and perhaps showing some items of uniform or equipment.  We have found in the past that this really brings the learning to life and would really appreciate your involvement.  Please chat to one of the team if you think you might be able to help. Thank you! 

We hope this will be a useful link to the NHS website to help you understand when it is safe for children to come into school as well as those occasions when you may need to keep them at home.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/

Contact

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