Reception 2025 - 2026

Support Staff: Mrs Holgate, Mrs Prince, Miss Burns

A very warm welcome to Reception!

Happy new year to you all! We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas break together and the children are feeling refreshed and ready for the spring term.

If you would like to have a sneak peak at what this term will bring, please read our spring newsletter and spring skills and learning documents, which can both be found in 'files to download' at the bottom of this page. You will also find a virtual tour of our classoom, as well as many other useful documents that provide guidance and support as your child completes their first year in school.

Below is some general information about Reception for 2025/26:

Keeping in touch

We encourage parents to please utilise their Tapestry log in which is our online learning journey in Reception. At the end of each week, an overview of all the exciting things we have engaged in will be uploaded on Tapestry for you to enjoy. There will also be wow moments uploaded throughout the week for individual children and we encourage parents to add their own wow moments from home which can be shared with the class. 

PE

When the children are ready and settled into a routine, we will begin weekly formal PE session on a Wednesday afternoon. The children will be expected to get changed for PE in school, however this will be a gradual build up and staff will support the children. Please see our class newsletters for more information.

Homework

We believe in the importance of establishing a strong relationship between home and school. When ready, the children in Reception will have weekly homework where they can embed their learning and apply it at home. We ask that completed Homework books are returned to school every Thursday where they can be shared and a new challenge can be added, ready to take home on Friday. Again, when the children are ready, they will also take home new phonics books and a bedtime story book every Friday.

Thanks for your support,

The Reception Team

'We Care, We Learn, We Belong'