Hello and welcome to Belmont Reception!

Teachers this year:

Apples: Miss Dunk and Ms Wright
Oranges: Miss Masters and Mrs Pullen

The children are settling really well.  A few things to remember:

• Coats
• Bag
• Water bottle
• Bread sticks and rice cakes – please bring in a couple of packets as the children share these at afternoon snack time.  Children do not need to bring their own snacks in.
• Home school communication book – if you have a message for us, please remember to hand us the book in the morning at drop off.

Please could both Apples and Oranges all bring in book bags on a Wednesday.

Children should come dressed ready in their PE kit on the day that their class has PE.

Phonics Workshop

Thank you to everyone that came to the phonics workshop.  Please find a copy of the slides below.  All videos can be found in the parent section of the Litttle Wandle Website.

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Reception Baseline Assessments

As we mentioned at the Home School Partnership meeting, we are beginning the Reception Baseline Assessments this week.  If you would like more information about this, please click on the link below.

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Home School Partnership evening 

Thank you to everyone that attended the Home School Partnership evening.  We hope that you found the information helpful.

Here is a copy of the presentation: Home School Partnership 2025

Show and Tell

The children are encouraged to bring in something for Show and Tell during the week that they are on the rota.  This will then be shared at some point during that week.  It could be a memento of a trip, a photograph of a special outing or a favourite object or toy.  Please see the rota’s below.

Apples show and tell rota – Autumn term 25

Oranges show and tell rota – Autumn term 25 

Notices for week beginning 20th October 2025

Snack:

To ensure the children always have a snack available, could we ask that everybody brings in a packet of plain breadsticks/rice cakes that we can share with the class. The children are offered fruit in the mornings and breadsticks/rice cakes in the afternoon.

N.B We are a nut and sesame free school, so please check all ingredients.

Toys:

Please can you ensure that the children do not bring toys into school in their bags, as if they get broken or get lost this can cause upset.

Songs we have been singing this week:

Apples: One elephant went out to play and Ba Ba Black sheep

Oranges: The Wheels On the Bus and The Grand Old Duke of York

Book of the Week – Lighting a Lamp

Our learning challenges this week: 

1. To make a Rangoli pattern – The children will be creating Rangoli patterns using shapes.

2. To revise the sounds learnt this half term.

3. To design and create a diya lamp – The children will be designing their own diya lamp and then moulding it with clay.

Reading for pleasure books

As part of our focus on reading in school, we would like to develop the lending library of books within each class. This will enable the children to foster a passion and love of reading at Belmont and ensure that they have access to high quality texts.
Please find links to two book lists that have a variety of books that we would love to have in class.  Once a book has been donated to the class we will add a tick to show we now have it.  Please check the list to ensure that the book that you would like to donate is one that we don’t already have.
These books will be stamped to show who has generously donated them and shared with all the class.
The books come from the Recommended Books for Reception List which can be found here

2025-checklist Apples

2025-Checklist Oranges

Think Equal

Think Equal is a global initiative that seeks to end the discriminatory mindset across our world and ensure positive life outcomes for our children. Together with world experts Think Equal has designed a programme to teach social and emotional learning to early years (3-6-year-olds). Think Equal’s vision is a safe, free, equal, cohesive and sustainable world. Through the power of narrative we provide young children with a profound grounding in social and emotional skills and competencies including: equality, empathy, and peaceful conflict resolution. We provide the concrete tools with which to build a strong foundation for individual and societal progress, making communities safer, healthier, more equal and just.

This complimentary resource has been put together to help you to support your child’s social and emotional development in the home in fun and engaging ways. It  is to be used alongside the Think Equal programme and stories being used in school.

The Home Kit serves as a platform to reinforce topics covered in the classroom, fostering meaningful conversations at home. Through a variety of resources, games, and exercises, you can nurture your child’s growth and help them become empathetic, compassionate, and resilient individuals.

This week’s learning:

This week the children will be learning about how to understand and manage big emotions.

Our Think Equal book of the week:

Home Learning

Home Kit – These feelings