Reception

Welcome to Autumn Term in Reception

It is our first term at Crown Street Primary and we would like to warmly welcome our new children and their families. 

The Reception year is a very special part of your child’s school journey. We are excited to begin a fun-filled term of exploration, learning and development. 

We strive to provide a unique, challenging and inspirational curriculum based on new and memorable experiences. Establishing strong relationships with our children and families is our priority at the beginning of the school year. 

During the year, we will work with your child to learn and understand their individual needs and support them in their learning and development. 

Our aim is for your children to become happy and confident learners and to carry their love of learning throughout their life. 

As well as following your unique children; their interests and what engages their learning, our curriculum will be inspired by our Curriculum Bookshelf, which will be filled with exciting and high-quality texts. All of which will be underpinned with our Character Traits.  

Each term, through our Curriculum Bookshelf we will focus on learning about, identifying and embodying our six character traits which will support our learning across the curriculum and support our Personal, Social and Emotional development. 

Autumn Bookshelf

Our curriculum will be inspired by our Autumn bookshelf, filled with high quality, engaging texts. 

Our Autumn bookshelf will inspire learning around new beginnings and developing new friendships by exploring our likes, dislikes and what makes us – us! It will spark our curiosity and imagination and will support us learning about our similarities and differences, celebrating our individuality and learning how we can work together. 

Autumn term learning at a glance …  Within Personal, Social and Emotional Development we will … focus on feelings and understanding emotions, along with building relationships and learning how to work together. Within Communication and Language we will … focus on developing our listening skills and developing our back-and-forth conversations. Within Literacy we will … focus on mark making and exploring Drawing Club to inspire and foster creativity. We will also develop our Phonics knowledge and understanding. Within Mathematics we will … work on the concept of subitising and composition of numbers within 5. Within Understanding the World … we will encounter and celebrate different awareness days and celebrations. Within Expressive Arts and Design … we will explore materials, textures and tools.   For more detail on our Autumn learning across the different areas, please see our Reception Curriculum Overview (saved below in Useful Documents).

Reception Team

Miss Hopkins – Class Teacher
Miss Hudson – SEND Teacher
Mrs Parker – Learning Support Assistant
Mrs Alvarado – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Fleuret – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Chambers – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Jolkowicz – Learning Support Assistant

Important Information

• Our team will be available every day before and after school to discuss your child’s day, receive messages and celebrate successes
• Your child’s book bag should be brought to school each day – this will contain a Shared Reader, Library book and a Reading Record
• Library day is Friday – so please bring these books in on this day for changing
• PE day is Thursday – please send your child to school in their full PE kit on this day
• Important information will be shared via MCAS communication and our Whole School Weekly Newsletter
• Reception use Tapestry to share your child’s learning. We also love to see photographs and videos from home to talk about and celebrate in School
• Waterproof coats will be required for outdoor ‘Busy Learning’
• Please ensure all clothing items are labelled
• At the end of the day children are dismissed directly to parents/carers. Should there be any changes to this, please inform our Admin team before the end of the day so the Class Teacher knows who to look out for