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Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre

Celebrating Success

Reception

Reception 2024-2025

 

 

Welcome to our friendly, and welcoming Reception. We strive to support you and nurture your child to develop as creative and ambitious individual citizens of the future.

Introduction

 

Class Teacher- Mrs. Mohammadi

Teaching Assistant – Mrs. Lightfoot

 

Welcome to the start of your child’s Kings Meadow Learning Journey.  We understand that as parents, this may be your first experience of Reception life and we are here to ensure that you are fully aware of what learning is all about in our Reception.

We hope you find it helpful.  If you do have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

 

What will you need?

‘Tool Kit’ For Nursery

 

Your child will need to bring a bag (your child’s tool kit) to include everything he/she will need to have a happy day in Reception. 

These essentials include

  • A plastic water bottle/beaker, to be returned and filled with water/milk daily 
  • A change of spare clothes – including socks, underwear.
  • Warm jumper if weather is cold.
  • Sunglasses/sun hat in summer weather
  • Hat, scarf and gloves for winter weather
  • Optional all in one waterproof play suit

 

WE PLAY OUTSIDE IN ALL WEATHERS!

Please ensure that your child comes to Reception in weather appropriate clothing to enable full access to all of our learning spaces. 

 

YES! Your child WILL get MESSY!

And we love it as it is part of learning!

Your child may get paint, playdough, food, spaghetti, slime, felt-tip, mud, sand and much more on their clothing!  We try our best to keep ourselves clean, however, we encourage the children to explore and get involved in learning. 

It is important that your child is developing independence within a setting with lots of children.  Velcro fastening shoes are most appropriate and helpful with this. 

Top Tip!

REMEMBER TO LABEL EVERY ITEM OF CLOTHING!

 

 

Entering Reception

You will be greeted at our Reception door by our smiling team. 

We are always happy to help and discuss important information about your child at this time.  Please inform staff of any medical needs or emotional needs that may affect your child for that day.  It really helps us to support your child the best we can. 

 

Reception gates are locked at 8:55am and we start the register immediately. Children arriving after this time must sign in the office.

 

Reception Dinners

The menu for our school dinners will be given to you on request. It can also be viewed on the school website.

Please discuss options with your child and highlight your options on the menu before returning this back to school.  We encourage the children to try all of the delicious healthy foods.   Our children have loved tasting new foods and even enjoy foods they thought they didn’t like!

 

 

 

Healthy Snacks

Children will have healthy snacks twice a day.  We ask for a contribution of £1 per week to help us to fund our healthy snacks, baking and celebrations.  Please return in the envelope provided at the beginning of term.

Home Time

Home time is 3.15pm and we try our best to be prompt.  Should you be unavoidably detained, your child will be taken to the entrance/office. Please let us know if a family member/friend will be picking up your child.  

‘Our Cracking Curriculum’

We have developed a very exciting curriculum for our Early Years Foundation Stage.

In the Early Years at Kings Meadow Primary School, we believe that every pupil is unique.  We ensure all children have the opportunity to develop and learn in a safe and nurturing environment where play and learning is combined.

 Through practical learning experiences, we strive to equip children with a love of learning and a natural curiosity.

We are committed to giving our pupils the best possible start to their school life, teaching them skills and knowledge that ensure their well- being now and success in the future.

 

Our EYFS Curriculum aims to provide a

C- Creative,

R-Real-life,

A-Ambitious,

C-Curriculum…building 

K-Knowledge & Skills for every

I-Individual.

N-Nurturing

G- Global Citizens of The Future.

 

Meet Nathan the Natterjack Toad!

He will be helping us with our learning along the way!

  

Knowledge Organisers – We will provide you with a termly overview of our Topics and Key story focus.  This includes technical vocabulary and a knowledge and skills overview that your child will experience with us.

Home Learning

We send phonic and handwriting book every Friday and would appreciate it if they are returned by the following Thursday, this would allow us to prepare the next activity.

As soon as your child is ready to read, we send home reading books. Please ensure they are returned to school everyday as we use every opportunity to read with them.

We may also share activity ideas on our Instagram page or school website.

We may set creative ‘half-termly’ challenges that we hope you will enjoy taking part in!

 

Parental Involvement

 

We provide many opportunities for you to engage in your child’s learning.  There will be lots of ‘Stay and Play’ days linked to our themes and topics. 

You may like to volunteer to listen to children read or help our children to change library books.

 

Check out our Instagram – Kingsmeadow_EYFS

Please follow us on Instagram for exciting updates about your child’s learning.   We may also send, reminders, dates for forthcoming events, etc. Parents agree for us to share our photographs, however, if you would like to discuss removal of any photographs, please let us know.  

 

Eco School Issues

We recycle yoghurt pots, ice cream tubs, kitchen roll tubes, cardboard boxes etc.  Please collect and bring them to school for us to use for model making.

 

 

We strive to make Kings Meadow a happy, memorable and exciting learning environment

If you have any queries, please let us know

Termly Overview

 

 

Autumn 1 Overview

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