Badsey First School
Reception Class
Welcome to our EYFS class page
We are happy members of the school, always supporting each other and trying our best to be kind and responsible! We love learning and we hope you enjoy looking at all of the wonderful things we do in reception.
Spring Term News
Wow, what fun filled term we have had in reception. We have enjoyed learning all about space facts in Reception this term and understanding th difference between fiction and non-fiction. We have used our scientific skills to sort “space rocks” and created lots of different artwork using different materials.
We have been building our number knowledge and learning all about 2D and 3D shape. We are very good at using our words to describe shapes now and enjoyed lots of fun games whilst we were learning all about their properties.
We were also very excited to host the Early Years Music Festival which is run by Severn Arts Music. We had over 180 children in our school hall and enjoyed dressing up as Fairytale characters and we had so much fun singing all the different songs we had practiced. Thank you for all of your efforts with this, the costumes were fantastic!
The children have loved having ‘Balanceability’ training on the bikes. The children have shown real determination and the improvement in all the children’s skills has been amazing. We will be continuing this after the holidays. The Cross Country event which all the children took part in was another celebration of the children demonstrating fantastic team spirit and a brilliant have a go attitude.
We have also enjoyed our together afternoon with nursery and asked them to join us over at Forest School. We had lots of fun taking part in easter crafts, singing, games and even some writing about the afternoon. Our favourite part was, of course, the egg hunt and treat at the end. It was great to see the children being such super role models to the younger children, supporting them and working together as a team. Well done Reception!
As we approach Easter and a well-deserved break, we have lots of fun activities to look forward to in the Summer Term. We are going to visit Cotswold Farm Park, and we can’t wait! We hope you have a lovely Easter, and we can’t wait to see you all after the holidays!
Please find our overview for this academic year here
Phonics Resources
Below is a link to an ELS video which demonstrates the correct pronunciation of our first phase of sounds.
ELS Phase 2 Pronunciation Video
ELS Phase 3 Pronunciation Video
News from EYFS
Welcome back to the Spring term!
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. The children have settled back into school life this week and they have enjoyed telling us about their time off over Christmas.
We are continuing with phonics and adding more diagraphs to our sound knowledge. It is really important that we get the chance to practise this at home with you! Please continue to read little and often. This builds children's confidence and feeds directly into writing. This can be the time of year where some children become a little frustrated if they have gaps in their phonic knowledge.
We have shown some fantastic number skills already this week. We are using our number knowledge to begin to problem solve.
We have lots of exciting learning to look forward to this term. We will read traditional tales this term. We have started with "The Three Little Pigs" and we will be looking at types of houses; including houses in the past. If you have any old shoe boxes or small parcel boxes can you please send them in with your child. We will be constructing our own small houses this term.
As we have lots of cold weather this term we are going to learn about scientific changes such as freezing and melting. We are learning about snowflakes too!
Forest School will continue as normal EVERY Monday afternoon. Please remember to wrap up warm and dress for the weather. We will still attend even when it is cold!
Remember to bring your library book in so you can change it when we visit on a Monday too.
As always, if you are unsure about anything or need to talk, we will always be happy to help if we can.
Thank you, EYFS team.
NEWS FLASH
Reading is hugely important in reception and we really encourage you to read little and often with your child. If they are too tired or you are pushed for time, have you thought about using flashcards to practise sounds?
Owl Class 2024-25
The Enormous TurnipSettling in
Owl Class 2023-24
Forest School-Making bird feedersJunk Modelling Giant's Castles
Forest School- Bug HotelsReception and Nursery together afternoon
World Book Day 2024 Photos- Click here!
Chinese New Year Photos -Click here!
Smart Trees Trip Photos -Click here!
Christmas Sing along and Craft Workshop- Click here!
Forest School Workshop Photographs-Click here!
Fire Engine Photographs-Click here!
Den Building in Forest School
ELS Phase 2 sound pronunciation video
The Curriculum
The EYFS recognises that children need to be able to use concrete experiences to provide the building blocks for their learning. Based on this, the learning ethos behind EYFS encourages a mix of play-based and adult led learning.
Here are some documents you might find useful to have a look at to help your understanding of the EYFS curriculum and how best to support your child in their first year at Badsey First School.
welcome booklet badsey 2324.pdf
eyfs maths overview 23 24 1 .pdf