Reception 2026 - 2027
Mrs Bradley
Welcome to Reception!
We hope you had a lovely summer and can’t wait to hear about all of your adventures. We are all looking forward to getting to know you and helping you settle into school life here!
Over the first few weeks, we will be gradually introducing routines and helping you to find your way around the classroom and school.
All you need to bring to school each day is a coat (in case it rains), a water bottle, a lunchbox (if you are not having a free school lunch) and your book bag which will be stored in your tray as our cloakroom is quite small. At snack time, we have free fruit and milk (unless you prefer your water bottle).
Key Class Information:
PE: Wednesday
Forest School: Thursday
Please refer to the half-termly overview for more detailed information about clothing/uniform for PE and Forest School sessions.
Reading:
We are very passionate about reading at Highfields and would encourage you to share books at home as much as possible. Little and often is best! Listening to stories and talking about them will develop a love for books and is also a good excuse to snuggle up together at the end of a busy day! As well as our class reading group sessions, each child will have a Year 6 buddy who will read and share stories with them each week during Buddy Time.
Useful Documents:
Please see the files section below for:
-Class Timetable
-Half-Termly Overview
-Phonics/Spelling Overview
-Enrichment and Personal Development Offer
-Meet the Teacher Presentation (Autumn Term)
These documents provide detailed information about the curriculum, daily routines, enrichment activities and learning opportunities available throughout the year.
We hope this is helpful and look forward to working with you all. We will be holding a 'Meet the Teacher' session on Wednesday 9th September at 3.30pm when you will be able to come and see our classroom and we can update you with our new routines and expectations for the year.
Kind regards,
Mrs Bradley (class teacher) and Mrs Gardner (my fantastic teaching assistant)
Key Dates:
Tuesday 1st September – INSET day
Wednesday 2nd September – First day in Reception
Wednesday 9th September – Wellbeing Wednesday – own clothes day
Wednesday 9th September – “Meet the teacher” session – 3.30pm in Reception classroom
Wednesday 30th September – Individual photographs
Thursday 1st October – Reception Early Reading Workshop – 3.30pm in Reception classroom
Friday 23rd October – Last day of half-term
Monday 2nd November – INSET day
Tuesday 3rd November – First day back after half-term