Reception

              It is Spring term and a brand new year.......2025, this school year is well under way and we will

               be continuing our hard hardwork with our learning just like we did in the Autumn term!

              This half term our topic is all about 'Dinosaurs'. On Wednesday 29th January we will be visiting                           Cardiff Museum to take part in a Dinosaur workshop and explore fossils.

              During our 2nd half term in the Spring term our topic will be 'Splish Splash'.

• In Maths this term we will be looking at numbers to 20, shape, measures and grouping and sorting.
• In literacy we will be learning our letter sounds as well as beginning to write. We will be practising writing our names too, this is very important!
• Our RE topics for the term are 'Galilee to Jerusalem' and 'Desert to Garden'. 

We will be implementing the four purposes of the new curriculum for Wales to inform our teaching.

• This will allow all children to be:
• ambitious, capable learners - through exploring who we are and how we grow and learn
• enterprising, creative contributors - such as   exploring the story  the day the crayons quit and Owl Babies 
• ethical, informed citizens - taking part in a variety of outdoor learning activities, growing, exploring and  caring for the environment and living out our own Class Charter based on the UNICEF: Children's Rights
• healthy, confident individuals - learning about staying safe in school and how we grow and change from babies to now

Homework will be set on Seesaw every Friday and we will be introducing letter join to the children too. This is an app that can be used at home to practice their precursive handwriting.  

Please remember to label all your child's items with their name and ensure that they have a coat (not their best!) for outdoor learning.

We are looking forward to a fantastic first term and supporting the children in becoming the very best that they can be at St John Lloyd.

Ms Floyd, Miss Davies and Miss Folwer