Reception
Welcome to the Reception page of the Wilbury Website. Below you will find information about, and photos and videos of, children’s learning in Reception.
Click here for information on our Early Years Foundation Stage
Click here to view the yearly overview of learning
Click here to read the Summer Curriculum statement, which gives more details about what children are learning this term
Click here for Tapestry tutorials
To find out about how we teach phonics and how you can help, click here
Reception Home Reading
Please watch these videos to find out about home reading in Reception, in English and in Turkish (Türkçe olarak).
Welcome Videos!
To see our WELCOME VIDEOS, a story and welcome from your child’s teacher, click on your child’s class below:
Green Class
Yellow Class
Blue Class
Spring Term
Lifecycles
In Reception we have been learning about lifecycles. We had some real eggs in class and watched the chicks hatch. Then we observed the chicks and even held them! We read information books, learned lots of new words, and did lots of talking. We predicted what would happen to the eggs, and did some great writing too. Chicks are amazing!
World Book Day
We had a great day celebrating World Book Day. We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters. The Y6 children came to read stories to us and we even had a special guest reader! We had such a wonderful day.
Autumn Term
Wonderful performances of ‘The Sleepy Shepherd’ by our Reception classes in December! Amazing acting, narrating, music and singing – and SO well attended - full house for both performances! Well done to all involved!
Science Experiments
Linked to our core book Astro Girl, we carried out two experiments. First we made predictions and then we carried out our experiments outside. It was so exciting to watch what happened to our rocket it flew so high in the sky when we added vinegar and soda to our rocket bottle. The coca cola and mentos experiment was so much fun to watch too!
Sculptures
Linked to our focus artist Andrew Goldsworthy we created these wonderful sculptures using natural materials.
Reception children are settling in really well. They are exploring, playing, making friends and showing lots of confidence, concentration, collaboration and independence already!
