Hudson Class
Reception
Welcome to Hudson Class Page!
In Hudson, we value each child as an individual with a unique potential for learning. By providing a play-based and stimulating environment, both inside the classroom and in the outdoor area, it allows children to explore and develop their own ideas, both independently and working with friends and adults. Children are able to access a range of experiences and activities throughout the day, some of which will be adult led and some will be child initiated, where they will be learning through play.
Children have the opportunity to take risks, and to be challenged across the prime and specific areas of learning and development. This is done through engagement, motivation, opportunities for critical thinking and problem solving, building upon and developing the characteristics of effective learning.
We aim to deliver our curriculum by providing positive teaching and learning in an enabling and engaging environment where everyone is cared for, valued and respected.
In our class you will find:
Class Teacher:
Ms D Cook
Teaching Assistant:
Mrs G Richardson
Our PE and Forest School days are:
Wednesday and Friday
2024-2025 SPRING
Spring term in Reception!
In the first half of the Spring term, children in Hudson will be introduced to the fascinating knowledge we have about what lies beyond our planet; Space. They will learn about our sun, how it warms our planet, and how gravity keeps us from falling off the ground. We will be learning about people who study the stars including Galileo and Caroline Herschel, about astronauts including Mae Jaimeson and Tim Peakes. The children will learn about the International Space Station and the planets in our solar system. They will look at stars and constellations, the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and the Mars 2020 mission that has put a rover on the red planet.
The content of this topic has been chosen to inspire children to think beyond their immediate environment and begin to ask scientific questions about what we know and understand about space.
During the second half of this term our topic is 'Growing and Changing', where the children will explore seasons, growing plants, how animals grow and change, food and farming and how we grow and change. Children will learn that we have four seasons on earth. They will learn that the earth orbits the sun and that when our part of the earth tilts towards the sun we experience summer. Then continuing to think about the idea of change, we will think about the past and how places, including our local area change over time. We will complete the topic by learning about how animals and humans grow and change and the different stages of life.
We are very excited for the term ahead, and can’t wait for the fun and creative learning to begin!
Ms Cook, Mrs Richardson and Miss Bass
(Hudson Team)
Recommended Websites and Apps
A selection of websites and apps used in the classroom to support and consolidate understanding of key concepts:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/ordering
A website with a great selection of maths and literacy based activities for all ages. Place Value Basketball and Funky Mummy are firm favourites for the children! Free to access and a great parent's area.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
A selection of free interactive games to support your child’s developing phonic knowledge (some games do require a paid subscription).
A great website with a range of free to access e-books, support and guidance for parents, a range of maths games and much more!
A selection of free to access interactive games to support home learning in all subjects.
https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/
A good website with lots of useful resources. It is designed to raise standards of numeracy across the country for both children and adults and it has specific areas for parents who want to help their children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJx1NSineE
A video which clearly models and demonstrates the pure sounds of the English language. A great resource to support parents in modelling the correct articulation of each sound.
Knowledge Organisers
Please see below for our yearly curriculum overview and our termly knowledge organisers.