Welcome to the Reception Class Page 

In the Reception Unit we have the following staff:

RBF 

Mrs Brooks (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday) - Class Teacher

Mrs French (Wednesday/Thursday/Friday) - Class Teacher

Miss Richardson - HLTA

RKJ

Miss Jessamine - Class Teacher

Mrs Gregan - HLTA

Classroom support

Mr. Thompson

Autumn Term

In the Autumn term, we cover the topic 'All about me'. This allows us to explore our school area and grounds and discover our skills and talents within the classroom! Our children access our continuous provision accessing a wide range of activities. 

Some of our highlights of the topic are: 

* painting self portraits and also beginning to draw ourselves (which we then repeat each half term),

* using our senses to explore and discover Autumn and discussing the items we find on our Autumn walk,

* accessing our outdoor area and wonderful school grounds for exploring and learning opportunities. 

* celebrating two festivals: Diwali and Christmas and also performing our Harvest Assembly and Christmas nativity to our parents.

SOME PICTURES FROM OUR FIRST WEEK IN SCHOOL .........TO FOLLOW

P.E Days and Forest Days

Our P.E days this half term are as follows:

RBF

Tuesday - P.E

Friday - Forest

RKJ

Tuesday - Forest

Friday - P.E

P.E bags can be kept on your child's peg for the full half term and should include:

• White t-shirt
• Blue shorts

P.E shoes will not be needed until we start our P.E sessions outside which will be into the Summer Term. We will let you know when P.E shoes will be needed in plenty of time.

Forest Days

Learning during forest time means lots of climbing, exploring and getting mucky. On these days we advise that your child wears trousers or joggers (charcoal) to protect their legs.

The children will also change into their wellies so please can a pair be kept under their peg for forest days and any outdoor learning.

Homework Packs

From your child's first full day in school they will bring home a homework pack. This includes:

• A whiteboard pen 
• Name card 
• Number formation sheet
• Phonics sheet linked to our phonics scheme
• Reading diary - inside the diary will be the password to access learning on "Busy Things" if your child would like to
• Reading book 

Reading

Library Books

Every child will have the opportunity to choose their own book to share at home with an adult from our school library. These will be changed every Monday. Please can these be returned the following Monday so that a new one can be given.

Class Reading Books

From your child's first full day in school they will come home with a reading book. This will be a picture book without words in to begin with until we begin teaching phonics in school. Once your child has learnt a new set of sounds they will come home with the corresponding book each Friday. Please can these books be returned the following Friday so a new one can be given.

Reading Diaries

An adult will write in your child's reading diary when they have heard them read. This is a great place for you to let us know how reading is going at home too!