Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA)
The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is statutory for all schools from September 2021.
It is a short, interactive and practical assessment of your child’s early
literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills when they begin
school, using materials that most children of your child’s age will be familiar with.
All Reception children will be participating in the reception baseline assessment (RBA) within the first 6 weeks of starting school.
The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a new measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between reception and year 6 / the end of key stage 2.
For further information about the RBA, please see this guide.
Introduction to Reception – Zoom session
We’d like to welcome new Reception parents to our school by inviting you to a short Zoom session on Wednesday 15 September at 6pm. This session will be a 30 minute introduction to Reception at our Sphere Federation schools.
The sessions will outline the recent changes to the EY’s Framework and the introduction of a Reception Baseline Assessment. It’ll also offer you a few top tips on how you can support your child at home.
The session starts at 6pm. It will last around 20-25 minutes, plus there will be a questions and answer session at the end of around 5-10 minutes.
If you’re interested in attending this Zoom session, please either send us a message on the School Gateway app or email the school office. We’ll then email the Zoom joining details out to all those who have expressed an interest.
Watch out for further workshops relating to both English and Maths on your child’s class website page in the coming weeks.
Transition: Week 1
This week, we welcomed our first group of Reception children. It was lovely to see all of you in your new uniforms! They’ve settled so well and have already started to show us what amazing things they can do! As always, the Reception classroom is a busy learning environment.
Click here to watch what we’ve been up to.
Every morning, we will encourage your child to be independent when doing their daily jobs. The jobs include: hanging up their coat, finding their name, choosing their lunch, and voting for a story. When you drop off your child, a member of staff will always be available for a quick chat.
Things to remember…
- PE will be every Wednesday – your child should come to school in their PE kit. Our first PE session will be on Wednesday 22 September.
- A pair of wellies are essential in Foundation! We go outside to play in all weather!
- Your child will need a labelled water bottle each day. Please ensure the bottle only contains water – no juice, please!
- The school day is 8.50 am – 3.15 pm.
- Don’t forget to encourage independence when your child is getting ready for school!
Don’t forget to attend the Reception Zoom session next Wednesday.
It will provide an overview of some of the key aspects in early years.
We look forward to welcoming group 2 and 3 children next week!
Welcome!
I hope you’ve all had a happy and healthy summer. I’m looking forward to seeing you all and welcoming you into your new classroom.
Below is a list of key points to remember:
- You will wait with your child in the Reception playground until the classroom door opens at 8:50am.
- PE will be every Wednesday. Your child should come to school in PE kit every Wednesday. However, PE will not start straight away. We’ll let you know when we’ll be starting PE.
- The school uniform policy is on our website. Please check if you are unsure about any items of clothing or footwear.
What does my child need?
- A waterproof coat
- A pair of wellies
- A water bottle
- A small bag containing a full change of clothes (including a top, trousers/leggings, underwear and socks)
- A sun hat on sunny days
Please make sure all of the above things are NAMED.
If you have any questions, please ask at the start or end of the day.
See you soon!
Thank you!
I can’t believe it’s the last day of school!
Even though the school year has been a bit of a crazy one, this video highlights what a fantastic year you’ve all had!
I just want to say that I am so proud of all of you and how you’ve persevered with all of your learning both in school and at home.
Thank you to all the F2 children for being such an amazing class! I sure will miss you next year.
I will make sure I pop my head into your new classroom to see how you’re all getting on.
On the other hand, I am excited to welcome back our F1 children and continue their learning journey in Reception.
Have the best summer Foundation!
Our trip to the park
Click here to see how much fun we had at the park!
Animal Day
Click here to watch some of the highlights from our ‘roarsome’ day.
Health week
We’ve had a happy and healthy week doing lots of fun activities.
Personal Challenges
On Monday, Thursday, and Friday we had a go at 3 challenges: speed bounce, standing long jump, and a stork balance. The children recorded their scores on their personal challenge cards to see if they managed to beat their previous scores.
Sports day
Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch.
We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Click here to watch some of the highlights.
Dance workshop
On Tuesday, a lady from Wetherby Arts Festival came to teach Foundation some contemporary dance moves. Throughout the session, we used our imaginations to create different moves.
At the end of the workshop, we used all the skills we had learnt to create our own simple routines.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
F2 Parents
Please can all reading books be returned by Wednesday 21 July.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend in the sunshine.
Space, doctors and hot air balloons
Literacy
Our focus story this week was The Great Balloon Hullabaloo by Peter Bently.
On the carpet, we looked at the solar system and found out lots of new facts. The children have loved learning about space and were eager to find out more information by asking questions. We used Google to help us find out some of the answers.
On Tuesday, we did a space quiz to see if we had remembered all the key facts. The children smashed it and scored 6 out of 6!
The F2 children used their imaginations to draw and write about what they if they went on an adventure to space.
Creative
At the beginning of the week, the creative challenge was to make a hot air balloon. All of the children were fabulous at following instructions and successfully made their very own hot air balloons.
Role-play
This week, we’ve been at the doctors’ surgery. It’s been super busy all week… at one point the waiting room was full!
Sticking to the space theme, the challenge at the playdough table was to make odd and even aliens.
“My alien is even because it has 4 arms.”
“My alien is odd and even.”
“My alien is odd because it has one leg.”
“My alien is odd because it has 3 legs.”
Home-Link Challenge
Reminders!
- Your child can come to school in their PE kit all week.
- Sports day 10.30-11.30 – only 1 parent to attend
- Please make sure your child brings a sun hat and water bottle to school every day!
- 16.07.21 – outdoor transition activity for the F2 children.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
If you’re watching the final, I hope you enjoy the game!
Is it too early to say…it’s coming home?
BREAKING NEWS!
On Thursday morning, we had a hedgehog visit our outdoor area. The children were amazed! We named the hedgehog Harry and watched a video all about hedgehogs. All-day the children kept looking under the bush until they found… A FAMILY OF HEDGEHOGS!
