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

Welcome to Reception!

Welcome to our Reception class page. We are looking forward to a wonderful year of learning, exploring and growing together.

In Reception, we love learning through play, discovering new things, making friends and becoming confident, independent learners. Our days are filled with stories, songs, creativity, adventures and lots of opportunities to explore both indoors and outdoors.

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 and Phonics

In Reception, we follow the Read Write Inc. phonics programme. Children learn to recognise sounds, blend sounds together to read words and develop their early reading and writing skills. We encourage families to share stories and books together regularly, helping children develop a love of reading from an early age.

Phonics activities and QR codes will be shared through our fortnightly home learning to help families practise the sounds and skills children are learning in school.

Home Learning

Every two weeks, families will receive a home learning overview sharing what we have been learning in Reception and what we will be exploring next.

Our home learning includes simple, practical ideas to help children develop and consolidate their learning through play, conversation and everyday experiences at home.

There is no expectation for children to complete formal written homework or online maths tasks. Our home learning activities are designed to be enjoyed together as a family, and nothing needs to be returned to school. However, we always love hearing about the children's experiences and seeing anything they would like to share with us!

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 put your child's 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 9th November 2026

Monday 11th January 2027

Monday 1st March 2027

Monday 19th April 2027

Monday 14th June 2027