Reception 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Reception

In Reception the children are at the centre of everything we do. Our children’s interests are important to us and we enjoy planning experiences and activities to suit them all. 

We support our children to become self-confident, resilient and independent learners. 

Autumn Term

This term we will be focusing on getting to know the children and settling them into school life. Our first topic is ‘All about me’ where we will learn about the children's likes and dislikes and more about their families. We will then look at Harvest Festival and the change in seasons moving into Autumn. 

Focused Teaching and Learning

In Reception we have daily phonics sessions. The children apply their knowledge of letter sounds to read and write. We send home phonics support sheet weekly to encourage children to practice at home. Reading books are closely matched to the children's phonic progression.

In maths sessions we focus on mastering numbers up to 10. We teach one number at a time to ensure our children have a deep understanding of the number system.

Parental Involvement 

We want all of our parents to feel involved in their children’s learning journey. Our parents are encouraged to read regularly with their children to develop fluency. We use an online program called Tapestry to capture children’s learning throughout the year. Parents are able to engage with Tapestry to make links between school and home. We have stay and play sessions throughout the year where parents are welcome to come and see their children in action.

General Information 

• Reading books should come to school every day. Books are changed every Tuesday and Friday. 
• Please check the school newsletter to see when your child's PE day is. Children come to school wearing their PE kit which is a plain white t-shirt or polo, plain black sweatshirt/hoodie or their red school jumper/cardigan, plain black trousers or shorts and plain black trainers or pumps.

• Water bottles can come to school every day. Please ensure they are labelled.

School Dinners and Snack

Our school dinners provide a good variety including; two hot meal options as well as a jacket potato and sandwich with a choice of different fillings to satisfy many different appetites.

Children often enjoy having a snack at morning break and they can either bring in their own healthy snack or buy toast in school. Please send snack money into school and store it in a safe place perhaps in an envelope or purse/wallet (toast is 20p).

Milk and a piece of fruit are given to your child each afternoon (milk is provided until your child turns 5).