Welcome to Reception!

Welcome to Reception!

Who is in our classroom?

In Reception, Miss Godwin is our class teacher and Mrs Peck and Miss Dickinson are our teaching assistants.

What does my child need to bring to school?

Everyday children will require: a water bottle, a waterproof coat and an Orchard Primary School book bag. Within your book bag you will need your reading diary and a guided reading book.

At the start of each half term we also recommend that you bring your PE kit, in an appropriate bag, and leave it in school for the duration of the half term. Within your PE kit you will need an Orchard Primary PE top, appropriate bottoms (shorts and jogging bottoms to choose dependent on the weather), PE pumps and an additional pair of socks.

This year in Reception, we will have PE on Wednesday afternoons with Mr Ferman, and Woodland Explorers on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Hadley teaches us on a Wednesday.

Reception Baseline Assessment

When your child starts in our Reception class, they will participate in an assessment process called the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA); this will be completed by the class teacher within the first 6 weeks of starting Reception. The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a progress measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between Reception and Year 6.