Welcome Reception

We are looking forward to meeting you all in September

Our classroom learning

Our EYFS environment has a calm atmosphere, tables for explorative work, boards to display your child’s fantastic learning and resources for them to choose freely. Our classrooms are accessible for all, the children inspire our role-play corners throughout the year and use resources they wish in their continuous provision.

A love of Reading

The children harbour a love if reading and enjoy reading stories in our reading areas. We aim for calm areas for children to enjoy our books with a variety always on offer. We encourage reading for pleasure as well as teaching reading through our Little Wandle Phonics scheme. Our EYFS staff love telling stories and we have daily storytimes for children to enjoy.

Outdoor Learning

We are firm believers that outdoor learning is key to a child’s development and we have extensive grounds for this. Here is the reception playground, set up into areas for them to explore the curriculum through play. The children can build, read, write, paint and even get muddy in the mud kitchen. We like to use natural materials as much as possible in our learning collecting sticks and conkers for counting, making nature paint brushes and printing with leaves. The children can freely access the outdoors whenever they choose so have those wellington boots at the ready!

Forest School

In the Early Years we have forest school and outdoor woodland learning sessions weekly, taking the children to the woodand area and field to engage in many activities. To find out more see the Forest School page in School Life.

Welcome

On this page you will find information to support transition for your child starting our school in September. The information shared here and much more will be explained at our New to Reception Parents meeting held in the Summer term.

The induction information presentation has all the information you need from uniforms, to the school day, important information and much more. Please take your time going through it and if you have any queries please call the office and your messages will be passed to the Early Years team.

Also on this page you will find a checklist of activities to practice over the Summer holidays to ready your child for school and a St Michael’s checklist of items to bring on your first day.

Parent/Carer Information pack

Checklist

First day of school checklist

STIKINS Name Labels

It’s really important that you name all of your child’s belongings as things can get mislaid in a busy school. By naming uniform and belongings we can sensure things get returned quickly when they are found. We recommend the use of STIKINS labels. These multipurpose stick on name labels are suitable for all kinds of school items, including school uniform, P.E. kit, and subject equipment. Click on the link below to order and enter the code on the leaflet that can be found in your welcome pack.

Welcome Story

Here is a story to share with your child about starting school.

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