ST PAUL'S RECEPTIONBeginning their
love of learning

The first part of the Autumn term will be very nurturing and will focus mainly on personal, social and emotional development and helping your child settle into the Reception routine. For example, we will concentrate on building their confidence and developing their independence and social skills.  We also want them to come into school with a big smile on their face!

We understand your child may be anxious about starting school, especially if they haven’t been to a setting since lockdown, but we will endeavour to ensure your child’s transition is as smooth as possible.  We will work flexibly with you, as parents, to ensure all individual children’s needs are met.

We have a cross curricular approach and plan from children’s interests as much as possible. We are very lucky to have an outdoor classroom that your child can access throughout the day, in all weathers! (Don’t forget to provide a pair of wellington boots!). We also have a well-developed Forest School on site that your child will access regularly, led by a fully trained Forest School leader.

Happy memories with you and your children…

This half term we have been learning all about the season of Autumn through familiar stories. We have done lots of fun activities including retelling the Owl Babies story, leaf threading, looking for animals in our forest school, looking for signs of Autumn, sequencing ‘We’re going on a leaf hunt story’. These activities all helped us develop our fine motor, reading, observation and our speaking and listening skills.