Reception 2026 - 2027

A very warm welcome to Reception!

Are you ready for an adventure? 

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Autumn 2

All about me and our school community

We teach writing through Drawing Club. Each week we explore a different text, traditonal tale or animation and use it to 

inspire our writing. 

Our mastery targets for this half term are:

Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letter/s

Begin to form some lower-case letters correctly

Maths

Here is a  breakdown of what we will be learning in Maths following the First4Maths Academy:

Shape/Space:

2D shapes and their properties

Pattern:

Simple AB patterns

Identifying unit of repeat

Comparison:

Compare sets 1-5 using vocab of more / fewer / most /fewest

Measures:

Height &  Length

Cardinality & Counting:

Accurate counting of sets of objects 1-10

Recognising and ordering numerals 1-10

 Subitising 1-5 

PHONICS - Read Write Inc.

At Woodlands Primary School, we use the Read Write Inc. (RWI) Phonics programme to teach children how to read.

Children are assessed every half term to ensure they are working in the group that best matches their current stage of learning. They take part in daily phonics sessions in small groups, where they learn and practise their sounds and develop their reading skills.

Once your child is ready, they will bring home a phonics 'Ditty' sheet or a reading book that is matched to their reading ability. These books provide opportunities for children to practise the sounds and words they have been learning in school.

Please ensure that phonics reading books are kept in your child's school bag and brought into school every day, as they will also be used during phonics sessions.

Reading for Pleasure

Each week, your child will also bring home a 'Reading for Pleasure' book to share and enjoy with you. These books are chosen to encourage a love of reading and may contain words that your child is not yet able to read independently. We encourage you to read these stories to your child, talk about the pictures and characters, and enjoy sharing books together.

We ask parents and carers to read with their child at least three times a week. Please record these reading experiences in your child's reading diary, including any other books or stories you enjoy together at home.

Reading together regularly is a wonderful way to develop your child's vocabulary, imagination, listening skills and love of books.

Thank you for your continued support in helping your child develop their reading skills and a lifelong love of reading.

P.E

Please make sure that your child wears their PE kit to school on their PE day, this will be every Tuesday and Thursday, after the October half term.

Kit: plain, dark coloured jogging bottoms, a jumper or hoody and outdoor trainers and socks.

Polite requests

Please send your child with a small labelled bag and water bottle (filled with water only). Please provide your child with spare clothes, in their bag every day. 

Please label ALL of your child's belongings.

Please inform of any changes in advance of the adult that will be collecting at the end of the day (children under the age of 16, will not be permitted to collect a child). 

The outdoor environment is set up prior to arrival, please do not allow you child to play on the equipment.

As part of their curriculum, the children are encouraged to access outdoors, exploring and learning about the environment. We like to take the children outside whether it's sunny, rainy, windy or snowy. Having a coat in school will facilitate this. 

Please encourage independence with health and self-care, including dressing and toileting.

We value your contributions to your child's learning journal via Tapestry. Each class has an E-mail address (see below) to allow you to send us pictures of your children doing things at home.

owls@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk

badgers@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk

robins@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk