Hello and welcome to our Base 12 class page! We are a reception class and this year our Class Teacher is Mrs Radusin and our teaching assistants are Miss Ward and Miss Free.

We love exploring, playing, communicating and collaborating and have lots of exciting activities planned this year, so watch this space for photos and updates.

Please also check here for updates regarding PE and Little Explorer Days.

PE:

PE takes place on a Wednesday.

On PE days, please could children come to school wearing their red school PE top or a plain red top with some black leggings or jogging bottoms. Please could children also wear a pair of trainers on these days.

Little Explorers:

Our outdoor learning takes place on a Friday.

On these days could children please come to school wearing their school tops, a pair of old black joggers and their school shoes. Children must bring a bag containing named wellies each week. This can be left in school if you prefer. Please ensure children have appropriate clothing for the weather conditions e.g. hats and gloves during the winter months.

Reading:

In Base 12 we encourage a love of reading and story telling by sharing books, reading stories, and singing songs and rhymes . This is enhanced through daily phonics lessons where we learn how to say and write our letter sounds. We also have three group reading sessions a week where we explore a decodable reading book. Our first session focuses on decoding the book, using our segmenting and blending skills. The second session explores reading with expression, and the third ensures we understand what our story is about and what all the words mean.

Once we have read this book three times we can take it home for a week, where we can read it again. The school expectation is that this book is read at home at least 4 times and recorded in our reading record. This will really help us to develop our fluency and our love of reading.

On a Friday the children choose a ‘Reading for Pleasure’ book. Please enjoy sharing this book with your child.