Reception 2024 - 2025

Support Staff: Mrs Holgate, Mrs Prince

A very warm welcome to Reception!

We hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break together and the children are feeling refreshed and eager to start their final term of this academic year; how the time flies!

This term, we will be exploring the questions: 'I wonder what creeps and crawls?' and 'I wonder what floats?' The children will be provided with opportunities to explore the world around them and beyond, including minibeasts and sea creatures! The children will be welcomed back by a new class pet; our very own caterpillars! We can't wait to watch them grow and transform into butterflies. We will also be finding out about the very first aeroplane and will focus on transport. This term brings lots of excitement for Reception including our second class assembly, our first school trip, celebrating VE day with the whole school and sports day! We will also begin to support the children with the transition into Year One, providing them with lots of opportunities to visit their new class and teacher. 

Sharing books will be at the heart of our learning as we will share a new book every week and learn new vocabulary. 

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 summer term skills and learning overview and our summer 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. 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'