Reception - Tigers
Our Foundation Stage is made up of two reception classes
– Lions and Tigers and a morning Nursery – Cubs.
This is the class page for Reception – Tigers. 
The team –
Mrs Charlotte Lightowler – Tiger Class Teacher
Mrs Michelle Handley – Nursery Nurse
Mrs Kelly Rowland - EYFS Leader & Lions Class Teacher
Mrs Catherine Somerfield - Cubs Class Teacher
Dates for your diary...
Monday 4th June - Back to School
Friday 8th June - Art Gallery
Friday 20th July – School closes for Summer
50p contributions every Monday
Milk can be ordered online (the term your child turns 5 years old)
Our library is every Wednesday. Please come in and borrow a book!
PE kits can be brought in on a Monday and taken home on a Friday. This will be indoor PE so your child will need a white t-shirt and navy shorts/leggings
When your child is given a reading book you can put this in the tray when your child is ready for a new book. Can they sound out the letters in words and blend them together to read? Can they answer questions about the book?
Phonics homework will be given out every Friday. Books need to be in the tray by Wednesday each week
Autumn Term
Our first day in Tigers
This half term we will be beginning with getting to know each other and the teachers by sharing 'Marvellous Me' boxes. Mrs Lightowler will be sharing her Marvellous Me box with objects to share telling the children about herself. This the half term, each child in Tigers will have a chance to to take a 'Marvellous Me' box home with them to find objects which they can and share with the rest of the Tigers to tell everyone about themselves!
Attendance
Congratulations to all the Tigers who acheived 100% attendance this half term!!!
This half term's Star Writer!
We are 'blasting off' this half term with 'Space Week'.
This will be a fantastic opportunity for children to do 'out of this world' activities!!!
We will be reading "Whatever Next!" by Jill Murphy.
Festivals
This half term we have been learning about different festivals...
Bonfire Night
Diwali
Christmas
Christmas
We have enjoyed learning about the traditions of Christmas.
Decorating the Christmas tree 🎄
Listening to and acting out the Christmas story - the nativity.
nativity.
Meeting Father Christmas!
Spring Term
This half term we will be learning about...
Winter
To start the half term we will be exploring how the seasons change, we shall be going on a Winter walk and looking for signs of winter. We will be sharing lots of winter books including...
fingers crossed that we even experience some snow!!!
Poetry Week
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Chinese New Year
Attendance
Congratulations to all the Tigers who acheived 100% attendance this half term!!!
Book Week
To begin this half term , the whole school will be holding book week.
In reception we will be sharing Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne.
To celebrate world book day, we will be having a dress as a book character day on Friday 2nd March
❄️On Wednesday 28th March the snow came!!!❄️
We had a great time experiencing the snow, making snowmen, snow angels and even threw snowballs! ☃
On Wedesday 21st March, Tigers and Lions went on a trip to Cannon Hall Farm!
We had a fabulous day take a look at our pictures below...
Our trip to Cannon Hall Farm
This half term we will also be learning about -
Mother's Day
Babies
Easter
Summer Term
Aspirations week
The first two weeks of this half term we will be looking at ‘Aspirations’ as part of a whole school project.
In Tigers we will be looking at the different jobs our family members do and “People who help us”.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Art Appreciation Week
During Art appreciation week, we shall be looking at the work of British sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
The Tiny Seed
This half term we shall be continuing with Eric Carle - The Tiny Seed
Traditional tales
For the remainder of the Summer 2nd half we shall be reading traditional tales - looking mainly at The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little Pigs.
The purpose of this booklet is to help you as a parent/carer find out more about how your child is learning and developing during their first five years, in relation to the EYFS. Children develop more rapidly during the first five years of their lives than at any other time. This booklet has been written to help you as a parent know what to expect during these vitally important years by focusing on the seven areas of learning and development which are covered in the EYFS. Take a look at the '40-60 months' section of this parents' guide.