Reception Newsletter 05/01/2026

Spring Term – Are You Ready to Travel the World?
 
Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas and would like to wish you a Happy New Year.
Firstly, thank you once again to all the parents who gave the most thoughtful gifts and vouchers to our Early Years Team.  We really felt so valued and appreciated by your generosity!

Our snowy and icy start to our spring term links in perfectly with our first part of our theme to weather and travelling around the world, both here and in the Arctic. We are learning to wrap up warmly and consider our clothing choices and even our class bear Norbury has been fully kitted out too, as he prepares for his travels!

We are beginning to learn about:
· Finding out about different types of houses; where we live and around the world
· Finding out more about different countries in colder and warmer climates
· Exploring animal habitats and ways of life in colder and warmer climates
· Creating our own junk models
· Practically adding and subtracting two sets of objects
· Practising to put the bigger number in our head and count on from this
number when adding
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Our PE this half term is gymnastics, we are exploring:
· The different ways our body moves
· How to travel in different ways
· Different apparatus and how to use them safely, such as the mats and benches
· Different types of jumping.
 
Reading books
Please aim to read with your child at least three times a week.  Books can be changed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Please sign your child’s reading book at home to let us know that you have heard them read, even if they haven’t yet completed the book. Comments are always welcome and useful for us too, but we appreciate that there may not always be time for this.

Play – Opal Project
Just a reminder that we are collecting donated toys for our new Opal Project (see above bingo board) and we welcome any contributions you may have on Wednesday 28th January.

Thank you so much for your ongoing support,
The Reception Team

Key dates for your diary

Thursday 22nd  January
Early Years and Key Stage 1 Movie Night

Friday 23rd January
OPAL Working Day

Wednesday 28th January
Opal Project Collection

Friday 13th February
School finishes for half term

Monday 23rd February
Return to school

Thursday TBC March
Parent/Teacher meetings