Reception
Welcome to Dover Park
Early Years Foundation Stage
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Our Teachers are Mrs Cooper and Mrs Cooper and our Support Staff are Mrs Skipper, Mrs Wilson and Mrs Afonso.
There are 31 children in our class and we work hard as part of a team! We love learning and are very independent in all that we do!
Learning in reception
Autumn Term
Here are some of photos of the events and activities that we have taken part in during the Autumn Term.
Making bread rolls
As part of our work on harvest we read the story of the little red hen. The children did some great acting out and made puppets to retell the story. They enjoyed finding out how bread is made and how we get flour from wheat. The children were all very excited to make their own bread rolls!
The children had an amazing time when Ben from the treehouse theatre visited. He did some great storytelling and played his guitar so the children could sing along and everyone joined in. The children chose storytelling outfits to wear and were very involved in the story. The children laughed lots and were animated from beginning to end!
Going on a shape hunt
As part of their maths work on 2D shape, the children went off around the school on a shape hunt, they found that there really are shapes all around us!
Spring Term
During the first half of this term the children have had great fun learning about people who help us. They have been busy learning about the important jobs that people do to keep us healthy and safe.
Baby clinic and medical centre
Our local PCSO came to visit and spoke about his job. He let the children try on some different police clothing and showed them some of the equipment he has to carry on him. The highlight was of course sitting in the police car!
FireFighter Visit
Chinese New Year
Superheroes
Superhero Day
Festival Time
Understanding the world
Throughout the year the children have been doing lots of exploration and investigating. They have enjoyed making rafts, flying kites, investigating magnets, growing vegetables, caring for tadpoles and lots lots more!
Balanceability in PE
School Room in a Care Home
Library Day
We will visit the school library every Tuesday. Please can library books be returned on a Monday.
PE Day
PE is on Friday mornings with Mr Goldsmith.
Please make sure your child's PE kit is in school at all times. We will be having PE outside so please provide your child with warmer clothing for the cooler weather!
Bug Club
The children will soon be issued with a Bug Club password.
Bug Club is a finely levelled, phonically based online reading world with interactive activities. Each child has a personalised homepage where they'll find the e-Books they've been allocated by the teacher and motivating
rewards. This ensures that each child can find a book at exactly the right level for them. The online reading world ensures children can access independent reading resources anywhere at any time. New books will be allocated regularly. Bug Club books have a fantastic range of titles and within each level there is a carefully planned progression of books. This fine progression gives children plenty of opportunity to develop their reading skills and master each fine step while moving through the reading programme.
Parent/Carer guide to Tapestry
Home Learning
All of the children have their own Sound Book. Please make sure these are in the children's book bags every Friday so the new sounds taught that week can be added. Let us know how they are getting on. Any questions, please just ask - the mornings are very busy as you know and its not always possible for me to speak for very long so if you need a few minutes please feel free to arrange a time after school for a chat. Thank you.