Class 2 – Reception & Year 1 – St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Welcome to Class 2 – Reception & Year 1

We are a mixed class of Reception and Year One children. We are part of the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One. Our teacher is Mrs Close and our teaching assistants are Mrs Dunne and Mrs Cassidy.

Reception

This year in reception we are going to continue to develop in all 7 areas of learning and continue to develop the fundamental skills and knowledge we need to be ready for Year 1. We will be developing our mathematics and literacy skills thorough maths mastery and Little Wandle phonics.

The teaching, learning and provision in our reception classes will help your children develop the skills they need for school readiness and ultimately ready for Year 1. The 7 educational programmes from the EYFS statutory framework curriculum are:

Prime Areas:
• Communication and language
• Physical Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional development

Specific Areas:
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive Arts and Design

Early Learning Goals

By the end of Reception, we are aiming for children to meet the Early Learning Goals and have the fundamental skills and knowledge they need to be ready for Year 1 and the national curriculum. To find out what the Early Learning Goals look like and for some ideas of activities you can do at home to help your child, click on the links below:

Year 1

This year in Year 1 we are going to build on the skills we learnt in reception and become much more independent during number challenges, writing and reading. We are looking forward to tackling new subjects such as; History, Geography and Science.

We will aim to work hard, become independent learners and make lots of new friends.

We have PE on a Monday. If you could please send your child’s PE kit in on Mondays and we will keep them in school for the half term.

Keep checking our website and newsletters to find out more. Thank you for visiting our class page. Please feel free to pop into class if you have any questions 🙂

Curriculum Newsletters:

Class 2 Autumn Curriculum Newsletter

Class 2 Spring Curriculum Newsletter

Class 2 Summer Newsletter

Lighting the Path Curriculum Newsletter

Lighting the Path Curriculum Newsletter Spring 1

Long Term Overview

Class 1 and 2 Curriculum Overview

Phonics Overview

Little Wandle Overview for Reception and Year 1

Maths

Mastering Number Reception Overview