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Welcome to GO ReceptionWhat to expect and how you can best support your child’s learning

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• There are 42 sounds and 26 letters in the English language

• Starting in Week 3: Practice the sound each night using the take home book. The book comes to school and goes home everyday in the blue folder

• Practice the CORRECT letter formation each night

• Practice the words in the end of the book each Friday/weekend

• Practice blending sounds eg “We’re going to the sh-o-p” not “s-h-o-p”

• Please keep and refer to the pamphlet we give you at interviews

+READERS• Readers will be sent home in

Week 5. • Up to level 10, students are to

read each book 3 times• Beyond level 10 students read

each book once• Students will go up a level

when they are reading their current level at a minimum 95% accuracy and have good comprehension and fluency

• We check each child’s sight words and listen to them read approximately every week and a half

• Please don’t adjust your child’s reader level yourself

Use the reading keys

strategies (inside reader

covers)Look for sight

wordsRead signs, computer screens,

instructions, books,

newspapers, magazines

and ANYTHING ELSE with your child

when you are out and about.

Cover a word and see if they can

guess it by reading the rest of the sentence

Read books that involve

rhyme.Read books to your child that

are above their reading

level.

+READERS• Readers will be sent home in

Week 5. • Up to level 10, students are to

read each book 3 times• Beyond level 10 students read

each book once• Students will go up a level

when they are reading their current level at a minimum 95% accuracy and have good comprehension and fluency

• We check each child’s sight words and listen to them read approximately every week and a half

• Please don’t adjust your child’s reader level yourself

Use the reading keys

strategies (inside reader

covers)Look for sight

wordsRead signs, computer screens,

instructions, books,

newspapers, magazines

and ANYTHING ELSE with your child

when you are out and about.

Cover a word and see if they can

guess it by reading the rest of the sentence

Read books that involve

rhyme.Read books to your child that

are above their reading

level.

+ Magic 100 Words and More Magic 100 Words

• Practice them in different orders or write on pieces of paper• Visualise the shape of the words and order of the letters• Many are NOT phonic (Cheeky words)• Students move onto the next level when they can read ALL the words on

the card WITHOUT sounding out

+Writing• We encourage children to be risk takers and

“have a go” at unknown words. Stretch out the word and write the sounds you can hear. Praise the effort and focus on what they got right.

• We focus on recount and narrative as specific writing genres in reception, however students will have many writing opportunities across the day

• We use the Daily 5 method for teaching literacy, which includes daily opportunities to ‘Work on Writing’. This may take the form of writing letters, lists, making cards, making books and more.

• We teach handwriting with correct letter formation and “froggy grip” for pencils

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Topic Talks• Please support your child to prepare their topic

talk each week

• The topic talks really drive our units of inquiry and by helping to find information, pictures or objects to share you are role modeling being an inquirer

• Speaking and listening is an important part of the English curriculum

• We are more than happy to share pictures/movies/documents etc using the Interactive Whiteboard. Simply send in a USB stick, iPod, CD, DVD etc or email your file to us and we will assist your child to display their topic talk information on the big screen.

• You can find topic talk rosters and information on the blog.

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MathematicsAs with reading look for as many maths learning situations in your environment as you can. Shops, Letter boxes, sharing food equally, shapes in signs etc.

We teach maths using a problem solving and inquiry based approach.

Children will have weekly opportunities to work on ‘problematised sitauations’. These are problems created by teachers which involve engaging, child friendly scenarios which make maths meaningful to children.

We will also have weekly opportunities to practice natural maths strategies, for example, subitising, skip counting, doubles and rainbow facts. More information about each of these strategies will be shared with you as the children learn each one.

+Communication

• Student learning• Class

communication

• Reception information• Classroom information• Important dates• Parent Resources• Student Resources

• Individual email between parent and teacher

• School communication

• Urgent communication between school and parents.

• Parents to notify school of student absences.

+Communication

• Transition Interviews• Acquaintance Night• Three Way Interviews

(parent-student-teacher)

• Three Way Interviews (parent-student-teacher)

• Written report

• Written Report

Term 1 Term 2

Term 3 Term 4

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Parent HelpWe love parent help!

• Volunteer for listening to reading and supporting literacy activities

• Let us know if you or anyone in your family has skills or employment related to our Units of Inquiry

• Volunteer for excursions,.• Volunteer for classroom

jobs eg. sharpening pencils etc.

• Donate consumables such as envelopes, making materials, craft supplies, paper etc

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Social Skills ProgrammeTaught alongside the learner profile and attitudes of the IB.

Teaching students to be the “boss of their own behaviour”