Reception Class
Teacher: Mrs Mason
Teaching Assistants: Miss Cunningham, Miss Winskill & Mrs Harrison
Our Gospel Value is: Kindness
Pupil Leaders:
Our School Councillors: Rory and Alma
Our Eco Warriors: Oliver and Esmae
Our SHINE Councillors: Rooha and Sadie
Our link Governor is: Louise Evans
Class Dojo:
Class Dojo is the platform Reception class use to share information on a daily basis. Parents and Carers can join Class Dojo via an invitation from the class teacher, Mrs Mason. The class teacher will share photographs, information about our learning and how you can help at home. Parents and Carers can send photographs of their children's achievements, share news, let the class teacher know information (non-urgent) and ask questions.
Helpful Information:
- Reading books will be changed on a Friday
- Reading records are needed in school every day
- Library Visit and book changing day is Friday
- Homework is given via Class Dojo.
- PE kits are needed on Wednesdays and Fridays - please come in PE kits ready
- Healthy snacks - if your child does not have morning toast, they may bring in a healthy snack
- Water bottles - children will need a water bottle in school each day. This must contain water - no juice or flavoured water. Please return these daily after washing. You may choose to send your own in.
Looking ahead:
- We will be in Forest School every Wednesday on our Welly Walk- please wear your PE kit and bring your wellies in! In winter and spring please bring gloves and a hat too.
- We will be visiting St Annes Library each term to develop our love of reading and awareness of our community.
- We will visit Porritt House Nursing Home this year to share stories and books.
- Our school trip will be on the 7th May 2025 to Park View 4 U
Spring Term message from Mrs Mason:
Happy New Year and welcome back to school ready for our 2025 learning. The Early Years team are looking forward to working with the children in Reception class during the spring term. This half term we will be learning under the themes of 'Starry Night' and 'Dinosaurs'. We will be observing and talking about winter. We will encourage children to ask and answer questions about this season. We will be learning about animals that hibernate and animals that are nocturnal. We will be learning about floating and sinking as well as what happens to liquid when it freezes and melts with the season. We will be going on Wellington walk every Wednesday into our Forest School area where we will be building dens, making bird feeders, toasting marshmallows and being imaginative with sticks. January is the Reception Class month for 'litter picking'. We will be helping to make sure our school grounds are safe for the animals and families. Our class Author is Jill Murphy who wrote super stories such as Peace At Last and Whatever Next. If you have any questions at all, please ask and I will do my best to answer asap. Thank you for all your support in advance, Mrs Mason
Useful Documents for Reception Year
Reception Curriculum Learning Overview
Reception End of Year Expectations
Reception Baseline Parent Information
50 Recommended Reads for 4-5 Year Olds
Autumn Term Documents
Spring Term Documents
Summer Term Documents
Reception Blog
Egg to Chick week!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
Potato Planting!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
World Book Day Celebrations!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
We had a wonderful time on World Book Day sharing the books we love and get pleasure from. The children designed and made character potatoes, dressed up as a character or theme, took part in a book swap shop and did lots of outdoor reading for pleasure. Great job Reception!
Whatever the weather!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
The children in Reception class have been learning all about the season of spring and the weather. We have been making a weather diary all week. On Wednesday we made ice sculptures by freezing water with natural materials we had collected on our wellington walk. On Thursday we hung them up and watch what happened in the warm sunshine.
Dinosaur Mapping!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
We have been learning that a map is a picture of a place. We have been drawing our own maps and taking our dinosaurs on a journey. We had to use words such as through, in between, across, around, under and over.
Ammonite Art!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
We have been using wax and watercolours to create pictures of ammonites. We looked closely at photographs of lots of different ammonites and copied the interesting 
NSPCC Number Fun Day!
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
RSPB School Bird Watch
Reception Teacher (C.Mason) on: Reception Blog
This week we used binoculars and looked around our school grounds for birds. We recorded them on our RSPB tens frame chart.
