Welcome to Reception!

We are so pleased that you have chosen West Town Lane Academy to begin your child's Primary School learning journey. Here you will find helpful information regarding your child's learning, key dates and events.

Adults in Reception:

Dragonfly Class

Class Teacher- Mrs C Owen

Class TAs - Mrs Andrews (M, T, Th, F) & Miss Cox (W)

Bumblebee Class

Class Teacher- Miss A Nicholls

Class TA- Mrs Saunders (picture to follow)

Caterpillar Class

Class Teacher - Miss K Woodbridge 

Class TA- Mrs M Rayner (M, T, W) & Miss Cox (Th, F)

Our Enquiry this term is 'Who's the Meanest Story Villain?'. We will begin our enquiry by diving into Knights, Dragons and Castles! We will be exploring various stories and characters throughout this term such as kings, queens, wizards, the three little pigs, the big bad wolf, Jack, the Giant, Little Red Riding Hood and so on. We will also explore and consider alternative versions of traditional tales. Is the giant really the bad guy? Was Little Red Riding Hood rotten? Did the Big Bad Wolf mean to blow the pigs houses down? We will complete our enquiry with a Fairy-tale Celebration in the last week of term.

In phonics we will continue with our Phase 3 phonics and will move onto Phase 3 Mastery once completed. We will be applying the use of these new sounds in our reading and writing. We will concentrate on sentence writing, reading our writing back and the correct spelling of Common Exception Words. We will also practise and apply using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

In mathematics we will be recapping addition and subtraction with a focus on one less. We will also be applying our knowledge of subtraction to solve word problems. We will be exploring subtilising and matching numerals to quantities. We will also be comparing heights and looking at what makes a pair.