Reception 2022 - 2023

Teacher: Mrs L. Carr

Teaching Assistant: Mrs N. Ponting

PPA cover: Mrs S. Senior

Specialist Staff: Mrs N. Slocombe (lunchtime support)

Number of pupils: 27

Christian Value: Friendship

Welcome to Reception Class

Christian Value: Friendship

UNICEF Rights and Responsibility: Article 7

Children have the right to a name and nationality

Number of pupils: 28

Class Prayers

Lunchtime: Thank you for the world so sweet

Thank you for the food we eat

Thank you for the birds that sing

Thank you Lord for everything

Amen

Hometime: God in Heaven, hear my prayer;
                   Keep me in thy loving care,
                   Be my guide in all I do,
                   Bless all those who love me too. Amen

Unicef Rights and Responsibility: Article 7

All children should have a name and a nationality.

Our Class

Our doors open at 8.45am each morning. The children are encouraged to come in independently and hang their coat and put their bags in the box. Our school day finishes at 3.15pm.

Physical Education

P.E. sessions will take place on a Wednesday morning. Kits can be left on the child’s peg and taken home to wash as the end of each half term - black shorts, white T-shirt and black pumps. Please ensure that they are all clearly named.

Reading

Reading books are given on a Monday and books linked to Read Write Inc are to be given on a Thursday. Regular reading at home is encouraged. Please sign the reading diary and return to school with the book. Feel free to write any comments about how well your child reads or if there was a particular sound or word that they needed support with.

Home Learning

These tasks will be identified on the Reception newsletter which is emailed to you on a Friday. There will be 1 Maths IXL task (user names and passwords will be given to you) and a maths game to play at home. Children will also bring home phonic flashcards to practise.

Rewards

Throughout the half term children can collect 'dojo' points and the child with the most points at the end of each half term will be awarded with a mystery prize.

'Star of the Week' is awarded to a child that has tried hard in all aspects of school, including being kind to others, good work, following instructions etc
The 'Star' will receive a certificate and a pencil. We also have "You've been Spotted" draw on a Friday in addition to stickers and verbal praise rewards.

Wonderful Weather

It is important for all children to wear sensible footwear and coat as the weather gets wetter and colder. We encourage the children to bring their own welly boots to use outside; these can be passed to a member of staff. When children are this age they are still learning to dress and undress independently, so we ask for them to wear shoes with velcro fastenings so they are easy to take off and put on. Please remember to name all clothing and footwear.

Attendance

At St. Oswald's we place a high emphasis of the importance of good attendance. We encourage pupils to achieve attendance of 96% which is national average. There are lots of ways that we encourage and celebrate good attendance, such as termly 100% certificates and prizes. The children work towards their TREE targets (see key information section for more information) - one of the targets to be a golden apple at the end of the year is to achieve 96% attendance. If your child is going to be absent please contact school and leave a message.

Punctuality

We encourage parents to support their children in learning the importance of arriving punctually for school. Starting these good habits in Early Years will ensure that your child continues this routine throughout their school life and into adulthood. Please support us and your child by ensuring you arrive at 8:45am.

Online Safety

An Important Note to Parents and Carers.

Please be aware of online safety when our children go on the Internet. The link below offers information and advice about keeping our children safe online. It also has a valuable reminder of the importance of keeping passwords secure.http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

Stay and Play (Date TBC)

Stay and play sessions enable parents to come into the classroom once a half term and see how the curriculum is delivered. Each half term has a different focus, such as phonics, mathematics, tecnology.

Mini Church

Mini church takes place each half term. Families are more than welcome to join us at St. Oswald's Church. The short service begins at 11.00am. Afterwards refreshments are served in the church hall.

The next mini church date can be found on our events page.