Sandringham and West Newton

Reception

Reception Class

Welcome to Reception at Sandringham and West Newton. Your child’s well-being is at the heart of what we do. It is important to us that they are settled and happy when coming to school, and this is our main priority throughout the first half term. We endeavour to encompass the school rules of ‘Ready, Respectful, Safe’ during this time, so that school can be enjoyed by all. The children love playing and exploring in our stimulating continuous provision and are respectful of this, helping to tidy and maintain the areas. Our classroom environment supports and encourages independence. Being willing to give things a go is encouraged, along with a growth mindset and developing resilience.

Story times and nursery rhymes are valued within our setting. We prioritise communication and language and developing vocabulary. We aim to provide a successful balance between accessing the continuous provision and more formal learning inputs. This is designed to impart specific knowledge and understanding, enabling the children to learn new skills which they can transfer into their own learning and play. Our focused learning times are gradually progressed over the course of the timetable and include phonics, maths, reading and topic-based inputs. We have an open communication with parents through the online learning journal tapestry. This is used to document learning throughout the year along with some recordings in books.

The reception class starts together full time in September of the year in which they are five.
The Little wandle phonics scheme is used to support reading and writing. Children build up a phonics library of sounds in their book bag and parents can support the classroom work by helping the child finish the colouring, learn the action that accompanies the sound and also the correct letter formation in writing.
The children learn to read using the Little Wandle books. The books are used during supported reading sessions during the school day and are sent home each day for the children to read with parents.
Most of the learning is supported through guided and child initiated play.

Children are celebrated within our class following the PATHS (Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies) child of the week. This also supports developing confidence and children’s emotional intelligence. We have strong links with the local Church, with Father Paul regularly visiting for our collective worship. We also participate in harvest, Christmas and Easter services, as well as the Nativity.

We also have just received permission to recommence our Nursery provision, which used to work in conjunction with the Sandringham and West Newton preschool. The preschool in the village has now closed, so we will shortly be offering places for children for the term in which they are 4. This can be for mornings/ afternoons or the whole day. We take children in, in the first week back after each half term. we have a maximum of 8 places. For information please call the school office.

Please find below our welcome back letter, planning and timetable for Spring 1 2024

Please find below planning for this term and welcome back letter

Reception Summer 1 – Spring has Sprung!

Reception Timetable Summer 1

Reception Welcome Letter Summer 1

Reception Timetable Spring 1

Reception Topic Map Spring 1 Amazing Animals

Reception Welcome Letter Spring 1

Please find below welcome back letter and details for our new Reception class for second half of the Autumn term :-

Reception Topic Map Autumn 2

Reception Timetable Autumn 2

Reception Welcome Letter Autumn 2

Please find below welcome back letter and details for our new Reception class.

Reception Welcome Letter Autumn 1

Reception Topic Map Autumn 1

Reception Timetable Autumn 1 (1)

Please find below information for the Summer term 2023

Reception Summer 2 – Inspirational People and Community

Reception Timetable Summer 2

Reception Welcome Letter Summer 2

Reception Timetable Summer 1

Reception Summer 1 – Fantastic Fairy Tales

Reception Welcome Letter Summer 1

Please find below newsletter, timetable and planning overview for the second half of the Spring term 2023

Reception Spring 2 Spring has Sprung!

Reception Timetable Spring 2

Reception Welcome Letter Spring 2

Planning for the new Spring term 2023 can be found below

Reception Spring 1 Amazing Animals

Reception Timetable Spring 1

Reception Welcome Letter Spring 1

Planning for the second half of the Autumn term 2022 can be found here :-

Reception Autumn 2 Celebrations

Reception Welcome Letter Autumn 2

Reception Timetable Autumn 2

Reception Autumn 1 All About Me (1)

Reception Autumn 1 Reception Timetable (1)

Reception Timetable Autumn 1

Check out our latest gallery from Reception learning.

Prickly Hay

Posted on February 21st, 2020

Our Nativity was a huge success this year. All of the children put so much effort into the rehearsals, learning lots of dances and new songs. Everybody remembered their lines and the acting was fabulous! It will be hard to top this one next year.

First Place !

Posted on February 6th, 2020

Congratulations to our amazing gymnastics team. First place today. See Miss Lefltley’s full report below:-

Gymnastics at Eagles Gym

This afternoon, 04/02/2020, six children {it was very difficult choosing just six} from years1/2 competed in a floor and vault competition at Eagles Gym. Over the whole day 15 schools had taken part with each being judged on their minute to a minute and a half floor routine to music as well as each child performing a vault. The floor routine comprised of 4 compulsory elements and 6 others from 3 different sections, our choice of music was George Ezra’s Shotgun. The vault was onto, walk along and off a bench, using all the correct gymnastic techniques. The children showed no nerves and performed brilliantly, the best I think ever, their routine was complemented on, by several people there.

During the afternoon all the children also had the opportunity to try out all the equipment; parallel bars, beam, rings, uneven bars and a vault onto and off a mini trampoline. They also saw some of the gym’s own gymnasts perform. Following this the results were given out and we had come first which was a fabulous achievement, even beating the top score of the morning session. It was a superb experience and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

Super Performance!

Elsa, Esme, Neve, Karlya, Foster and Lenny.

Welcome back/Homework letter

Posted on January 4th, 2020

EYFS homework welcome back letter Spring 1 jan 20

Spring Term Plan-What we will be learning in class

Posted on January 4th, 2020

EYFS Spring term 1 topic web Jan 20

A Big Welcome to Reception

Posted on September 9th, 2019

A big welcome back to Reception please find information and curriculum info below

Foundation Stage Information for Parents 2019 Reception Curriculum Overview Autumn 1

Reception class’ trip to Hunstanton

Posted on July 11th, 2019

We had the best trip on Monday, to Mr. Bun the bakers followed by an afternoon on the beach. The weather was perfect, allowing us to do some rock pooling, paddling sandcastle making and ice cream eating.

The bakery was fabulous too. We dipped our own gingerbread men in thick melting chocolate and then decorated them with faces and jazzy shoes. We sugared our doughnuts and put faces on our spiders and tortoise loaves of bread. After we loaded the van, Mr. Bun brought all the lovely cakes and bread back to school for us to take home. Photos are in the photo library section.