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Welcome to Brookburn
Primary School
Reception Admissions 2019
Mrs Lynsey Conlon – EYFS Phase Leader/ Reception TeacherMiss Emily Kingsford- Reception Teacher
Each class will have one designated teaching assistant. Helen Efstathiou and Alison Wainwright.
Reception doors are opened at 8.50am.
Your child will enter the EYFS area and complete some tasks, which include
Putting away their belongings (book bag, water bottle, lunch box) in the
cloakroom and classroom
Swapping / choosing a new reading book
In the first half term, your child will need some help learning these tasks so
you are very welcome to come in and help them.
The doors will remain open until 9.10am initially, at which time parents will
need to leave the EYFS area and exit via the EYFS gate.
After half term (October), we will expect children to be able to do these jobs
on their own. We would like to ask for your support in encouraging your child
to be independent and come in on their own, saying goodbye to you before
they enter the building.
After half term, the reception doors will be shut at 9am.
If your child looks ready and capable to complete morning tasks independently
before the half term break, please do encourage them to do so.
KEY TIMES OF THE DAY
8.50am: Doors open for parents and children to enter.
9.00am: Register
9.05am: Focus input
9.30am: Continuous provision/ focused tasks
10.30am: Milk and story
10.45am: Continuous provision / focused tasks
11.30am: Focus input
11.55am: Children break for lunch
1.15pm: Children return from lunch
1.15pm: Register and Maths
1.45pm: Continuous provision/ focussed tasks
3.25pm: Doors open for children to be collected
We thought it was best to pass you over to the experts in
Reception to show you what really happens........
Early Years Foundation Stage
The EYFS Framework
The Unique Child
Theses are the topics we have done this year but we are always looking at new and exciting ideas.
This are also be lead by the children’s interests.
Autumn Spring Summer
• Ourselves
• Is there really a
happy ever after?
• Can I get to India
on a bike?
• Why do we have
Christmas
presents?
• What do your toys
do when you’re
not there?
• Is cake bad for
you?
• Can we buy a
tiger in Chorlton?
• Can celery be
purple?
• Do caterpillars
spin webs?
• Do fish sleep in a
bed?
Throughout the course of your child’s day at school, adults will be spending time developing your child’s learning.
This may be by
leading small group focus tasks
Joining in with games being played
Running 1:1 interventions
Setting up new and exciting enhancements around the room.
Our practitioners are constantly watching, observing and recording what the children are doing to capture moments in their learning that show evidence of progress against the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
These observations will be uploaded on to an virtual platform which all parents will be able to access through use of an App on a tablet device or mobile phone
Children have a weekly PE session in addition to all
physical development opportunities within the EYFS
environment.
We also visit the woods weekly as part of a school wide
aim to provide outdoor learning opportunities within our
Treasure Wood and Dolphin Den.
There will be opportunities to visit the ICT suite and use
the iPads throughout the year.
We arrange for school trips to take place and we love to
have visitors in e.g. the fire service with their fire
engine in the autumn term
PE indoors.
Your child will need a
white PE t-shirt and a pair
of black shorts.
We would like trainers
rather than plimsolls as
they are more supportive
for your child’s feet
properly.
PLEASE NAME ALL ITEMS OF YOUR CHILD’S CLOTHING.
Indoor PE kit
Outdoor PE.
Your child will need a white PE t-
shirt, a hoodie and a pair of
black jogging bottoms/ leggings
and a pair of trainers.
We would like trainers rather
than plimsolls as they are more
supportive for your child’s feet
when outside.
PLEASE NAME ALL ITEMS OF YOUR CHILD’S CLOTHING.
Outdoor PE kit
You will find information about school uniform in your packs. Further
information will be sent out at the start of next year.
Boys wear a t-
shirt, school
jumper/ cardigan
and trousers with
black shoes and
plain socks.
Girls wear either a
pinafore dress or
t-shirt and skirt,
with socks or
tights, and a
school cardigan/
jumper. They also
wear black shoes.
As the weather gets
warmer …
Children may wear a
summer dress or
shorts.
Every time your child does something that gives you a “WOW”
feeling, we want to know about it.
This could include something like
Riding a bike without stabilisers
Achieving a swimming certificate
Counting to 10 for the first time
“Reading” / rehearsing a familiar story
Sharing their toys beautifully
Visiting a new or exciting place
Tell us about what your child did/said/how they felt etc.
Video and photo uploads are very welcome!
We will send out more information about Tapestry when your child starts
school in September!
• Celebration Assembly
• Christmas production
• Curriculum themed days
• Tapestry online learning journal
• Topic related enrichment
• PTA
• Woodland and allotment Volunteers
• Weekly newsletters
Educating your child is a joint responsibility and we believe it is vital to
involve you as parents as much as possible in your child’s time whilst at
nursery. The following are just some of the ways that we involve you in
what is happening here at Brookburn
When your child starts reception, these are some of the
things we would like them to be able to do.
Dress themselves (including putting on and fastening a coat)
Toilet independently
Hold a pencil correctly
Use scissors
Write their name
Count to 10
Recognise numbers to 10
Sing some familiar songs/rhymes
Know how to hold and handle a book
On Friday 20th September, from 9.15am, we will be holding a
parents’ meeting for our reception parents to tell you all about
phonics, reading, and how you can help your child with these
areas of their learning.
Please make a note of this date – it would be great to see as
many of you there as possible. Parents who have attended this
event previously have felt it to be very worthwhile!
At the end of the first half term, we would like to invite parents in for a stay and
play session.
This will take place on Tuesday 15th October at 2.30pm onwards.
This will give you an opportunity to come and see how well your child has
settled and how much they have already learned in just half a term with us.
When your child starts Reception, you will be able to
download the ParentMail app which is a communication
platform whereby letters, notifications and information from
school gets pushed out to your phone.
You will be able to use this app to book parents’ evening
appointments.
We also have a cashless payment system called parent
pay, enabling you to pay for any trips and give permissions
without needing to do this via old school envelopes and
cash.
We send most of our correspondence by text or email.
Term Times
Attendance and
Punctuality
Which door do I
use?
School lunches
Medical forms
Extra curricular
activities
Personal
Belongings Reading – 10
minutes daily