Reception

Welcome

Reception 2025 - 2026

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 (once started)

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

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 or Poshest Pentecost Party Day, we will usually not visit Woodlands School, but you will be informed on the class weekly newsletter. 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/it fits 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 (once started)

Once the yellow Dictation books and lists are 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.

New members are always welcome to join us.

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. You might want to put a picture on the Padlets page so your child can share with the class what they did with him.
• The 'Prayer Bag' will go home every day on a rota basis
• The 'PE Bag' will go home every day on a rota basis
• 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 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 - Learned & Wise

• Monday 15th December - BTK Week of Joy
• Tuesday 16th December -  Celebration Assembly for Autumn 2 at 9am. Parents and family are welcome to attend - especially those children who are being awarded the Head Teacher award for this half term
• Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Jumper Day
• Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Dinner Day
• Wednesday 17th December - Class Christmas Party afternoon
• Wednesday 17th December - Whole School Mass at church 10am - everyone welcome to attend
• Thursday 18th December - School closes for Christmas holidays
• Thursday 18th December - No Kids Club after school
• Friday 19th December - INSET Day. School closed to pupils

Christmas Holiday

Value & Virtue - Curious & Active 

• Monday 5th January - Return to school
• Tuesday 6th January - Whole School Mass for Epiphany followed by door blessings  NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
• Friday 9th January - Unwanted Christmas Gifts Mufti Day. If you have any unwanted Christmas gifts (trinkets, smellies, chocolates, bottles, toys….) then please send them the school. The PTA will use these for the Mother’s Day shop and for prizes through the year
• Saturday 10th January - Special Friends Family Mass at 6pm
• Friday 23rd January - EYFS Parent & Child Reading Together Session at 2.30pm
• Monday 2nd February - BTK Launch for February ‘Design a crucifix of Hope’
• Friday 6th February - PTA Silent Disco
• Friday 13th February -  Celebration Assembly for Spring 1 at 9am. Parents and family are welcome to attend - especially those children who are being awarded the Head Teacher award for this half term
• Friday 13th February - Break up for half term

Half Term

Value & Virtue - Intentional & Prophetic

• Monday 23rd February - Return to school
• Monday 23rd February - BTK Launch for Lent: Week 1 ‘Feast on Promises’
• Friday 27th February - Vocations Afternoon  
• Friday 28th February - Special Friends Family Mass at 6pm
• Monday 2nd March - BTK for Lent Week 2: Feast on Prayer
• Tuesday 3rd March - Little Kid Town Role Play visit to school. More details to follow
• Friday 6th March - St Anne’s World Book Day (note the change from National). Children can come dressed as a character from a book or in their pajamas. To try and help reduce our environmental impact and Live Simply & Live Sustainably, please do not spend on brand new costumes. Please recycle from younger children or friends or wear pajamas / lounge wear. There will be a costume exchange in school nearer the date
• Monday 9th March - BTK for Lent Week 3: Feast on Love
• Monday 9th March - Science Week activities in school
• Monday 9th March - Mother’s Day Shop open 
• Friday 13th March - EYFS Parent & Child Reading Together Session at 2.30pm 
• Sunday 15th March - Mothering Sunday
• Monday 16th March - BTK for Lent Week 4: Feast on making time for everyone
• Monday 23rd March - BTK for Lent Week 5: Turn Concerns into actions & Feasting on Stations of the Cross
• Wednesday 25th March - Whole School Mass at church for 10am
• Thursday 26th March - Celebration Assembly for Spring 2 at 9am. Parents and family are welcome to attend - especially those children who are being awarded the Head Teacher award for this half term
• Thursday 26th March - Parent Meeting from 1pm
• Thursday 26th March - Break up for Easter
• Friday 27th March - INSET Day School closed to pupils

Easter Holiday

Value & Virtue - Grateful & Generous

• Monday 13th April - Return to School
• Friday 24th April - EYFS Parent & Child Reading Together Session at 2.30pm
• Friday 1st May - Socks for Men Mufti Day. More information to follow
• Friday 1st May - BTK Launch for May ‘Marian Art Work’ for the month of May
• Monday 18th May - National Walk to School Week
• Wednesday 20th May - St Anne’s Feast Day Celebration Day (St Anne’s Feast Day occurs  on 26th July so we are transferring our celebrations to today)
• Wednesday 20th May - Whole School Mass followed by May Procession
• Thursday 21st May - Celebration Assembly for Summer 1 at 9am. Parents and family are welcome to attend - especially those children who are being awarded the Head Teacher award for this half term
• Friday 22nd May - Journey through Time Day
• Friday 22nd May - Break up for half term

Half Term

Value & Virtue - Attentive & Discerning

• Monday 1st June - Return to school
• Monday 1st June - BTK Launch for June ‘Male Role Models’ research project​​​​​​​
• Friday 12th June - ​​​​​​​EYFS Parent & Child Reading Together Session at 2.30pm 
• Monday 15th June - PTA Father’s Day Shop open
• Friday 19th June - Sports Day. EYFS race in the morning. You and your family are welcome to come and watch and then share a picnic lunch on the field with your child
• Saturday 20th June - First Holy Communion. Please keep Year 3 in your prayers​​​​​​​
• Saturday 4th July  - PTA Summer Garden Party
• ​​​​​​​Friday 10th July - Fall Back Sports Day
• ​​​​​​​Thursday 16th July - Celebration Assembly for Summer 2 at 9am. Parents and family are welcome to attend - especially those children who are being awarded the Head Teacher award for this half term
• Friday 17th July ​​​​​​​- Break up for Summer