Welcome to the FS2/Reception class page. Mrs Szutka is the class teacher with Miss Barnes and Mrs Gau supporting each day.  Mrs Bywater covers the class on Monday or Tuesday afternoons.

In reception we continue to develop children’s learning through carefully chosen topic books, songs, rhymes, as well as through exploration which are led by the children’s interests and curiosities.  We want all children to become independent learners and we encourage them to meet their own needs, having access to free flow activities indoors and outdoors.

We regularly engage with the Seesaw app to share your child’s memories and achievements and for you to see how their learning journey is progressing throughout the year.  We encourage you to share your child’s home experiences and developments through photographs, as well as using the platform to share information or any concerns regarding your child to inform your class teachers.  We are also available to speak to parents daily during school drop-offs and pick-ups.

Every Friday a child will be selected to take home ‘The Everywhere Bear’ so that they can take him on adventures over the weekend and during school holidays.  We hope you can take photos and upload these to Seesaw, so that we can share these exciting adventures with the rest of the class.

A child will also be selected to take home the weekly F2 Reading Scrapbook challenge.  We want all of our children to develop a love of reading, therefore this challenge is to record your child’s favourite book with words, drawings and give it a rating score out of 10 using shiny star stickers.

Every week your child will bring home a new reading for pleasure book, as well as a reading book linked to their phonics ability (the phonics books will be given out once your child is able to blend sounds to read words).  Please share a story with your children each day, bedtime is the perfect opportunity for this.  There are lots of prizes to be won for reading, the more your child reads, the more chances they have of winning.  Please remember to write in your child’s reading record each time they have read at home.

PE is every Monday.  Please ensure that your child has their full PE kit and uniform, labelled with your child’s name in school.  Please also ensure that earrings are removed before the session.

We look forward in supporting your child as they flourish and grow whilst gaining independence during their year in reception.

Autumn 1

‘We are so proud of our class, the children have settled into reception very well.  They have enjoyed exploring all areas of provision and have been getting to know one another through new friendship groups, games and circle time activities’.