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Reception

Welcome to Reception!

 

Hello everyone! Mrs Phillips, Miss Doyle, Mrs Drinkall and the staff team welcome all the Snowy Owls and Tawny Owls to Southcott and to the Reception class page. We are very proud of all of our pupils. We enjoy working in partnership with parents and carers and offer our thanks for all efforts in supporting children with their learning at home. 

 

Welcome to Reception Transition Document

The staff team. Hello from us!

The links below will help you to find out a bit more about starting school, who your teachers are and there are even some videos for you to enjoy - share a story with us!

Phonics

In Reception at Southcott children have daily phonics sessions. The scheme we use is Bug Club Phonics. Bug Club Phonics meets 100% of the DfE criteria for teaching systematic synthetic phonics and provides everything needed to help children succeed in early reading.

 

During 2024/25 we hope to invite parents into school to observe phonics being taught. This will support parents with their own understanding of how we teach phonics and how they can support their children at home to practise using phonics skills during their time in Reception. 

Online Learning Resources
  • Phonics Play Phonics Play games are useful for supporting learning in phonics.
  • Alphablocks Play along with the Alphablocks and have fun with the letters of the alphabet.
  • Topmarks This site has lots of learning games.
  • Cosmic Kids Yoga We have completed some of these yoga activities and stories at school and enjoyed them a lot. They can help to support your body and mind while you are at home.
  • Oak National Academy The sector-led Oak National Academy offers lots of video lessons across a broad range of subjects. The lessons cover children in Reception through to Year 10 and are free to use by both teachers and young people.

For more fun activities and things to do at home, you could try these websites:

 

Cbeebies Games and Quizzes

National Geographic Kids

Funology

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