Reception

We are so looking forwards to meeting all of our wonderful new reception starters. We can't wait to have lots of fun this year!

Reception Team

Mrs Cutler- Class Teacher 

Miss Martin- Teaching Assistant 

Miss Reynolds- Teaching Assistant 

PE

Our PE day is on a Tuesday with Jack our sports coach. Please ensure your child brings in their PE kit ready to get changed at school. 

PE Kit

• Plain white T-shirt
• Black shorts, jogging bottoms or leggings
• Trainers or plimsolls
• NO earrings!
• Long hair should be tied up

Snack

Fruit is provided to your child each day free of charge. If you wish for your child to have additional snack in the morning then we charge £30 for the whole school year. Please make this payment through parent mail as we no longer take cash payments.

Reading in Reception 

Reading is such an important skill to learn, we want all children to develop a love for reading! 

In reception we begin by looking at picture books to develop our vocabulary, imagination and communication skills. Each week your child will bring home a picture book.

We then move on to learning our letter sounds and blending skills through the Read, Write, Inc phonics scheme to develop our word reading skills. Once the children become confident in blending words they will take home an additional book that matches their reading ability. In addition to this your child will take home a bookmark with high frequency words on, please encourage your child to practice recognising these words. When they are confident with all of the words, they will be given a new bookmark with different words on. 

We encourage you to read with your child 5 times a week. Please ensure this is recorded in your child's reading record! If your child completes their 5 reads each week their name will be announced in our celebration assembly on Friday's! 

Tapestry

This year we will be continuing to use Tapestry as our online learning journey. Through Tapestry we will be able to share photographs of your child's learning at school. We will also use Tapestry to share activities to complete at home as part of our home learning as well as the stories we have been learning about at school. A Tapestry activation email will be sent to you within the first few weeks of school in the Autumn 1 term. If you have any questions or concerns please speak to a member of the Reception team.