Welcome to Reception!

Our Reception classes are the Pandas and Penguins.

Mrs Miller

Penguins Class

Mrs Miller
Mrs Robins

Pandas Class

Mrs Robins
Mrs Conway

Pandas & Forest School

Mrs Conway

Mrs Miller teaches Penguins and Mrs Robins and Mrs Conway teach Pandas.

Mrs Conway is also our Forest School specialist for both classes.

The teachers are assisted by Mrs Ashton, Miss Marinelli, Mrs Wells, Mrs Radley and Miss Duggan.

On Wednesday afternoons, Mrs Stubbs teaches in Penguins and Mrs Glineur teaches in Pandas.

If, on occasion, supply teachers are needed, we try to use as few different faces as possible.

Meeting your Class Teacher

If you have any questions, please do speak to us at drop-off or pick-up time. If this is not possible, we are happy to arrange a meeting at a mutually convenient time or you can call or email the office.

Parents’ Evenings are held in October and February each year.

Curriculum

In Reception we explore three exciting topics:

Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term

Welcome to Aldrington! Join us to make your very own treasure box and discover the colours of autumn.	We’re going on a bear hunt, we’re meeting Goldilocks and we can even bring our own teddy bears!	Time to get outside and find out about bugs and plants. Come to the flower shop, meet the caterpillars and climb the beanstalk!

Details of our termly curriculum can be found in the topic leaflets below. Please click to download.

School Calendar and Term dates

Please click here for the school calendar

Please click here for term dates this year

PE and Uniform

Full details of our school uniform can be found here

In the colder months, please ensure that children have a coat for time outside.

Please send your child with a spare pair of socks and underwear in case of accidents!

On Mondays/Tuesdays, children in Reception have Forest School.

PE sessions are held on Thursdays. This is in addition to regular time that children have in the Reception playground and on the large climbing frame. On the children’s PE days, they come to school in their PE kit and stay in it all day.

For details about our PE kit, please click here

Home Learning

Phonics

At Aldrington, we learn four new sounds a week using the Little Wandle scheme. Children will start on Phase 2 in the autumn term and move onto Phase 3 in the spring term. You can find more information about Little Wandle, including printable resources and teaching videos, at

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents

Please look out for details of our Phonics/Reading session for parents. Led by staff members, this will give much more information about how to read decodable books with your children.

Parent workshop: Phonics and early reading presentation

Reading

Reading is an integral part of the school day, both one-to-one with an adult and in small groups. When your child is ready, they will be given a reading book and reading record to take home. Please try to set aside a few minutes each day to share your child’s reading book. It is helpful if you complete the record book on a regular basis.

Your child will be given a school library book on a Friday. The idea to foster an enjoyment of reading and experience different texts, rather than for the child to read necessarily. Upon return of the book, it will be changed every Friday. Do consider keeping school books in the book bag to prevent loss.

Food and Drink

Please click here for the school lunch menu

Every child should come to school with a (name labelled) water bottle. Please do not put it in the book bag as it may spill!

A fruit or vegetable snack is provided for each child every day. However, if your child is not keen on many fruits or vegetables, you may provide your own fruit or vegetable snack (not fruit bars, such as Yo Yo bars). Please label the snack to prevent upset, and keep it out of lunch boxes which are stored separately.

Please can we remind you that we are strictly a NO NUT school. This includes products containing nuts e.g pesto, nutella etc. We have children with severe allergies that could lead to anaphylaxis. If your child has an allergy, we need to know. Please contact the school office to provide information.

School Day

Please click here for a detailed breakdown of our school day

Children may arrive at school from 8.40am and must be present by 8.50am. Reception children finish at 3.10pm and are dropped-off and picked-up at the side Reception gate (to the left of the main entrance to the School Office). After 3.15pm, children should be collected from the school office.

Please click here for details about our breakfast and after-school clubs