Welcome to our Reception page at Downview Primary School!

Welcome to all our new children and thank you to all our parents and carers for helping us to ensure a fantastic smooth start to the Autumn Term. It has been lovely to see lots of smiling faces every day and to watch the children's confidence already growing further each day.

You will see from our Medium Term Plan that we are starting this term by focussing on teaching the children secure routines and ensuring that they feel comfortable, safe and secure in their new environment. 

Your child has a picture book in their book bag for you to read together and share at home. These books will be changed regularly and will be supplemented by a reading scheme book as we progress through the term. The children have just started to learn their initial sounds or may be adding to their knowledge and understanding by starting to blend these sounds to read words.

Look out for an email about Tapestry which is an online learning journal we use to record, track, and share your child’s learning and development through photos, videos, and observations. 

Homework

Please remember to read with your child every day for at least10 minutes. Don't forget to record each read in the front of your diary so you can carry on working up to your 100 reads book prize!

Phonics

At Downview we use the Song of Sounds phonics programme to teach the children to read and write. Song of Sounds is a systematic, synthetic phonics programme which begins in Reception. The programme introduces children to the sounds that they can hear in words (phonemes) and their written equivalent (graphemes). Children then learn how to blend the sounds together to read words and segment words in order to spell them.

You will find information about which sounds and tricky words we are covering each week in our Medium Term Plans. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

PE and Woodland Days

We will begin PE lessons and sessions in the Woodland classroom sessions in the second half of the Autumn Term and will let you know when your child will need to wear their PE kit and bring their welly boots! Please remember the children should wear their PE kit into school on their class PE day.

Food and Drink - Snacks

We offer a free piece of fruit or vegetable Eg: carrot, apple, satsuma, pea pods, tomato, pear. The children are often very happy to try new fruits and vegetables alongside their peers and we will encourage them to do so each day. If you decide to supplement this with a snack from home, this must be fruit and vegetables only please in a clearly named container.

Milk

Fresh milk is supplied through Cool Milk daily. Please sign your child up for this service if you would like it using the link below. When your child turns 5 years old, they will no longer be entitled to free milk. If you choose to continue with milk, you will have to subscribe on the Cool Milk website. 

Water Bottles

The children have access to their water bottles throughout the day, and they are already becoming confident in refilling their bottles as part of their morning routine.

Hot Dinners

In England, all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in state-funded school receive a universal free school meal. You must register and select the meals for your child, see the link below: 

Please also notify your class teacher if your child has any allergies.