Reception

Welcome

2024 - 2025

Welcome to Reception's class webpage. I hope it gives you the information you require to support your child in school. Please use the icons above to navigate through the webpages pertinent to Reception. 

The new Curriculum Planner has been uploaded to the webpage to help you support your child at home. 

Timings of the Day for Reception

Start of the Day - Gate Open from 8.30am-8.45am

Lunch - 11.30am - 12.30am

School Finishes for Reception - 3.15pm

Individual Home Reading Books

Reading Books in School = Every Day

Please make sure your child's reading book & reading record is in your child's reading record every day. Please try to spend a few minutes every evening to read with your child and write in the reading record.

1000 Stories

1000 Stories = In School Every Day

Please send your child's 1000 Stories book to school when you shared the story with your child. Don't forget to record the WOW Word on the collector card and talk about the meaning of the word. The children are enjoying changing their books and seeing which books other children are choosing. If you have misplaced the WOW Word collector card or need more information about this initiative, please log on to: 1000 Stories Launch letter & collector card

PE

PE Day = Thursday

Dance = Monday in Summer Term

PE lesson take place every Thursday. Children should come to school in uniform and change into their PE kits from their PE Bags in school. These PE bags stay in school and are sent home at the end of every half term to be washed and returned on the first day after the holiday.

PE kit should include:

• Black shorts
• White t-shirt with the large school logo (not the polo shirt)
• Trainers with Velcro – no laces please
• A pair of white socks for girls in case they wear tights later in winter months
• Reception children do not need a black track suit or football shin pads – even if reminders come to you via email.

Please make sure that all PE kit and PE bags are clearly labelled on the outside with your child’s name and if it is a navy PE bag with a school logo then please ensure it has some sort of feature such as a key ring, ribbon etc. to help the children identify theirs.

For safety, please ensure children do not wear earrings on PE days.

Please ensure you return your child’s PE bag after a holiday

Woodlands Forest School

Woodlands Forest School Day = Friday

Children should come to school dressed in their Woodlands Forest School clothing for the whole day (clothing you don’t mind getting dirty such as leggings, t-shirt, fleece etc) wearing sensible Velcro footwear such as school shoes or trainers. Children do not need a change uniform on Friday's.

Please provide outer clothing in a named bag every Friday - sorry we don't have space to store them in school all week:

• waterproof all-in-one playsuit
• wellington boots (inside their own carrier bag to help stop the spread of mud through school and on clothing)
• spare socks in case theirs get wet
• a hat (winter / summer)

I will inform you if Woodlands Forest School is not taking place. If Friday happens to be a themed dress up day such as Journey through Time Day, we will not visit Woodlands School. Once we have registered the children and said prayers in the morning, we will put our outer clothing on. In colder weather, we will put your child’s school coat underneath their playsuit if needed to help keep them warm and once back in class the children will have hot chocolate. On the hotter and dryer days towards the end of the year we might have ice pops. 

Weekly Dictation Challenge - Wednesday's

Now that these yellow Dictation books and lists have been sent home and their challenges have been sent home, books will be collected in every Wednesday and will be returned by Friday.

Streetly Library Visits

We visit Streetly Library regularly for a story session on alternate Friday afternoons. 

PTA

St Anne's has an active PTA who are always looking for new members and supporters. If you would like to join the committee, then please join us for the PTA meetings. If you don't want to join the committee, then please support the PTA by attending events, buying raffle tickets, merchandise, donating raffle prizes, business/company match funding, buying name stampers using Easy to Name or name tags using Stikins and the easiest way when shopping online by registering and using EasyFundraising.

More information about our PTA can be found on the St Anne's PTA Webpage.

New members are always welcome to join us.

Mrs Turley - Class Teacher     Mrs Long - Teaching Assistant      

                               Mrs D'Arcy - EYFS Support Teaching Assistants

                                   Mrs Swann - KKDC Dance Teacher

                                    Mrs Leach & Mrs O'Reilly - Dinner Supervisors

General Reminders / Information

• Please make sure that uniform, PE kits, coats and drinking flasks are clearly named (if it moves or can be taken off - name it!) especially if your child has new uniform. Please do not use pen to write a name things as it will come off after a wash or become rubbed off. Don't forget to put your child's name on the outside of their reading packet and pump bag too. It is especially helpful to add a key ring onto the reading packet and pump bag to help your child identify it
• Travelling Ted will go home regularly with his travel bag with a child who the staff are particularly proud of that day. There is no record book this year
• The 'Prayer Bag' will go home every day on a rota basis
• The 'PE Bag' will go home every day on a rota basis
• PE lessons - Thursday 
• Library Visits - Alternate Friday's 
• Woodlands School - Friday -  see above for information
• Please check and clear your child's reading packet every evening. Reading Packets will be filled with letters, fliers, party invites, children's pictures etc. Please also have a look through your child's Links Book to check for messages.
• Please make sure your child's reading record and reading book is in school every day
• Please make sure your child's 1000 Stories is in school every day if you have shared their story at home
• Please ensure that earrings are of a small stud style and removed for PE & Woodlands School days 
• Please ensure that children are not wearing nail varnish or visible tattoos to school
• Please make sure hair is tied up completely in ponytails or plaits and not in a half up / half down style to help stop the spread of head lice and is out of their face for play and work
• Please make sure that packed lunches include healthy choices and are not too big - Children should not be bringing nuts to school
• Please make sure that you always order your child's school dinner (especially after a weekend or holiday). Please inform the office if you have any problems
• If your child is late (after 8.45am) in the morning, please take them directly to the main office
• If you want to give the class a treat  on your child's birthday, then please provide a small packet of sweets or chocolate bar. We do not have the facilities for sharing big birthday cakes and anything larger can make some parents and children feel uncomfortable. 

*Please note, that dates and times are subject to change. Please keep your eye on Mrs Johnston's weekly Headlines Parent Mail*

Value & Virtue - Compassionate & Loving

• Monday 28th April - Return to school
• Friday 2nd May - INSET Day School Closed to pupils
• Monday 5th May- Bank Holiday School Closed
• Friday 9th May - VE Day celebrations. This is a non-uniform day. There will be no Woodlands School on this day. Children should come to school dressed in red, white and blue ready to celebrate. There will be focused learning around VE Day in the morning, a whole school picnic at lunch with wartime games throughout the afternoon.
• Saturday 10th May - Year 6 & Reception Special Friends Family Mass at 6pm
• Monday 12th May - Student Teachers block placement begins for 5 weeks
• Monday 12th May - PTA Meeting at 7pm
• Friday 16th May - EYFS Parent & Child Reading Together Session at 2.30pm
• Friday 16th May - Proposed date for PTA's St Anne's has Talent Show
• Wednesday 21st May - Whole School Mass followed by May Procession at 9am. Parents & Parishioners are welcome to join us
• Friday 23rd May - Break up for half term

HALF TERM

Value & Virtue - Faithfilled & Hopeful

• Tuesday 3rd June - Drama Club performance to the whole school
• Thursday 5th June - Y6 Confirmation - please keep our Special Friends in your prayers
• Saturday 7th June - Reception & Year 6 Special Friends Mass 6pm
• Monday 9th June - PTA Father's Day Shop
• Tuesday 10th June - Reception & Year 6 Mass at 9am. Please arrive at church by 8.45am. Please stay with your child until staff arrive. You are welcome to stay and join us for Mass. Children will walk back to school with their special friends
• Friday 20th June - Sports Day
• Friday 20th June - Student Teachers finish their block placement
• Saturday 21st June - First Holy Communion Masses - please keep Y3 in your prayers
• Wednesday 25th June - Whole School Mass at 9am to celebrate Y3's First Holy Communion
• Friday 27th June - Our Final EYFS Parent & Child Reading Together Session at 2.30pm
• Friday 4th July - Fall Back Sports Day
• Saturday 12th July - PTA Summer Garden Party
• Tuesday 15th July - Celebration Assembly at 9am
• Friday 18th July - Whole School Leavers Mass & Presentations at 9am. All parents are welcome to attend
• Friday 18th July - Wear Trainers Day with full school uniform. Children are welcome to wear their trainers to school and donate their old school shoes if they are still in good enough condition for others to wear. They will be taken to St Chad's Sanctuary
• Friday 18th July - Last Day of Term
• Monday 21st July - INSET DAY SCHOOL CLOSED TO PUPILS