Goosnargh Oliverson's Primary School

MRS ATKINSON happily welcomes you to Reception!

We have an excellent team working in Reception with Mrs Massaro and Mrs Davies supporting each day and Mrs Hayton, Mr Hoole and Mrs Cornall joining us at different points throughout the week. Mrs Atkinson and Mr Hoole teach our PE on a Thursday and Friday afternoon.

We love to learn through play, both indoors and outside of the classroom; here you can have a look at some of the wonderful things that we have been busy doing and learn more about our setting here at Goosnargh Oliverson’s.

See our 2024 welcome letter here:

Our Curriculum

In Reception we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

If you would like to know more, take a look at this document:

We absolutely love outdoor learning here at Goosnargh Oliversons! We are very blessed to have a gardening shed, growing areas and a new polytunnel at school. We use our Reception outdoor area all day, every day, and in all weathers. Attached is a parents guide to outdoor learning.

Phonics

Each day your child will learn a new sound in their phonics groups; revising this sound at home is very important and helps your child to embed and remember it more easily.

We believe that it is really important that you model the sounds correctly to your child so that they don’t pick up on any bad habits. Please watch the following video for a really helpful guide of the pronunciations of the sounds.

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Show-and-Tell - (Experts)

Show-and-Tell happens daily in Reception; it is an excellent way for the children to learn from each other as well as develop their confidence, communication and language skills. Each child chooses an area of interest and they become the ‘expert’. Children create a presentation at home and then over the course of the week they share their expertise each day and the rest of the class engage in discussions based around this area. You will be contacted about this via your Tapestry Learning Journal account a week or so in advance.

Here is a reminder of our library rota.

Reading

Reading with your child is one of the most valuable things you can do to support their education. We advise that you spend 15 minutes every day enjoying reading together; this might mean reading a book to your child as well as allowing them time to read as independently as possible. It is always really important to talk about new vocabulary you come across in a book and to ask your child questions about the story.