Reception

Welcome to Reception!

The Reception Team are led by Mrs Davison and Miss Green and supported by Mrs Hindle, Mrs Cross and Mrs Sharkey.

Mrs Davison Miss Green

Welcome to Reception Class 2024-2025!

Well done to all of our Reception children for settling so very well into the Coppull Parish family during Autumn term. It has been an absolute joy getting to know both you and your families.

Click here for a little slideshow of what Reception Class have been up to so far this year!

Spring Term in Reception Class!

During this half term our main topic focusses on travel as we explore the world and foster the children's curiosity, awe and wonder! They'll be explorers, scientists, artists, authors, illustrators and so much more!

Please see below for our half termly planning overviews, detailing the overarching topics we follow (this is in addition to following and supporting children's individual interests and needs

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Don't forget to visit your Dojo app (existing parents only) for our frequent updates, photos and weekly newsletters keeping you in the loop with all of the exciting things your child has been up to in school!

Parental Support

We value the support from our families and know that the relationships we build throughout this first year in school can have a wonderful impact on each child's learning and development. We have an 'open door policy' which means that we are always more than happy to help and talk about anything regarding your child.

During this first year in school your child will develop so many new and exciting skills, one of which will be learning how to read. We follow the Little Wandle Phonics scheme and reading scheme.

Please foster your child's love and enthusiasm for reading and share books with them every day. Little and often is the key! As your child begins to develop their phonics skills they will want to share these with you, we would very much encourage you to get stuck in and engage in their learning with them as much as you can as this will really support their eagerness to learn.

Thank you so much for your support

A little flavour of what might lie ahead for our Reception children in the Summer term...

Last Summer, with our previous class we had a brilliant time learning all about animals, including starting the half term by learning all about babies, and thinking about how we have changed from then to now! We had a visitor called Helen with her lovely baby girl Georgia, and we also made beautiful photo collage time lines of our lives which are proudly on display in the classroom!

We then moved on to learning about other kinds of animals, including farm animals and ones we find in the zoo (wild animals from other countries).

The highlight of this was our class trip to Smithills Farm, where we fed sheep and llamas, rode on donkeys, had a tractor ride, held rabbits and chicks and finished the day with an ice cream and a play on the playground!