Reception 2024 - 2025

Support Staff: Mrs Holgate 

A very warm welcome to Reception!

We hope you have all had a wonderful summer break and have made lots of happy memories. We can't wait to welcome all children as they begin their learning journey with us and hope that they are as eager to get going as we are!

Our main priority this term is to ensure the children feel happy and safe in school and enter the classroom with big smiles on their faces! We will focus on getting to know our school, classroom, people who help us in school and also making friends. This term, we will be exploring the questions: 'I wonder what changes?', 'I wonder who I am?' and 'I wonder how we celebrate?' The children will be provided with opportunities to explore what makes them unique, how they have changed over time and will explore the joy of autumn and changes in the environment. Additionally, the children will learn about and engage in a range of celebrations including Diwali, Harvest, Christmas, Bonfire Night and many more! We also enjoy celebrating our own achievements and experiences.

Sharing books will be at the heart of our learning as we will share a new book every week and learn new vocabulary. We will also be sharing our 'All About Me' books as we get to know eachother. 

In Reception however, we believe in the importance of following the children's interests and curiosities, therefore who knows where their imaginations will take us!

For further information please see our autumn term skills and learning overview and our autumn newsletter which can be found in 'files to download' at the bottom of this page. You will also find a virtual tour and photographs of our classoom to share with your child.

Below is some general information about Reception for 2024/25:

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 in the hall. 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 a new phonics book and story book every Friday.

Thanks for your support,

The Reception Team

'We Care, We Learn, We Belong'