Reception Newsletter 20/04/2026

Summer Term – Trapped

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been lovely to see our amazing Reception learners return to school after the break happily. We have loved hearing all their news and what they have been up to!
The arrival of a letter sent by ‘R’ saying she was trapped somewhere in the school grounds launched our exciting new Quest!  After talking about the photographic clues, the children went outdoors and found her stuck in a hanging basket! The children came up with lots of creative ideas as to how to rescue her and worked together as a team to bring her down safely. 

The children have enjoyed the performance of Rapunzel and is this steering our learning into sharing different stories and letting our imaginations take us to fun and magical places.
This term we will also be inspired by the artist Matisse, learning about colour and shape to create our own masterpieces for Norbury Fest. 

We are learning to:

• We continue to recall number facts within 10, exploring ways to make 10.  E.g. 7 and 3 make 10.
• Simple addition and subtraction practically – How many more/less?  And then written calculations within 10.
• Sharing and grouping amounts practically.
• Selecting, rotating and manipulating shapes to develop spatial reasoning skills.
• Writing a simple sentence using their knowledge of phonics and tricky words taught so far.  Starting to learn that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
• Exploring in outdoor learning and looking for signs of summer, including finding out about minibeasts and their habitats.
• Learning to care and understand about our earth, in particular the creatures in our environment.

 
Bug Club and Weekly Reading

Please can we encourage you to use Bug Club as it is such a valuable resource ensuring the bug’s eyes get closed.  We would like you to aim at reading with your child three times a week in line with the school policy.  As the books become longer, a few pages or for 10 minutes would be ideal!  Many thanks for supporting us with your child’s reading development.
 
As ever, it is a busy term with lots of learning and activities planned for our children.  If you feel you need any support or have any concerns about your child, please contact us. 
 
Many thanks as always for your continued support
 
The Reception Team

Dates for your diary...

Monday 4th May
Bank Holiday

Friday 15th May
School Disco

Monday 25th May – Friday 5th June
Half Term Break

Monday 8th June
INSET Day

Tuesday 9th June
Children’s first day back

Friday 19th June
Reception children’s visit to
Imagine That!

Wednesday 24th June
Class Photo

Friday 3rd July
Summer Fair 5-7 pm

Wednesday 8th July
Norbury Fest

Wednesday 22nd July
Sports Day

Thursday 23rd July
​School closes for the summer break