Reception 2024 - 2025
Teacher: Mrs L. Carr
Teaching Assistant: Mrs N. Ponting
Teaching Assistant: Miss E. Jones (1:1 supoort)
Miss S. Porter (1:1 support)
Mrs T. Ray (1:1 support)
PPA cover (Tuesdays):
Specialist Staff: Mrs L. Jones (lunchtime support)
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 Tuesday morning. Children can come into school wearing their PE kit that day.
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. When the children get 10 dojos they recieve a sticker. On a 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 and 2 lunchtime star of the week.
'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.
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.
Stay and Play
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.
The next mini church date can be found on our events page.
Files to Download
Reception: News items
Raffle Winners, by Mrs Erskine
Parents Meetings – 17th December, by Mrs Webb
Christmas dinners, by Mrs Webb