Reception 2026 - 2027

Teacher: Miss H. Sutton

Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs N. Ponting

Addition Support Staff:  Miss H. Porter

                                      Miss A. Rutherford

                                      Miss S. Porter 

Lunchtime support: Mrs L. Jones

Welcome to Reception Class

Christian Value: Friendship

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

Children have the right to a name and 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. 

Reading

For the first half term children will bring a sharing book home on a Friday. After the half term they will be given login details to Oxford Owl where they can access e-reading books matched to their phonic group. This will be set on a Tuesday. On a Friday they will bring home a Book Bag Book. Regular reading at home is encouraged.  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

Every Friday there will be a Maths IXL tasks set (user names and passwords will be on the childrens home learning folder). Children will also bring home phonic flashcards to practise.

Rewards

Throughout the half term children can collect 'dojo' points by making good choices, being kind and helpful, good listening and working hard.  These are many ways to earn dojo points!  Each Friday there is a reward for the child with the most dojo points for the week. Each week there is a star of the week, Tree certificates and 2 lunchtime star of the week.

'Star of the Week' and 'Tree certificates' are awarded to children that have tried hard in all aspects of school, including being kind to others, good work, following instructions, trying something new etc

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.

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 9.15am.

Monday 21st September 2026

Monday 9th November 2026

Monday 11th January 2027

Monday 1st March 2027

Monday 19th April 2027

Monday 14th June 2027