Welcome to Reception!
Meet the experienced, dedicated team that work in our Reception classes.
This year your teachers in RS are Mrs Cooper (MTW) and Miss Sperduto (TF) . Your teacher in RP is Miss Holdsworth. Our wonderful teaching support staff are Mrs Eshelby, Miss McNicholas, Mrs McGoldrick and Miss Gibson, who support teaching and learning in Reception.
Miss Sperduto
Mrs Cooper
Miss Holdsworth
Mrs Esh
Mrs McGoldrick
Miss McNicholas
Miss Gibson
The topics covered each half term are as follows:
Autumn 1- Week 1 and 2- Who am I? How am I feeling?
Week 3 onwards- Who lives in the deep dark woods?
Autumn 2- How do people celebrate around the world?
Spring 1- Who lives in the coldest places?
Spring 2- Does everything grow?
Summer 1- Where in the world would you like to go?
Summer 2- Do all superheroes have super human powers?
A Day in Reception
A typical day in reception includes children working as a whole class, where questions are posed to the children, giving them the opportunity to explore and express their ideas alongside their peers and teachers. In continuous provision, children are encouraged to embed and extend their focus learning through weekly challenges where they then get a reward to promote their independence. In addition to this, outdoor provision is accessible at least once a day for all children to choose. The classroom areas are enhanced and resourced regularly and consider the children’s interests where possible.
During the week English, Maths and Phonics whole class, small group or individual sessions are taught daily. Alongside this, we believe all children deserve a rich curriculum which involves weekly PE sessions in our gym, music sessions in the music room, computing sessions in the fully equipped computer suite with Mrs Holmes, library sessions in the beautiful school library and an afternoon outdoors in the woods to maximise learning in a different environment.
Reading in Reception
The children will undertake Little Wandle phonics sessions every day in Reception. They will take part in small group reading practise twice a week where they will focus on the same text and develop their fluency, prosody and comprehension skills. In addition to this, the same text will be sent home over the week to allow further development of the skills practised in school
Reception Long Term Plan 2024-25
New to Reception Presentation
Reception Literacy
‘The direct link here is to the parents section of the Little Wandle website. Here you will find the help resources and guidance for you at home, along with the ‘How To’ videos to show parents how children will learn to blend words, read tricky words and say the correct pronunciations.’
Below are the resources from the meeting on September 24th, including the grapheme mat which includes the phrases for the formation of each letter. These are the phrases we teach the children when physically forming/ writing each letter.’
Reception Little Wandle Parents Presentation 2025
Gallery
Letters Home
Reception Newsletter Autumn 1 2025
Statutory Curriculum Information
EYFS Statutory Framework 2024
Useful Links
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people