Welcome to Reception 2025/26

A very warm welcome from all the staff

Teachers

Mrs Fortune

Mrs Dollery

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Ashcroft

Mrs Dodd

Mr Anderson

Our classrooms provide a calm, stimulating environment that encourages the children to be confident and independent learners.The children have the opportunity to learn indoors and outdoors throughtout the day. 

Each half term we will update the website with information about what your child is learning.. This may include upcoming activities, events and information about topics, books and activities that we are focusing on. We aim to foster excellent home-school links to support you and help your child to get the most out of their EYFS experience at Woodlands Primary school.

Please visit the 'Web Blogs' section below to view photographs and images of the activities that your child has been participating in.

Reading books and homework activities

On Mondays and Thursdays the children will need to make sure that their yellow reading diary is in school and has been signed. as well as returning their reading book. We will change RWI reading books on Mondays and library books on Thursdays.. We are promoting a love of reading in Reception and would like you to share the library/picture books with your child and talk about the characters, settings and key events. 

In the Autumn term we will be sending home speed sound cards from the RWI phonics scheme so that the children can consolidate their learning at home. These should be used daily as flashcards to ensure that the children have quick recall and knowledge of all the single letter sounds and special friends. We will be sending home a bingo grid each half term. This will have a selection of activities, games and ideas for you to do with your child that is linked to their learning in school and milestones that need to be reached by the end og the EYFS curriculum. We would like you to support your child with these activities. If you wish for your child's work to be celebrated in school we will show and talk about this each week.

We are really looking forward  to the year ahead.