Reception

Weekly Update – Friday 23rd January 2026

Summary of this week:

This week has flown by and the children are really enjoying learning about the different jobs of people who help us.  They have had fun role-playing vets and doctors and used their new knowledge to write sentences about these jobs.  We have been undeterred by the weather and want to say thank you for providing the children with waterproof trousers and suits which enabled us to enjoy Forest School on Wednesday despite the torrential rain!  There was some great learning about taking risks and keeping safe as well as lots of fun exploration with guttering and water play.  The children proved their resilience and had lots of fun doing so! 

Maths: We will continue to use activities to develop understanding of numbers within numbers or composition.  A key focus will be exploring ways to represent numbers using the 5 dice pattern. 

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 and trigraphs ur, ow,  oi and ear.  Our new tricky words are my, by and all. 

PSED (Personal, Social, Emotional Development) Using kind words to encourage people 

Art: In art we will be using paint and music to express ideas and feelings. 

RE: Persian new year 

Vocabulary: fast, slow, loud, quiet, goal, encourage 

Makaton signs: music, fast, slow 

Homework:

Play games using dice and try to describe what the pattern of dots looks like (eg one in the middle) and what numbers they can see within the number (eg I can see two dots on the bottom and two on the top.  Two and two together is four) 

Notices & Reminders:

We would love to hear from anyone in relation to the message below!  If you know anyone who may be able to help please do let us know! 

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/

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.