1. Welcome to Reception 1

2. Who we are... Mrs Bibby (Monday) Miss Cronin (Tues-Fri)
Mrs Marie-Anne Mrs Tatjana (Mon-Fri AM, Mon-Tues PM) (Wed-Fri PM) ;

3. What to bring to school... Water bottle School hat Coat
Snack (and packed lunch)
Book bag (on book bag day)
Due to limited space, children should only bring their hats, coats and water bottles into the classroom each day
Please ensure P.E. kit is named and kept in school on your child’s peg in a drawstring bag. It will be sent home for washing at the end of each half term.
If you are sending in both a packed lunch and a snack, it is very helpful if they are in separate containers.
On rainy days, children are welcome to leave their wellies at school during the day (and wear them at playtime). Please put wellies in the big red box outside the classroom door.
Children may bring a healthy snack to school if they wish. Fruit is available everyday whether or not your child brings a snack.
Please put lunchboxes and snack boxes in the snack trunk outside the classroom door. Let us know if your child is having a one-off packed lunch.

4. Book Bags...
Book bag day
Thank you for returning book bags on your child's book bag day each week.
Please note: book bags with new books will be ready for you to collect again the following day.
Please return and collect book bags from the boxes on top of the children's trays outside the classroom.
During the week, keep the book bag at home and take some time to enjoy the stories together.
Thank you for making a note of the books that have been brought home in the yellow reading record book.
A comment from you each week about your reading together is also most appreciated !
Next day collection
Return & collection boxes
Read the books together
Record books brought home
Add your own comment

6. The School Day... Assembly
Thank you for arriving promptly in the morning as we often go straight into assembly.
Carpet sessions are short and fast-paced, usually introducing the intended learning.
After carpet sessions, the children will have free choosing time where they can have a go at a range of activities both indoors and out.
Four times a week, we “freeflow” with the nursery class.
Children also have the chance to work in small groups with adults each week.
Phonics is taught four times a week - three sounds are usually introduced each week along with a tricky word or two.
Carpet sessions
Activity time
Freeflow
Focused adult activities
Phonics

7. An extra note about Phonics...
Focus is on letter sounds (not names)
Three new sounds each week
One or two tricky words each week
Order of sounds introduced is not alphabetical
Check the class blog weekly to find out which sounds and tricky words we have been learning...
Check how to correctly pronounce sounds:
Or search youtube for 'articulation of phonemes all saints primary'

8. Throughout the day we collect observations of your child’s learning through play as evidence of their continuing development within the 7 areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile.
Parents are welcome and encouraged to contribute to their children’s Profiles!
Observations are collected and filed within the 7 areas using an app called Seesaw.
You are invited to access your child’s Profile on Seesaw at the end of each half term.
At the end of the year, these observations are used to assess your child against the 17 Early Learning Goals. You will receive a report to tell you whether they have met the ELGs, whether they have exceeded them or whether they are still working towards them.
At the end of the year, you are invited to download a zip file of your child’s Profile.
For more information about the Early Years Profile including the ELGs go to:

9. Our Class Blog... *** Please check the blog weekly for updates! ***
Find the blog through the school website:
- Children - Classes - Reception - current Reception class blog
Or through this web address:
If you child has missed a day, you can check the blog to see if there is a story, sound or number work that they may need to catch up on...

10. The Year Ahead...
The Light Festival (and lots of other super PTA events)
Parent teacher meetings twice a year (Nov & Feb)
Written reports at the end of each term
A new topic each term
Harvest celebration in Church (parents welcome)
Christmas Show
Class Assembly
School Trip!

11. How you can help us... Be sure to read emails from the office.
Check the class blog weekly.
Check your child’s tray everyday.
Use the yellow book to send in your own observations for your child’s Profile.
Send in your junk!
Occasional contributions of paper plates, envelopes, a box of tissues, etc. are gratefully received.
In the mornings, say Goodbye in the line and allow the children to settle without you watching too closely!
At pick up, please be patient (children will be dismissed one at a time for their own safety) and do stand back from the door as far as possible so that the children can find the person collecting them.

12. How you can help your child...
first and foremost – read to you child every night!
Encourage your child's communication skills by asking them what they think?
Encourage independence and healthy self-care skills (e.g. when dressing and with personal hygiene, i.e. toileting and handwashing)
Check your child's understanding by asking “do you know what that means” and provide explanations where necessary.
If your child has reverted to more 'baby-like' behaviour since starting school, be patient, they need the chance to relax and unwind after school.
Support the development of your child's interpersonal skills (e.g. check they know what to do and say in tricky situations with their peers) 12

13. Thank you for your support!
If you have questions or concerns, please come and talk to us straight away- after school is preferred, make an appointment through the school office or write us a message in the yellow reading record book.
Thank you for your support! 13

14. Reading together at home...
Encourage use
of the pictures
A special time
Reading at home
What might the
characters
be feeling?
Talk about the
cover, author
and illustrator
Point to words
as you read
What might
happen
next? 14

15. When your child begins to read to you...
What to do when your child meets an unknown word
Wait...give them time to work it out
Is it a word that
can be sounded
out? Encourage
him/her to look at
the initial sound
first, then the
sounds that follow.
Is it a tricky word?
(a word that cannot
be decoded)
If they make a
mistake wait to
see if they self-correct
after a few more words
Remember to praise and encourage your child's efforts! 15