Reception
Welcome to Reception’s page…
A warm welcome from myself, Mrs. Aris, Reception’s class teacher. I feel incredibly privileged that you have chosen The Willows for your child!
I am very fortunate to be supported by Mrs. Vallely, our wonderful Teaching Assistant. I am also lucky to have Mrs. Hayes who leads our outdoor learning sessions and Miss Mallinson who takes the children for their Music lesson.
As a team, we work exceptionally hard to make sure your child’s first year at primary school is very special and one to remember! Take a look at the information below to see what we have been getting up to!
This term’s Stars!
Now that we are allowed to have assemblies together again, we have restarted our Star Award Assembly on Friday morning. This is a very special assembly where Mrs. Aris tells us how amazing one of our friends has been this week – our parents are even allowed to come! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Reception is very different to all the other classes in a primary school. We don’t sit down for formal lessons like everyone else, Mrs. Aris listens to what we like, what we enjoy doing and then tailors our activities to suit us.
We also follow a different curriculum, it’s called Development Matters; as the year progresses, we move onto the Early Learning Goals.
Like the other classes, we learn about our faith, Catholicism and we also learn about our bodies and exercise in PE.
Reception’s Newsletters
Each week, Mrs. Aris writes a Newsletter to the families of our Reception children letting you know what they have been learning that week. Click the button below to see Mrs. Aris’ latest Newsletters.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whether your child is just starting in our Reception class or has been with us for a while, have a look at our FAQs which you may find helpful. If you can’t find the answer to your question, please do not hesitate to give us a call.
Reception Outdoors
It has been lovely having some nice weather this week so we could take our learning outdoors. The children have loved using our new outdoor area so that we can always learn outside. Thank you to all the parents and companies that helped us create such a beautiful...
Outdoor Day – Reception
Reception loved our Forest School session this morning to start our Outdoor Day. We loved all the craft activities and each had 3 pieces of forest school art to take home.
Design a book bag competition!
Reception have all been busy designing a book bag for the Kirkham Library competition. They all thought of how they could show their love of reading through different pictures and words. Take a look at some of our designs!
Year 6’s World Book Day
The children were excited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. We've enjoyed playing World Book Day quizzes, Book Cover Orienteering and book themed maths! We loved doing the Orienteering with our buddies too!
Reception celebrate World Book Day
The children were excited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. We enjoyed listening to lots of different stories that the children shared with each other.
Reception planting
In R.E this week we have been looking at the Bible story of Jesus going into the desert.We were thinking about how Jesus would feel going into the desert, being lonely and having nothing to eat or drink. To help us understand the length of time for 40 days, we have...
Reception describe The Gruffalo
Reception have started this half term by looking at the story of The Gruffalo. We have been experimenting with different materials to best match them to The Gruffalo's features. The children have loved developing their vocabulary through exploring.
Reception experiment with ice
This term Reception are looking at the Arctic and what we would find there. They have been learning all about the different animals that live in the cold conditions. This week they had a challenge, all the animals were trapped in ice blocks. The children worked...
Reception loved the snow!
What a fabulous morning we have had, enjoying the snow, making snowballs and working together to build snowmen. We had so much fun. We even had a hot chocolate afterwards to warm us up!
Reception bake Christmas biscuits
This week Reception have been looking at recipes and ingredients. They decided that they would like to make some Christmas biscuits following the recipe. We were so impressed with how the children carefully mixed the ingredients together, rolled out the dough and used...
Reception Nativity
Over the past few months Reception have been working hard on our Nativity 'The Big Little Nativity'. They performed their Nativity to the whole school as well as their families. They told the special story of Baby Jesus being born so well and sang so beautifully....
Reception enjoy Christmas lunch
On Wednesday, the whole school were very lucky to have Christmas dinner together. Our kitchen staff worked incredibly hard to create such a special day for us. All the children thought the dinner was 'delicious' and 'yummy'.
Reception – Advent Promises
This week Reception have been thinking about their Advent promises. They have all decided to promise to do something during the time of Advent. We loved sharing our promises with each other.
Reception – Julia Donaldson Day
This term Reception have been looking at stories by the author Julia Donaldson. They have enjoyed looking at all the different stories and sharing their favourite characters with each other. The children came to school dressed as their favourite Julia Donaldson...
Reception visit Kirkham Library
On Wednesday afternoon Reception visited Kirkham Library. We had so much fun looking at all the different books on the shelves. The Librarians read us a story too and we really enjoyed it.
Reception – Diwali Workshop
In Reception we have been looking at the festival of Diwali; we have been learning all about the festival of light. We took part in a Diwali workshop which was full of different activities to show us what happens when people celebrate the festival of Diwali. We had so...
Reception Forest School
Every Thursday afternoon, Reception go down to our Forest School Area. They had so much fun today exploring the area. They took part in lots of activities and enjoyed the wet mud.
Settling into School
Our Reception children are settling into school life very well. We had our welcome assembly last week and this was the first time the children had been in an assembly; their behaviour was outstanding. We have been making friends with everyone in our class, learning...
Reception’s First Week
What a fabulous first week Reception have had. The children have settled into school life very well and have met their Year 6 buddies. They have had their first Music lesson and also started Balance-ability. We have even started to learn some sounds in Phonics.
