Welcome to Reception
Our Class Teacher is Miss Lauder and our teaching assistants are Miss Henderson and Miss Teasdale.
Please see our curriculum map below:
If you would like more information about the curriculum the school is following please contact the school.
Reception New Starters
To support with transition arrangements if your child is starting Reception in September , please see the Powerpoint below.
Reception New Starters Powerpoint
Reception
The prime areas in Reception are:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
Communication and Language
The specific areas are:
Literacy
Maths
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design
Please see our Reception blog below to find out about all the fantastic things we do in Reception!
Reception’s Walk in Town
As part of Reception's topic we enjoyed a walk in town. We have been learning about what makes Barnard Castle special and visited Barnard Castle, the River Tees, County Bridge, the Butter Market and the Bowes Museum. Once we arrived at the Bowes Museum we worked with...
Read Write Inc in Reception
This week we have started our learn to read phonics programme, Read Write Inc (RWI). The children start by learning 'set 1' sounds. We learn a sound a day, with an associated image and then learn how to write the sound using a rhyme. This week we are learning 'm, a,...
Harvesting with Ms Whelan
Ms Whelan has had a lovely time harvesting potatoes with Reception Class. The children were very excited to discover there were potatoes ready to dig up in our vegetable bed in the garden. We learned that the word for picking or digging up vegetables is 'harvesting'....
Welcome to Reception!
We have had a fantastic few days settling into Reception class! We have explored our classroom and messy room and have enjoyed spending time in our outdoor area! We have played with our friends and have made new friends too. The adults in Reception Class have already...