Carnarvon Primary School

Reception

Welcome to Reception!

Welcome to the Reception Web Page. Here you will find lots of helpful information about all of the wonderful learning we will be doing.

Our main topic this half term is Me and My Community. This project supports children with settling into the new rules and routines of school and encourages them to make new friends and feel confident in their class. It teaches children about being helpful, kind and thoughtful at home and at school. This project also teaches children how they are unique and special, the importance of friendship and how people in their family, school and local community are important and can help them.

We will also be Exploring Autumn, this project teaches children about the natural changes that happen during the season of autumn, including how the weather changes, why trees lose their leaves and how wild animals prepare for winter.

After half term our main topic is Sparkle and Shine this project teaches children about the celebrations that take place during the autumn and winter seasons, and focus on the significance and symbolism of light at this time of year.

We will also be enjoying our Winter Wonderland topic, this project teaches children about the changes that happen during winter, including the types of weather associated with winter. It also explores places that have snow all year round and the types of animals that live there.

In our Literacy and Phonics sessions we will be focussing on repetitive language and alliteration, recounts and recall. The sounds we will cover this term will be s, a, t, i, p, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, b, h, f, ff, l, ll, ss. The common exception words we will be learning this term are; I, to, the, no, go, into.

In Mathematics we will be following the White Rose Maths scheme. Our first block is - match. sort & compare we will then move on to talk about measure and pattern. After half term we will cover, ‘it’s me 1,2,3’, circles and triangles, ‘1,2,3,4,5’ and shapes with 4 sides.

For more detailed information please view our fortnightly ‘window poster’ either via the website or on our reception unit windows. You can also view the knowledge organisers for our topic learning below.

A warm welcome to our September 2025 starters

parents-meeting-september-2025a.pdf

Reception Curriculum Overview

CPS Sequenced Curriculum - Reception

Check out our 'window poster' for weekly and fortnightly information

Knowledge Organisers

Autumn Term

If you have any questions regarding the curriculum we teach, please take a look at the Curriculum section of the website.

2025-2026 Photos and Videos

2025-2026

Parent Workshop Information

Phonics, Reading and Writing Workshop

Phonics PowerPoint for Reception parents .ppsx

Maths Workshop video

A quick guide to the teaching of early number sense in Reception.

Subitize Up To 5 | Math Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

We love a boogie with Jack Hartmann in our maths sessions, we hope you enjoy his songs too! :-)

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics: Pronunciation of phonics sounds Pink A/Phonics Phase 2

In this short video, you'll hear how every phonics sound (or grapheme-phoneme correspondence) is pronounced. You'll also hear a word(s) for each sound so you can place the sound in context. The flashcards featured are taken from the Reading Planet Rocket Phonics SSP programme which we use in school.

Websites that are fun but also help us with our learning.