Transition to Reception Class

Transition to Reception • Reception TA’s as lunch time supervisors• Team Teaching in the Foundation Stage • Reception prayers• Visits to the Reception Classes (every

Thursday) • Attending assemblies• Proud achievements to show RC/RL

teachers

Writing • Refine name writing- no capitals please• Purposeful writing and mark making – role play etc• Pencil grip • What can you do to help your child naturally use the tripod grip? Instead of sitting at a

table to draw, have the child draw and play with a fat crayon on a vertical surface — an easel, a large piece of paper taped to the wall, a wall-mounted white board or a chalkboard. We've found that a fat crayon works better than a felt-tip marker or pencil, so we highly recommend the use of crayon.

• All Foundation Stage children should use triangular shaped pencils (available in writing, colouring and felt tips). This will foster and encourage a correct grip.

•Activities to develop pencil grip:

• Play dough – pinching, squeezing with thumb and forefinger. Who can make the longest snake?

• Threading – beads, pasta, straws. Let’s all make a necklace. • Picking up small objects – use tweezers and pipettes/eye droppers. How many peas

can you put in this pot? • Finger rhymes – stretching, curling fingers. • Water play – using spray toys and spray bottles. Let’s go outside and water the flowers. • Craft activities – glue sticks and paint brushes. Make a collage with lots of fine papers

and decorate it with sequins. • Icing cakes – using a plastic dispenser to push and squeeze out the icing. • Strengthening activities – swinging from the climbing frame or grasping to climb and

crawl.

Phonics • Letter and sounds- phase 1- rhyming

and alliteration. Start Phase 2• Jolly phonics- emphasis on letter

‘sounds’ rather than letter names.

• Refine pronunciation of sounds avoiding ‘uh’e.g: sssssssss not ‘s-uh’

Reading • Oxford Reading Tree Book- Level 1 every

Monday in PACT Folders- add comments and feedback

• Discuss details in illustrations, illustrator, author, predict how the story may end, give names to the characters, what do you think will happen next? How do you think he/she is feeling? Why?

• Using pictures for clues- all help as visual cues when learning to read.

Counting

• Problem solving skills – adding one more than, finding the total number- practical application of skills

• Recognising number beyond 20, understanding their value

• Teddies in the box game

Helping at homeSome useful websites

• www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8- Jolly Phonics letter sounds

• www.letters-and-sounds.com• www.bbc.co.uk/schools - early years • www.topmarks.co.uk – counting

games

• Attendance and Uniform • Parents Questions • Thanks for attendance • Reception welcome meeting

Tuesday 30th June Infant hall at 9.15am