Reception 2024 - 2025
Mrs Kirkham
Mrs Telfer
Mrs Jordan
Mrs Biddle
All about our Reception classes
We are always busy in Reception! The children in Reception learn through cross-curricular themes, interwoven with the Christ Church CE friendly and caring Christian ethos, that are designed to follow the children’s interests and challenge each child to progress onto their next steps. We are committed to promoting the highest levels of well being and involvement for our children.
We value the role of parents as children’s primary educators and work hard to build positive relationships between home and school. Our school has a friendly open doors ethos and practitioners are available to talk to parents at the beginning and end of the day. Parents are always welcomed into school and encouraged to discuss any concerns they might have. We endeavour to share information with our parents in many ways such as: informal chats, reading planner, newsletters, our online observation tool 'EvidenceMe', half termly parent feedback forms, website updates and termly parents’ evenings.
In our Reception classes we recognise that young people learn best when they are active. We understand that active learning involves other people, objects, ideas and events that engage and involve children for sustained periods. Therefore, we believe that Early Years education should be as practical as possible and our Early Years department has an ethos of learning through play. Play is a powerful motivator encouraging children to be creative and to develop their ideas, understandings and language. Play is also flexible and able to suit the preferred learning style of the child. It can provide multiple ways for children to learn a variety of different skills and concepts. The children in Reception will experience both child initiated and adult directed play opportunities both indoors and outdoors.
Teaching in Reception is an absolute pleasure! We feel confident that you will be amazed by the progress your child makes as they journey throughout the year towards becoming confident, independent and motivated learners.
How can you help?
Help your child with their homework challenge (purple book) – sent home at the end of each half term.
Listen to your child read their home reading book and comment/sign their reading planner.
Find out information about your child’s topic using the local library or the internet.
Having all they need in school in the morning helps your child to be happy, and happy children make better learners! Please:
1. Check your child’s bag contains their reading planner, reading book and homework book - please ensure that their bag is either the official 'Book Bag' or flat/small enough to fit into their tray.
2. Regularly check your child’s bag for letters and return slips promptly.
3. Send your child with a labelled water bottle each day (containing only water) - please ensure they are not put into bookbags due to potential spillages.
4. Please label all items.
Online Learning and Communications.
ACCESSING MS TEAMS FOR CHILDREN
Please see below 'Quick Guide to MS Teams for Parents' guide as to how your children can set up themselves ready to interact with their teacher.
All children with current log-ins will automatically be logged in to their new September 2024 Class when they access the system.
Please note that children will need to access MS class team pages in the event of a local lockdown or if individually self-isolating.
Children will also need to log-in to the system. These log-ins consist of a 4 digit number which will form the start of their email address, and a password. PARENTS / CARERS NEED TO ASK YOUR CHILD’S CLASS TEACHER, FOR THEIR UNIQUE 4-DIGIT LOG-IN CODE AND PASSWORD.
e.g Joe Bloggs is given code: 1234, therefore email address will be [email protected]. Every child should add this exact e-mail address to their 4-digit log-in code.
Password: Blog34
Please note:
Third parties cannot contact your children via MS TEAMS as it is an account password-only system. However, children can send messages to each other. It is your responsibility to supervise your children’s use of MS TEAMS and to remind your children that they must remain respectful of school rules and expected behaviour standards in relation to any such messages. NB: school IT admin have access to all messages. Thank you.
Children should not try to individually video-chat or telephone staff, as for safeguarding reasons staff cannot interact 1:1 with a child in this way - any questions should be posted on the class 'General' chat please. Also, whilst MS TEAMS is a secure site, you should only allow your child to upload pictures of themselves to MS TEAMS if it is relevant to a learning activity or task they have been doing or something of clear and ‘innocent’ interest, they are suitably dressed and you are aware that other children, despite our instructions to the contrary, may have the capacity to copy pictures of your child and use them in other applications.