Welcome Reception 2020-21

When your child enters school they engage in free play activities set out by the teachers. The children engage in focused learning many times in the day, on the carpet with the teachers modelling all lessons on the Interactive Whiteboards or hand written. Our lessons ensure the children join in, are active learners and have support from each other with plenty of time to discuss their wonderful ideas.

The children help us to plan and design the reading corners throughout the year which change termly. They have learning elements to them such as phonics flash cards to refer to, a variety of books from foction to non-fiction and themed with the children’s interests in minds. We harbour a love of reading at St Michael’s and the children enjoy getting cosy with a book and acting them out.

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! 

In the Early Years we have forest school 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.