Welcome to Reception! Our teacher is Nicola Duggan. We follow an emergent curriculum that is based upon the needs and interests of the wonderful children in Reception.
Most of the children in our Reception class came to our Nursery and so we are lucky enough to have already formed relationships with them by the time they come to us in Reception. We also welcome some children into Reception from other Nurseries and it is always lovely to make new friends.
Early Years can be the child’s first experience of the wider world, outside of the family home. It is therefore essential that this experience is varied, rich and of the highest quality to ensure that strong foundations are built to enable our children to progress through life successfully. We support our children in becoming capable, confident individuals who have high self-esteem and social competence. We have highly skilled, enthusiastic educators who work hand in hand with parents and the community to provide the best start for all of the children in our care.
During the Reception year, children progress rapidly and develop the skills that are essential for lifelong learning. They work on both adult directed tasks and have lots of opportunities for child initiated learning. Reception children begin their day at 8.50am (they can come in from 8.35am) and stay with us until 3.15pm. We have a breakfast and after school club available daily to both Nursery and Reception children. For more information about this service please click here.
If you have any questions or want to find out any further information about our unit, then please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to help you!
Useful Information for Parents and Carers:
Reception Long Term Plan
Reception Long Term Overview 2025-2026
What we are learning in Reception this half term…
Our topic is: Magnificent Me!
Throughout this topic, we will be thinking about ourselves and what makes us unique! We will be celebrating differences between ourselves. We will be talking about our likes and dislikes, our feelings, our family and friends, our home, where we live in the world and our place in the community. As well as this, we will be thinking about our own timeline and how we have changed as we have grown.
In addition to this, we will be thinking and discussing Autumn and the seasonal changes that happen.
Independent skills
A huge part of being in Reception is learning to become independent. We will be doing lots of things independently such as putting our own coats on and learning to fasten them up! We will also be working on our independence skills for getting our own wellies on and off, as well as school shoes and waterproof clothing for outdoors.
In Literacy, we will be reading a wide range of books linked to our topic as well as reading books chosen by the children. We will be discussing new vocabulary that we find in books and keeping a record of our favourite new words! We will be looking specifically at a word of the week. We will be talking about characters, settings and events in stories. We will be learning our first sounds in Read, Write Inc as well as thinking about rhyming words, initial sounds in words and oral blending!
In Maths, we will be exploring simple repeating patterns and looking closely at the numbers 1 to 4. We will begin to subitise these numbers and explore different ways to represent them. We will be thinking about directional and positional language and looking at the similarities between 2D shapes. We will be doing lots and lots of counting as well as exploring the days of the week, months of the year and the seasons.
Other useful information:
- We do P.E. every Friday, please come to school dressed in your P.E. kit.
- Remember to bring your water bottle each day – filled with fresh water. Juice will be replaced with water.
- Book bags need to come to school every day.
- Children will be listened to every Tuesday and reading books will also be changed on this day.
- New keyrings with additional sounds with have learnt in our Read Write Inc will come home please practice these at home.
A Parents guide to EYFS
CBeebies – Alpha Blocks
CBeebies Get Squiggling
Crick Web Early Years Games and Activities
Dough disco
ICT Games
Number Formation Rhymes that we use in school
Teach your monster to read
Top Marks Maths Games
Phoneme pop! A fun interactive game to support letter recognition
Phonics Games
We have been having lots of fun learning in Reception!
