Reception (Earth Class)

Welcome to Earth Class

(2025-2026)

We are delighted that you and your child will be joining us in September. On behalf of the staff, Governors, children and parents it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to Great Kimble.

As a parent I know how important your child’s first experiences of school are and what a big step settling into school is for both you and your child.

Starting school is an exciting time for all and we want to ensure that you are prepared for this important next step on your family’s journey.

EYFS Curriculum

Autumn Term 1

Over Arching Theme: Amazing Me!

Learning for Life: Self-Regulation (My Feelings)

Nursery Rhyme Basket: Traditional Rhymes

Together we will…

Talking about transition and change.
Exploring our emotions, feelings and self-regulation strategies.
Building confidence and resilience.
Talking about ourselves, our bodies and our senses.
Sharing our special families and exploring diversity.
Looking at colour and colour mixing.
Talking about Religion & Worldviews and the importance of respecting differing beliefs.
Building our fine motor skills through mark making and pen disco.
Starting our Bug Club Phonics journey (Phase 2).
Developing our early Book Talk (VIPERS) skills and early writing skills using our new stories 'The Colour Monster' and 'Elmer'.
Investigate matching, sorting & comparing, patterns and measures, composition to 5 and 2D shapes during our White Rose Maths lessons.

Helpful Hints:

Please ensure that all uniform, water bottles and bags are clearly named.
In Earth class we play outside whatever the weather so please make sure your child has a suitable coat, sun hat and a water bottle (Learning through Play is thirsty work!)
Once Introduced - Reading books will be changed weekly, We aim to read with children 1-2-1 twice a week.
Once introduced - Bug Club e-books will be updated according to the phase and week the children are on.
When books are sent home, reading should be a daily occurrence. Ideally, your child should be reading aloud to an adult everyday, this should be recorded in the reading record.
Visits to Smokey Row will be on a Thursday.
PE will be on a Friday.
A Library session will take place each week.