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  Reception Class Page 

We love EYFS. We love helping you learn. We love watching you grow. We love being part of your journey.

A huge welcome to Sandiway Primary school and to Reception. 

This page will give you lots of information, but you will be updated regularly through emails and our online learning book, Seesaw.

In our classroom, you will find Mrs Forsyth, Mrs Tucker, Mrs Penney, Mrs Sudworth and Miss Dalton. 

Your child will love being at Sandiway and the range of activities and learning opportunities will excite and engage them daily.

You will have received information in your New starter booklet (in files at the bottom of this page).

You will also be able to see the long term plan for Reception which outlines the year ahead.

Please click on the link  to look in more detail at our long term plan.

In the Autumn term we focus on building relationships with everyone in our classroom and making these positive experiences. We learn to look after ourselves as well as our friends. We will learn about our ROCK values - Respect, Ownership, Caring and Kind and how they are integral to our learning within the classroom

Our Reception class provides a safe, secure and challenging space for your child.

Our indoor environment provides a place for busy activity, work and play. It also offers calm areas for when relaxation is needed.  The classroom is planned so that areas can be used flexibly and appropriate resources are provided and also enhanced as ideas are developed. The children have the opportunities to initiate their own learning as well as take part in a range of teacher led activities.

The children have access to the outside area and can move freely between both areas. The outside area has changed over thelast five years and now offers opportunities to explore and be physically active in a range of activities. There are lots of open ended flexible resources that can be adapted. Throughout the day your child will have opportunities to apply taught skills, work collaboratively with others, discuss their work and become immersed in purposeful play. We want our children to be active and independent and keen to enagage in all aspects of learning.  All children in Reception have an online EYFS learning journal, (Seesaw) Here you will see  individual child's achievements anddevelopments across the academic year. We also like parents to share their experiences at home that build upon the children's learning in school.

We also have another important person in the classroom. His name is Eric. Eric will go home with somebody from the class on a Friday and will spend the weekend with them. You do not need to return Eric until Tuesday. While he is at home with youwe would love you to take pictures and tell us all about your adventures. Please use Seesaw to record your adventures so that on Tuesday your child can share their adventures with the rest of the class. This is such a lovely opportunity for children to share their pictures and talk to the rest of the class.

Useful information for EYFS

Phase 3 - How we say the phonemes