Welcome to Reception

Nurturing bright futures 

Respect    Responsibility   Resilience  

​Meet The Team

Mrs Acton - RP EYFS leader and Class Teacher

Mrs Thompson - RP Teaching Assistant
Mrs Nowosad - RG Class Teacher Monday-Wednesday

Mrs Dickson - RG Class Teacher Thursday-Friday

Mrs Brown - RG Teaching Assistant

Email RP: RP@pottersgreen.org.uk

Email RG: RG@pottersgreen.org.uk

Welcome to Reception, we are Mrs Acton (RP) and Mrs Nowosad and Mrs Dickson (RG). We are very excited to be a part of your child's early learning journey.  The work outlined on our class pages will be updated each half term and this will inform you about what your child will be learning in school.

General Information

Drop off and pick up

Reception children are to be dropped off between 8:45-8:55am and collected at 3:10pm.

Lunches 

All children are entitled to a free school lunch. Every morning children choose what they are going to eat. They have a choice from a meat or vegetarian meal, jacket potato or a sandwich. All served with a pudding choice of the day or fruit or yoghurt. There is also a daily salad cart that the children can access. 

Water Bottles and Snacks
Children can bring their own water bottles into school to help keep them hydrated throughout the day. Children will be offered fruit and milk throughout the day. 

Incentives: Positively Reinforcing Good Behaviour

Based on the principle/expectation that good behaviour will be the expected norm, teachers, support staff and the school’s management structures will have a range of formal and informal methods of reinforcing good behaviour. We have a range of school-wide means of rewards which can be used and applied to children following any of our school rules in all areas of school.

Star Child of the Week

Star Child Certificates and stickers are presented to 2 children (1 girl, 1 boy) on a Friday during celebrations assembly. An award is earned by a pupil who has stood out that week for either their work, behaviour or upholding the values of the school. The teacher will explain clearly why that child has been chosen. The child will receive a certificate which is taken home to parents and a sticker to wear during the day.

Headteacher’s Class of the Week

Headteacher’s class of the week is presented to a FS/KS1 class and another for a KS2 class. These classes will have stood out that week as an example for other classes to follow both in their work and in their behaviour. Headteacher’s Awards

Children can receive a Headteacher’s Award for an excellent standard of work or when a pupil has improved their work considerably. A sticker is placed on the child’s work and another for them to wear throughout the day. The headteacher also has postcards which can be sent home to parents as a surprise.

Attendance Award

 Children who have 100% attendance in a term will be presented with an attendance badge during the end of term celebrations assembly.

 A weekly class attendance award is announced in assembly for the class with the highest attendance figure for the previous week. They are able to wear their own non-uniform on the Friday of the same week.

 A virtual reward scheme has been introduced. For every day a child attends school they are awarded a virtual 1p. The class who has accumulated the most money at the end of each term will be given the money for the class to spend on a treat for themselves, eg a class party, ice-creams for everyone in their class. Therefore at the end of each term there will be a class attendance champion from one of the Reception/KS1 classes and another from the KS2 classes.

Termly Awards

At the end of each term, a Child of Excellence award will be presented in assembly to celebrate a child who has consistently demonstrated the schools core values.

Birthdays

When it is a child’s birthday they are presented with a birthday gift which varies each academic year. It could be a birthday pencil, ruler or other suitable gift. The children sing happy birthday to them and they are awarded their birthday gift during the celebrations assembly.

Lunchtimes

Daily, the dinner supervisors will award one child a raffle ticket for consistent good lunchtime behaviour. The child’s name is written on the raffle ticket and it is placed into a raffle draw. At the end of each term a raffle takes place one child per key stage (FS to Y2, Y3 to Y6) wins a prize eg vouchers

PE 

Your child will need a P.E kit in school after October half term. Please send in a named PE kit for your child to get changed in to. They will need pumps, t-shirt and shorts. PE kits stay in school and will be sent home at the end of each half term. P.E is every Thursday for RP-Mrs Acton's class and RG for Mrs Nowosad and Mrs Dickson's class. 

Wildlife Area

The children access the wildlife area once a week either on Thursday (Mrs Nowosad and Mrs Dickson's class) or a Friday (Mrs Acton's class). Please ensure your child has a pair of wellies in school. 

Reading Books 

Your child will be bringing home a folder labelled Phonics Homework, in this there will be a 'Book Bag Book'. These will be sent home once your child has learnt the set 1 sounds and is able to blend with these sounds. They will also have a reading book to share with an adult, labelled 'A book to share with an adult' and a library book. The children will access the library once a week on either a Thursday or a Friday. 

As an incentive to read the children have a reading rocket displayed. For every book your child completes at home, their Reading Rocket will move up the chart, and for every five books changed, your child will be given a certificate. Please support your child with this by writing in their diary so we know they have read or shared a book with you. Please write the title of the book and sign your name to indicate they have read/shared a book. 

Please ensure your child's reading book is in their bag every day.

Autumn Term

This half term we will be spending time getting to know your child and carrying out the NFER reception baselining. We will be reading a range of books and learning all about families. We will be reading The Family Book, The Great Big Book of families, Ruby’s worries, Three Little Pigs, Little Red Hen and books about Diwali.

The children will have access to the indoor and outdoor environment and will be learning how to look after our school equipment and learning where everything belongs. The children will begin to learn all about the routines of school and how to share resources with their friends. 

In Maths we will be following the White Rose Maths Scheme and we will be learning about matching and sorting including length and height. They will then be completing work on different patterns including repeating patterns and shape patterns. 

Every Monday afternoon the children are also fortunate enough to be able to take part in a Drama Tots session. Drama Tots provides award-winning drama, music and imaginative play classes for children and combines music, movement and creative play. The children also use a fantastic range of props, puppets and instruments to bring the adventures to life.

In PE the children will be learning to take their shoes and socks off and will be working on their listening and attention skills. They will be completing a range of different games including traffic lights and the bean game. The children will then complete some dance activities relating to current topics including Autumn.