Reception
Welcome to Reception!
Meet the Staff
Reception 1 Teacher: Mrs Deakin (Assistant Headteacher)
Reception 1 Teaching Assistants: Mrs Douglas and Miss Whyment
Reception 2 Teacher: Miss Pask
Reception 2 Teaching Assistants: Miss Hallworth and Miss Sherratt
Additional Support Teachers: Mrs Flemming
What You Need to Know
In the mornings, classroom doors will open at 8.30am for children to arrive, and then close at 8.45am.
In the afternoons, doors will open at 3.15pm for home time.
Please send your child to school in their PE kit on Thursday for PE lessons. PE kit is a plain white t-shirt with blue or black shorts.
NFER Baseline Assessments
During the first few weeks of Reception, we will carry out NFER Baseline Assessments. These involve fun, practical activities led by an adult, which will give an overview of your child’s early skills in Maths, Literacy, Communication and Language. These assessments will help us plan for your child’s next steps in learning.
Please click here for more information.
What We Are Learning About - Summer 2
RELIGION
" They went out and proclaimed the Good news everywhere while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by signs that accompanied." Mark 16:20
This half term, the children will be learning about the Christian celebration of Pentecost. Pentecost marks a very special moment when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to his disciples after He returned to heaven. The disciples were filled with courage and joy, and they began to share the message of Jesus with others. This is why Pentecost is often called "the birthday of the Church", because it was the beginning of people coming together to follow Jesus and spread the Good News.
As part of this topic, the children will also reflect on what "Good News" means to them in their own lives. They’ll be thinking about happy moments, kind messages, and celebrations they’ve experienced, and how they can share that joy with others — just like the disciples did.
Our Prayer Garden
In our outdoor area, we have set up a prayer garden where the children will be encouraged to engage in prayer and worship. We will hold special celebration here, such as Harvest, Remembrance Day and the Crowning of Our Lady.
Our topic for this half-term is "On the Farm." Please click here to see our Knowledge Organiser for this half term.
Maths
This half term in Maths, the children will be learning about odd and even numbers. They will explore how even numbers can be shared equally, while odd numbers cannot. Through practical activities and discussions, the children will begin to understand what makes a number odd or even.
The children will also be learning to count in different ways, including counting in fives and tens. They will practise rote counting (saying the numbers out loud in order) and also learn how to count groups or sets of objects in twos and tens, helping to build their understanding of number patterns and grouping.
Useful Maths Websites:
In Communication, Language and Literacy,
This half term, the children will be learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar. We are excited for our caterpillars to arrive in school so we can observe each stage of their transformation. The children will be introduced to new vocabulary such as egg, pupa, cocoon, life cycle, and hatch. As part of our learning, we will be writing our own life cycle explanations to describe the changes we observe.
Handy hints for helping your child with early reading at home.
Useful Literacy and Communication Websites:
In Phonics, we are learning to read and write Set 1 sounds. When the children are confident with reading and writing these sounds on their own, they will move on to learning set 2/3 sounds. Children's Phonics knowledge is assessed every six weeks to ensure they are always in a Phonics group that is suitable for their ability.
We are encouraging children to use “pure sounds” as used in this video. Please share the video below with your child and encourage them to say these sounds out loud as often as possible.
Video: Parent video: How to say the sounds
It is really important that your child has the correct pencil grip for writing. Share this short video with your child to practise holding a pencil correctly. Encourage them to use their pinchy parrot fingers!
WE ARE TAKING PART IN MANCHESTER'S BUDDY PRACTICE PROGRAMME.
Healthy Teeth
At Christ the King, we want to promote the importance of good oral hygiene. We would appreciate it if you could share these videos with your child and talk about the importance of brushing your teeth in the morning and at night. You can also discuss how different foods and drinks can be good or bad for your teeth. With this in mind, please ensure your child only brings water and healthy snacks to school.
Video: Top Toothbrushing Tips
Our visit from the Dental Nurse
The Dental Nurse is coming to visit our class this half term. She will teach us about how to keep our teeth healthy with our diet and cleaning routines.
Staying Safe
To promote safety around laundry and cleaning products, we are using the resource Staying Safe with Sam. In addition to reading different stories on this theme, we have been learning a chant to help the children remember what to do.
Children will receive a resource pack to take home for parents. This contains a mini storybook, an activity sheet, a poster copy, a fact sheet, and an 'I stayed safe with Sam' sticker.
Culcheth Lane, Manchester, Lancashire M40 1LU
0161 681 2779
For telephone enquiries please ask for Mrs Potter.
contact@christtheking.manchester.sch.uk
At point of contact, enquires and queries will be dealt with by Mrs. Potter.
For a paper copy of any information on this website, please contact the school office.
SEN enquiries will be passed on to the school SENDCo Mrs Holroyd.