Welcome to Reception  

In Reception we are encouraged to be independent, caring and polite.  Whilst having lots of fun with our friends we learn how to problem solve, recognise numerals and count confidently. The children develop key PSHE physical, language, literacy and mathematical skills through a wide variety of activities both indoors and outdoors. The children have daily literacy, maths and phonic sessions and our curriculum is designed to encourage creativity. We share a wide range of books to promote an enjoyment of reading and writing. We also enrich the children’s real-life experiences through trips and visits throughout the year. We actively encourage and value our parental partnerships by inviting you to join us for stay and learn sessions, outdoor activities and workshops during the year. 

Information for Parents 

The adults in Miss Guy’s class (Miss McNally maternity cover) are Miss Losh and Miss Zina. 

The adults in Miss McFarlane’s class are Miss Mohamed and Miss Sharrock.  

Mrs McNally- EYFS interventions 

Miss Senas- phonics interventions and support across Reception classes 

Please click here for a copy of our Srping 2 Overview

Class Timetables 

Click here for RAG timetable.

Click here for RLMc timetable. 

Reading at Home 

Reading books will be changed on a weekly basis and we encourage you to spend 5/10 minutes each day sharing your child’s reading book with them. We kindly ask that book bags are brought to school each day. We will also send home a book for you to enjoy sharing with your child each week to promote reading for pleasure. 

PE

PE kits consist of navy shorts and a sky blue polo shirt. 

Miss Guys class (RAG) have PE every Thursday. 

Miss McFarlane’s class (RLMc) have PE every Friday. 

Keep up to date with our latest news by following our page on Chatter found on our school website. 

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Helping your child with phonics 

 

 

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Reception Chatter

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Looking after our teeth

13-05-2026

We had a visit from the nurses today to talk about looking after our teeth. We looked at food that is good or bad for our teeth and talked about how we should brush our teeth twice a day.

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Baking Bread

13-05-2026

We have been baking bread this week just like The Little Red Hen. We then ate the bread with butter and jam. It was so tasty!

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Bridge building 🌉

07-05-2026

 

 

The children have been busy making bridges in the construction area this week – both inside and outside. They have enjoyed using different sizes of blocks and other objects to build bridges.

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Number bonds to 5 🖐🏽

06-05-2026

The children have been working hard this week learning all about number bonds to 5. They were showing the number bonds practically with goats and trolls, they have been writing number sentences to show the number bonds and they have also been using their hands to show the numbers bonds to 5. 🖐🏽

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PE Busy bees

30-04-2026

We have been playing a game called busy bees today. We have been collecting pollen to put into the beehive. We used our fingers to gently roll our ball around the hall.

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Music

29-04-2026

We had a great time singing jack in the box and butterfly songs. We played the triangle and listened to the harp.

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Morning work☀️

24-04-2026

The children have been working very hard in the morning completing their morning work. They were looking at pictures and writing what they can see.

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Digital Goldilocks

22-04-2026

We have used the smart board tools to create digital pictures of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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Outdoor Play

22-04-2026

We have made the most of the lovely weather by carrying out lots of our learning outdoors this week.

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Map Making for The Three Bears

22-04-2026

We created a map of the woods where The Three Bears live this week. We thought about what to include on the map and looked at examples of maps. We then followed the map to the Three Bears’ cottage.

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Goldilocks Story Sequencing

22-04-2026

This week we have places pictures from Goldilocks and the Three Bears into the correct order by talking about the story and it’s key events.

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Favourite Goldilocks and the Three Bears Characters

22-04-2026

We created a pictogram of our favourite characters from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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Ordering Numbers and Matching Objects in Maths

22-04-2026

In this week’s maths, we have been counting to 20, practicing ordering numbers to 10 and matching the correct number of objects to a number.

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Porridge Painting

22-04-2026

 

We have had a great time this week creating porridge paint and exploring how it feels and developing fine motor and imaginative skills.

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Goldilocks at Home

22-04-2026

Here are some super pieces of homework based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears and our current Traditional Tales topic. Many thanks to all parents for supporting the children with this learning at home.

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Earth 🌍 Day 2026

22-04-2026

We talked about Earth Day today and how we can help our planet.

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When Goldilocks went to the house or the bear’s🐻

22-04-2026

The children had a great time singing “When Goldilocks Went to The House of the Bears”. They joined in confidently using their voices and actions to bring the song to life. The children enjoyed using the stick puppets to add to the song. They worked together, took turns and showed great expression as they sang. (more…)

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Who is your favourite character from Goldilocks and The Three Bears?

20-04-2026

The children gathered some information on who their favourite character was from the story Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We then presented this information on a Pictogram. The children recognised the most popular character was Daddy bear and the least popular character was Goldilocks.

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Porridge making in reception

17-04-2026

The children have been reading Goldilocks and The Three Bears – today they worked very together to make some yummy porridge. The children helped to cut up the fruit and mix the porridge. They then sat together and ate their lovely porridge

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16-04-2026

Here are some of the lovely creations made by some of our reception children. They were asked to create a home for a character from a Traditional Tale – well done boys and girls your work is amazing and we are so proud of how hard you worked over the Easter break.

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Goldilocks experiment

16-04-2026

Today in Reception, we carried out an experiment to see which bowl of porridge would stay warm the longest. The children made their predictions about which one would stay warm longest.

 

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Ball skills

16-04-2026

Today in PE we played a game called spiders and butterflies. Next we had to be dung beatles and move a ball around the cones using our hands.

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Goldilocks and The Three Bears

15-04-2026

Our story in Reception this week is Goldilocks and The Three Bears. The children have enjoyed using their art skills to make some fantastic paintings of the characters. They used their own sense of creativity by choosing what colours they wanted to use for Goldilocks dress.

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Seasonal Crafts

17-12-2025

In Reception, we have busy creating our own biscuit dough, making salt dough decorations, Santa socks and reindeer food.

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PE Games

15-12-2025

We enjoyed following a variety of instructions to play games in PE on Friday.

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Rainy Day Exploration

15-12-2025

We enjoyed creating stepping stones for the rain today and watching what happens when we drew in the puddles.

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Post Office Play

15-12-2025

Recently last week and this week, we have been having fun in our post office role play area and preparing for our post box walk tomorrow. We are writing wishes to send home and learning about what happens when letters are posted.
Parents, carers and families all very welcome to join us on our walk to the post box tomorrow Tuesday 16th  at 9.15. Many thanks for your support.

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Music Movements

10-12-2025

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Elfie’s Adventures

10-12-2025

We have a very kind elf in our class and we have been seeing where he is each day!

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Nativity 2025

09-12-2025

Nativity 2025- huge thanks to all parents for coming along to our nativity show last week.

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