Reception week commencing 16th December 2019

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I can't believe we are in the final week of the term - where does time go? Mrs. Smith and I are so proud of our class and we keep reflecting on how much they have achieved in their first term of school - they have grown so much already...…...in confidence, developing skills, positive behaviour, friendships, attitudes...…...the list goes on! They really are a kind and caring class!

We are very excited about the Carol Service on Tuesday and hope that you can all make it - Mrs. Smith and I will be ready to welcome the children at the back of the Church between 4:30 and 4:45. They will bring their costume home on Tuesday and will need to wear it to the Church with their school shoes. PLEASE CAN YOU RETURN THE COSTUME THE NEXT MORNING SO THAT YEAR 1 MAY USE THEM (this is why we have not sent them home earlier as I stated in the last blog - Year 1 need them for their technical and dress rehearsals.)

A few last reminders for this week - Local Food Links Christmas Lunch is on Wednesday this week for those of you who have ordered it. The Christmas party is on Friday - please come in and sign up to make a contribution to the party food. As well as party games and dancing on Friday, there will be a little treat for all the children in the school as, for the third year running, The Prince of Wales Staff Panto will be performing!!!!!!!

We are still filming for a Christmas secret film and if you do NOT want your child to possibly appear in it, please let us know as it will appear on our school facebook page.

See you all tomorrow,

Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Johnson

Reception information - Wednesday 11th December 2019

Good morning to you all,

We arrived on Monday morning to discover Father Christmas had set up hs workshop in our classroom and that also we had had a blizzard!!!!!!!! Presents were made, wrapped and delivered as well as snow angels made!!!!!!!!

Thank you to those of you who have already completed the handwriting home learning, we will have a continuous supply of the different handwriting sheets in the classroom for you to take as and when you like for further practice. They are located in baskets on the right hand side as you enter the classroom.

This week we are on a secret filming mission which may entail us taking some children off site - all will be revealed at the Carol Service NEXT TUESDAY. We will be sending your child's costume home this week. Please could you wash it if it needs it and feel free to add extras to the costume. For example the angels might like more tinsel or stars added. It is totally up to you. All we ask is that the children arrive at the church wearing their costume and school shoes between 4:30 and 4:45 ready for the service to begin at 5pm. Costumes MUST be returned the following morning as Year 1 will need to use them!

You will NOT need a ticket and there will be no reserved seats, the church doors will be open from 4:30pm. The service is truly magical and all friends and family are welcome.

A reminder that this Friday children may wear a Christmas jumper and home clothes.

Christmas party day is NEXT Friday - party food sign up sheets are on the white board in the classroom, please take a look and sign up next to something you may be able to donate.

Many thanks!!!!!!!

Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. smith

Reception week commencing 2nd December 2019

Good morning to you all,

A week full of mixed emotions..............whilst we have had the most exciting start to December with our North Pole Research Station, STEM week and a ride on a train through the school, many of us have been very poorly!

To those of you who are not well, Mrs. Smith and I send you our love and best wishes - "Get well soon!"

There seem to be a few different bugs floating around - chicken pox, shingles, a nasty virus with a hacking cough and a tummy bug. Please allow 48 hours from the last episode of being ill to return to school, if your child has had a tummy bug. Please be reassured that we will keep a close eye on all the children in our class and will not hesitate to call you if they are unwell.

This week has been a spectacular STEM enrichment experience for the children where they have been immersed in an array of STEM activities. Please come in on Friday afternoon to see the work the children have been doing, in the hall. There will also be a Power Maths workshop the same afternoon, run by Mr. Gibson.

FYI in advance - NEXT FRIDAY is Christmas craft morning as well as the school fayre in the afternoon. The children will NOT need book bags on this day, they CAN wear home clothes and a christmas jumper. There will also be a sign up sheet in the classroom next week for our christmas party lunch!

Home Learning - thank you for all the pictures that have been emailed in, the children have thoroughly enjoyed sharing them and speaking with confidence infront of the class. We will be having a focus on handwriting and letter formation, the children will be sent home with their home learning books and a RWInc letter formation sheet. Should you wish to take more and different letters over the week, we will have a tray with them in that you can take from whenever you like!

See you soon and get well soon!

All our love, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Smith!

Reception W/C 25th November 2019 + home learning.

We hope you are all having a cosy time inside as it is horrid outside!!!!!!!! Or maybe you are at the cinema watching Frozen 2????????? The children were so excited about this yesterday!!!!!!!

Our science morning at THS was incredible! We went on a trip to the moon - and experienced the awe and wonder of science, with a chemistry focus in particular. There was a rocket to take us there and all the children made their own rockets shoot into the air. We saw flames change colour to represent the planets, we saw a magic alien liquid shoot out of a large cylinder as never ending hot foam. We even made our very own alien slime!!!!!! Thank you THS, it was such a priviledge and a treat!
Our curiosity for science will continue the week after next as we launch our STEM week!!!!!!!!!

Please could all Power Maths books be returned by the end of the week - thank you! The new ones will be sent home after Christmas, as they are termly units!

We purposely didn't send the home learning books home as we would like to continue to build upon the skill of oracy and the development of language and vocabulary. Please could you email me a photograph of your child doing an activity - it can be anything from baking, playing a board game, drawing, going for a walk to horse riding, dancing, singing...........we will then show the pictures on the big screen over the week and each child will have a turn to talk to the class about their picture and answer questions from the class. My email address is on the school website under the Reception tab.

The theme for our learning this week will be the Nativity story. We will add to the provision as the week develops, according to how the children access the areas.

Have a lovely, cosy family time this weekend.

Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Smith

Reception w/c 18th November 2019

Hello Everyone,

I am sure you will all join us in saying a massive "Well done" to all the children for their super performance in their first class assembly last Friday. Such confidence! We couldn't be more proud of them!

Our focus this week is a Reception, age appropriate, approach to mental health. We are using Paddington and Jenny Jigsaw to explore issues such as worry, self esteem, anger - calming down strategies and self regulation, sharing and negotiation skills, positivity and looking on the bright side! The children have been advising Paddington on ways to deal with these feelings and skills.

Thank you for all the amazing Time To Talk home learning that has been coming in - we aim to play the songs that the children listened to over the next few weeks. Do keep listening to different genres of music and encouraging children to appraise them, dance to them, sing along!

If your child is interested in learning a musical instrument, pop in to our office to find out more.

In preparation for Christmas we are starting to learn some Christmas songs which you may like to practice at home (they are easy to find on you tube). Away in a Manger, Little Donkey, It was on a Starry Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

Tomorrow morning we will DEFINITELY be going to THS for our Science morning!

See you all later!

Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Smith.

Reception Monday 11th November 2019

Good evening!



In your Power Maths booklets, at home, we have completed unit 4 week 8 which is page 17. The children have been exploring change within 5 - one more and one less by telling stories "first there were 5 carrots, then Peter rabbit ate one carrot, now there are 4 carrots".

This week we will be moving on to unit 5 - time. We will ask for the books to be returned during the week commencing 18th November. A new book will come home at the end of that week.

We will be learning about Remembrance Day this week.

Many of the RWInc groups have been learning or reviewing "special friends" - ng th ch sh nk.


My group have begun using magnetic letters to blend and read words. Mrs. Smith's group have begun reading the red books and green words!

Please keep practising oral blending at home. The more exposure the children have the better!

Our science trip has been reschedule to the 21st November.

Two more groups will have the chance to have a gymnastic lesson with Mr. Daley on Wednesday.

DON'T FORGET IT IS OUR FIRST CLASS ASSEMBLY THIS FRIDAY - 9:20 IN THE SCHOOL HALL.

I cannot wait to see you all tomorrow!

Reception, Tuesday 5th November 2019

It was such a joy to see you all today Reception! We loved hearing about how Winnie the Pooh got on at Reuben's house! He did a lot of eating, baking, scary halloween activities and partying!!!!!!

After asking the children what they would like to learn about, we had a lot of super ideas: astronauts, volcanos, dinosaurs, dragons, making and designing, books and outside learning. Mrs. Smith and I  will be putting our thinking caps on...........ofcourse we will wait until Thursday to see what sparks of curiosity come from our science morning!


FYI : Mr. Daley, our PE specialist, is coming in tomorrow morning. 2 topic groups will do the gymnastics with him; we decided to do this so that a smaller group of children will benefit from more 1:1 teaching and for a longer time ensuring maximum impact. We will then rotate this the following week and so on so that all children will get this fantastic opportunity. If PE bags are on your child's table in the morning, please could you give them a helping hand to get changed, thank you!

In assembly today we learned all about bonfire night safety after having enjoyed toasting marshmallows and eating hot dogs around the Roundhouse campfire with Pre-School.

Have a great and safe bonfire night!

Reception w/c 4th November 2019

Hello Everyone,

We hope you have had a funfilled half term break with lots of family time and memory making. Are you all fully revitalised for the next exhilerating, exciting best half term of the year..............Christmas?????????

We will, ofcourse, have a huge Christmas focus in December but our first topic is going to be solely lead by the children............we are going to be guided by their interests so watch this space.........!

If you have been having a clear out over the week we would be very greatful for any items you may have come across that you were going to throw out.................more dressing up items (jewellery, glasses, hats, scarves, gloves, jackets, shoes) buttons, beads, gem stones, pebbles, shells, wool, ribbons, sequins, keys, curtain rings, junk modelling, quality childrens books (fiction and non fiction), christmas wrapping paper, old christmas cards, gift tags, stationary, games, puzzles, wood of all different shapes and sizes, natural items for our maths area that can be counted and sorted - leaves, fir cones, conkers, corks...................


FYI on Thursday, this week, we will be going to Thomas Hardyes for a science workshop in the morning and returning to school in time for lunch! We are VERY excited about this.........it may well spark our new topic!!!!!!

Also, we are incredibly lucky to have the opportunity of a block of 4 extra PE lessons lead by Levi Daley. The focus will be gymnastics.

We can't wait to see you all on Tuesday!

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura

Reception - Thursday 24th October 2019

Happy Thursday!

Thank you to all of you who were able to come along to the consultation evenings this week. It was a real joy to meet with you all and share with you how wonderful your children are!

We are so proud of each and every one of them and how they have settled into school life and learning. Another huge thank you, again, for all your support over the last couple of weeks - we really do appreciate it.

We hope that you found the consultation evenings useful and informative about your child. If there was anything further that you wished to know or discuss, please pop in and see us or send an email.

See you all tomorrow,

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura.

Reception - Woods and Power Maths!

Good evening!

It was so lovely to see those of you who managed to battle the torrential rain to come along to Autumn Fest on Friday - we certainly won't let a little rain spoil our fun!!!!!!!

Thank you to the volunteers who accompanied us on our woods trip - we couldn't have done it without you. The children had a truly amazing time looking for signs of the lost bear (Reception decided it must be a black bear due to the surrounding habitat and it's diet, also the fact that there was no water near by) - they set about building a bear cave, making a campfire, collecting food for a black bear, digging beds for bears and also creating a waterfall to provide drinking water for the bears. One Reception child is also certain they felt honey drip on their head from a tree!!!!!!!! There was also a great deal of climbing, finished by a giant game of hide and seek where the children hunted for a Mrs. Smith bear, a Julia bear and a Helen bear!!!!!!

We are super excited to be able to introduce to you all the Power Maths scheme that is a new whole school approach to maths lessons. We have noticed a huge difference over these first few weeks, particularly with the mathematical language the children are using. This scheme positively encourages children to reason about their maths and to choose how to approach a challenge. They may choose to use concrete materials, abstract materials or to represent their learning in pictures, diagrams or in words/writing as an explanation - the characters in the materials demonstrate how the child could approach the challenge. Reinforcing the language is also hugely important. The work books link directly to the lessons that have been taught throughout the week. Please feel free to work with your child on these so that they can share their learning with you and so that they can further strengthen and deepen their reasoning and understanding outside the classroom. Pages 8-13 need to be covered at home. The learning objective is at the top of each page and each new week refers to the corresponding Early Learning Goal at the bottom of the page. Please use the questions at the bottom of the page. You can use any objects at home to count with, buttons, pasta, stones, counters, beads, lego bricks. Please could you date and annotate how your child approached the learning, any conversations had and or challenges. Your child may draw answers or do them physically, by all means take a photo and stick it in.

This week we are on week 7, page 14 and 15, Change within 5

Please keep the booklet at home and when we have completed the corresponding lessons in class, we will ask for them to be returned.

See you all tomorrow -
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura

Reception Tuesday 15th October 2019

Good evening Everyone!

We are very excited about our trip on Thursday! Thank you to all of you who are able to accompany us and meet us there.

It is likely to be muddy, so children will need to wear waterproofs and clothes that can get dirty as well as wellies. Please send in a set of spare clothes and trainers that they can put on when they are back at school - this doesn't have to be uniform. The children will also still have PE in the afternoon.

We had our Early Years Advisor from County in to visit us yesterday to spend time in Reception and Pre-School. She was thoroughly impressed by ALL children, how well they were settled as well as the excellent provision. I am sure we will share findings with you when her report arrives at school. The powermaths language being used to reason by the children was outstanding!

It was lovely to see some of you accessing the school library for the first time, please do come in and choose a book or two.

This week we will be sending home learning home linked to our powermaths. We will explain this on Friday.

Thank you for all your kind smiles and support, as always!

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura.

Reception w/c 14th October 2019

Good evening Everyone,

We hope you have all dried out from a very wet weekend (and week!)

Thank you to all of you who were able to make it to the Harvest Celebration Assembly, we were bowled over by how confident they were when performing their song. The children were not only very brave but also demonstrated loud, clear singing! We are super proud of all of them!!!!!!!
The cheese straws they made were delicious and they thoroughly enjoyed cooking with Mrs. Cura, as well as amazing producing art work which demanded great focus and delicate fine motor skills!

Reception have really been enjoying Power Maths this week, so we decided to build on their learning with this week's home learning. It is important for you to continue you reinforcing the language of "least, few, fewer, fewsest, more, most, greatest" when comparing groups of objects. They can be as creative as they like with their home learning - use stickers, leaves, feathers, cut and stick, buttons, pasta, drawings.............
This week the children will be building on this learning by grouping and comparing non identical objects.

Not to panic you, but a bear has been reported missing...........as we are going to the woods on Thursday, we are planning to write some wanted posters to put up in the woods. We will be investigating the environment to find the perfect place for a bear to hibernate........."if you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise......."
Thank you to those of you who are able to accompany us, please could you drive and meet us there for 9:45.

Wacky Hair Day styles were out of this world............well done, super creative and for such a good cause.

Finally, please do feel free to come in before or after school to use the school library with your child and one of us can show you how to take out books!

See you all tomorrow (and Thursday for me!)

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura

Reception w/c 7th October 2019

Good evening Everyone!

I hope you have been enjoying this lovely weekend?

I spent the afternoon in Reception on Friday and it was a real joy to see them all. We are reassuring them that I will be back in there soon as it is a difficult concept for them to understand. However, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura are doing such an amazing job and I know that there are lots of exciting learning activities planned for this week. I will keep coming down to the class during the week.

We hope you enjoyed your books and have had fun sharing them this weekend?

Please come along to our Harvest assembly on Friday 9:15 am in the school hall!

Wacky Hair Day is on Thursday - wear school uniform but, if you want to, do something weird and wonderful to your hair!!!!!!!!!

Many thanks for all your kind support and positivity - we really are a fantastic community!!!!

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cura

Reception wc 30th September

We had a fantastic adventure to Maiden Castle Farm, learning about wheat, harvest, cattle, pigs and combines. Thank you to those of you who offered to join us and to those who did. The children walked a long way and were impeccably well behaved, they all thoroughly enjoyed it!

As you have been made aware, I am currently "on loan" to Year 4. I am missing Reception terribly and make sure I come down to see them every day. Mrs. Smith and I liaise closely to ensure the provision is excellent and to address any concerns there may be. The children think that I am on holiday and know that I will return soon - Mrs. Smith reminded them of this today as some children were a little emotional about it. Do contact Mrs. Smith or myself should you wish to share or discuss anything.

This week in Power Maths we have been focusing on noticing similarities and differences in collections of objects. The children sorted them in to two groups based on size, colour and shape. They discovered that collections can be sorted in a number of ways and into more than groups.

They were amazing!!!!!!

Tomorrow we will be writing shopping lists for our special sandwich activity next week.

Home learning is all about sharing a book, the children are all very excited as they get to bring home a special book tomorrow that they can keep!

Thank you once again for your kind support.

Mrs Johnson and Mrs. Smith

Food and Farming Fortnight - Reception visit on Monday

The next two weeks, leading to our Harvest celebration on Friday 11th October, are based around Food and Farming. As part of this learning we are very lucky to be able to visit Maiden Castle Farm. We will be going on Monday morning. Please could all children where wellies (pop them on at school) and bring a pair of shoes to change into on our return. Children will need to wear school tops, a waterproof coat and old play bottoms that can get muddy, alternatively if you have an all in one waterproof that would be great too.

We have capacity for 2 more volunteers to join us. We will be walking, leaving school after drop off and walking back in time for lunch. Either drop me an email or reply via the blog!

Many thanks,

Mrs. Smith and Mrs. J

Reception Home Learning Friday 27th Sept 2019

Reception Home Learning Friday 27th September 2019

Choose your learning and feel free to take photos and stick them in the book: 

• Reading: Here are all the sounds we have learnt so far: m a s d t i n p g o c k u b 

(Some children in Mrs. Smith’s group have also learned special friends sh ch th and qu) Play sound I spy, have a letter hunt by hiding sounds round the house, practise blending “pass me the c-u-p”

• Writing: We need to build fine and gross motor skills……….fine = cutting and sticking - go on an autumn walk and collect leaves to snip and stick, play catch, play with playdough or putty using rolling pins get your child to squeeze it, pinch it and poke each finger into it. Gross motor = chunky chalks and large paper or a dry surface outside - hold a chalk in each hand with a fist grip and, lying, sitting or standing, draw large and strong up and down vertical lines and then huge circles with both hands at the same time. Alternatively use large paint brushes and water outside to do the same thing on the ground or the wall.

• Maths: play a game with a dice, make a play tea party with toys counting out bowls and cups, go on a welly walk and count how many splashes you can make.

If you go down in the woods today...................

                                    Grrrrrrrrrrr! Good evening! It's all about bears this week!

Mrs. Smith and I send our best wishes to all the children who have gone down with the sickness bug and we hope you are feeling much better or better soon!


Despite illness, Reception have continued to meet expectations, settle in and make friends rising to all the challenges we have set them - and all done with laughter and a big smile. This would definitely explain why they are so tired at the moment!

With tiredness in mind, we decided that on a Thursday we would send the children home wearing their PE kits (uniform all in PE bags), in order to minimise frustration and maintain a calm atmosphere, also reducing the loss of items of clothing!

The children had a great day on Friday, learning the Haka, celebrating Paddington's birthday and our surprise visit to the park as a reward for working so hard as a team to fill our marble jar! Mr. Spracklen even joined us and flew down the zip wire!!!!!!


Home learning this week was to use the sounds we have learned so far to see if we could make simple 2 or 3 letter words; to make it easier, you could write the word for them and help them to "fred talk" it out. Or say "I want to make the word sit........what sounds do I need to make sit?" Help your child to identify them and then model writing them and reading the word.

Finally, new blank wow moments are in the tray outside the classroom - do feel free to add photos to them if you have time!

We are still on the look out for more fancy dress - they absolutely LOVE it! Thank you sooo much - it has been a real joy observing them dressing up and acting out weddings, going to work etc etc

Mrs. Smith and I cannot wait to see you all tomorrow!

Reception w/c 16/09/19 - lots to celebrate!

Good evening!

I hope you have all been enjoying the lovely weather this weekend?

Mrs. Smith and I keep having to pinch ourselves, reminding ourselves that Reception have only just completed their first full week! They are probably exhausted as they have learned so much already, mind you they have certainly been refuelled with plenty of fruit, milk and water during the day!!!!!!! It is lovely to see children love fruit so much!!!!!! On that note, do feel free to pack a slightly larger snack if your child is particularly hungry because we have been having a snack stop mid afternoon to refuel and rehydrate!

Thank you for the truly wonderful "Time to Talk" home learning - they were very imaginative and amusing, but also demonstrating how you can develop vocabulary! Super!

On Friday I sent home the first sounds we have been working on, so do feel free to practise reading those sounds. If your child is able to start practising the correct letter formation that would be fantastic. If your child has not yet developed a pencil grip, perhaps they could use their finger to make the sounds in sand or squirty shaving foam...............

Thank you to those of you who were able to come along to the parent information session - I will share the presentation slides on a separate blog!

Another huge thank you to those of you who have kindly, already, donated some fabulous dressing up items, junk modelling etc do please keep them coming in. We would also like some objects to explore, examine and take apart for out tinker table.

We introduced a marble jar this week to encourage the class to work as a team, ALL helping to tidy, listening well, behaviour for learning etc. If the whole class manages to do these things they earn marbles for the class. When we reach the top............there will be a colossal celebration!!!!!!!! (and maybe a treat!!!!!!😃)

In power maths last week and this week we have been recognising numerals to 5, securing 1:1 correspondance, subitising to 5 (recognising up to 5 in an abstract way without counting e.g spots on a dice), cardinality (knowing that the final number you land on when you count is the quantity there are. As well as how many different ways can you represent 4 or 5 using a 5 frame and different objects. Do continue this at home via playing board games with dice or using dominos, counting, reading numbers, guessing the quantities of things...............maths and number are all around us!!!!!

Here's to another fabulous week.............there maybe a special celebration this week!!!!!

Many thanks for all your support,

Mrs. J and Mrs. Smith

Brilliant first day of school..........ever!!!!!!!! Reception

It was so lovely to meet all of you this morning, children and families! It was such a positive first drop off and the children all settled quickly and calmly - thank you!

You should all be super proud of your children............they settled straight in to Reception!!!!!They approached everything with confidence...........whole school assembly, meeting their Year 4 buddy, whole school lunch time in the hall followed by playtime outside, whole school daily mile, PE as well as exploring our classroom. They will definitely be tired by Friday!!!!!!!

On a Friday, we will send home some home learning with an explanation sheet, so please look out for that in book bags.

Wow moments are such an important slip for you to fill out. Not only does it help us to build more of a picture as to the new skills that your child achieves, but it also gives the child a chance to stand up in front of the class and feel proud to share their achievement - another chance for us to celebrate your child! You can find wows just outside the door into the classroom, please help yourselves and hand them in in the morning!!!!!

A request: we are looking for some items to enhance our provision and they might be just the sort of thing you have at home.............items for junk modelling - tubes, boxes, plastic bottles etc do bring them in whenever you have a couple of items and pop them in the junk modelling box, old cameras or telephones or any bits of old technology that the children can take apart and examine as well as use screw drivers and spanners to develop fine motor skills, finally............we would like to build an open ended dressing up resource - so, not your traditional children's specific dressing up outfit but things that the children can use their imaginations with (charity shop finds would be great) beads, hats, bags, scarves, shawls, glasses, shoes etc

If you are able to help with any of these items we would be most grateful!

Thank you from a very happy and tired Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Johnson

Welcome to Reception 2019!

A VERY warm welcome to Reception and to The Prince of Wales School. Mrs. Smith and I hope you had a wonderful summer with plenty of fun and family time!

YOUR FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL................ and we are soooooooooo privileged that we can be a part of it. It is such a special year in your life and we want to make sure that you learn lots, be happy and have great fun and most importantly, love coming to school!

We are also extremely excited to be back and to embark on your journey with you this year!

I am very conscious that there is a lot of information to take in, so I will blog things gradually. We just want you to enjoy the first few days of school and settling in (as children and families!)

Tomorrow, please come into the Reception outside area and we will open the doors at 8:45 am. If you bring wellies tomorrow please leave them on the welly rack outside. Just inside the door you can leave a water bottle and healthy snack. Book bags in trays, coats on pegs and then find your group and morning power up activity! At 3:30 pm wait in our outside area and we will match up each child with their family! If we could also kindly ask that children do not play on or with the equipment before and after school as we will have tidied it away or have it set up for learning.

Some children will come in and feel nervous, some confident, some maybe tearful...........this is all FINE and perfectly ok! Be guided by your child, we want them to be happy! If they are happy and settled and confident for you to go, then that is not a problem. If they are very unsettled, either Mrs. Smith or myself will come and help with a gentle hand over! You may find they are fine one day and then not the next, this too is normal as they will probably be very tired at the start.
(Click on the link to watch the episode at home!)

Elmo says good bye!

You can always make an appointment for a quick chat if needed and you can't catch us in the morning - drop off can be quite busy!

I will blog tomorrow to fill you all in on their first day and with a few more bits of info!

See you all tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!

#veryexcitedreceptionteam!

Reception final blog 2018-2019

Here goes..................................

It is with very mixed emotions that I write this final blog to you all!

What an utter privilege it has been to have been given the gift of your children for a year, not only that, but the very fist year of their school life! Each and EVERY child has blossomed, grown, flourished, scaled mountains and heights of colossal proportion (metaphorically) and we have been thrilled to have been a part of it. I know, from the bottom of my heart, they will ALL go on to achieve great things and I cannot wait to watch them continue to blossom throughout the school - sad as it is to let them go!


Not only have we educated them, prepared for their learning journey throughout the school, nurtured them and helped them to build and develop skills we hope that we have also built wonderful memories for them that they will look back fondly on and cherish forever!

Reception - If I could sprinkle magic wishing dust on you, this is what I would wish for.............believe in yourself always, reach for the stars, follow your dreams, be kind, stand up for what is right, be strong, be happy, see the world and enjoy life!


Over and out...............Mrs. J and the "Shamaaaaaaaaazing" Reception Team!