Reception (Foundation 2)

Welcome to our Reception Class Page!

The children have settled in beautifully and are doing a fantastic job learning all of the routines and rules.  For the children who are new to Westvale, welcome to our wonderful school.  I truly believe you have given your child the best start in life by choosing Westvale! 

Our topic in Reception this half term is Where I Belong.  The children will be discovering what groups they belong to such as their families, their class group and the Westvale family.   We will work hard to ensure your child feels safe and secure to enable them to foster a love of learning and thrive.

The first few weeks of Reception will involve getting to know the children and the children getting to know each other.  In this time, we wlll be conducting the statutory baseline assessment and other communication and language assessments in order to put support in place as soon as possible for those children who need it.

Once the baseline assessments are complete, the children will begin learning to read and write during our Read, Write, Inc phonic sessions.  Children’s learning begins at 8.55am so please ensure your child arrives to school on time.  We will be having a phonics workshop for parents to attend in order to support your children with reading and writing – date and time to follow.

Please check out the curriculum overview to see what exciting things we have planned this year.  The autumn 1 overview goes into more depth about what outcomes we will be helping your child achieve by October half term.

Reminders:

• We ask for a snack contribution of £2 per week per child payable every Monday morning. This is to give children a wide variety of choices for snack and to ensure they try as many new tastes and textures as possible.
• Please send your child into school with their own clearly labelled water bottle, school do not provide or sell water bottles and learning is thirsty work!
• Please ensure coats, hats, scarves and cardigans or jumpers are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
• Reading books be changed each Monday. Please aim to read with your child each evening and comment in their reading records..  Snuggle up before bed and enjoy a story together.
• PE day is Monday. Children are to come into school wearing the school uniform PE kit.  Pumps should be brought in a clearly labelled bag and the pumps should also be individually labelled with your child’s name.

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As always, thank you for your continued support.

The Reception Team