Miss R Ironside
Teacher
Miss M. Robinson
Teaching Assistant
Welcome to Reception!
In Reception we provide a stimulating and exciting environment where the children have access to both indoors and outdoors every day. To ensure our environment is engaging, we plan our topics from your child’s interests and through daily assessment we incorporate what your child needs to achieve their individual next steps.
We work and play very hard every day, with a mixture of whole class, small group, 1-1 and individual activities which can be adult or child led. We always have lots of fun and we do like to get messy at times! Our PE session is on a Friday afternoon.
We encourage the children in Reception to read every night and we change reading books once a week. The children also have ‘Tricky Words’ to practise in their reading diaries.
We have an open door policy at the beginning and end of the day so that our parents can call in for a chat if they need to. We also send out observations of each child every half term so our parents can see what we have been up to!
In Reception we aim to create lasting memories and help our children develop a real love for learning.
Miss Ironside & Miss Robinson
Early Years Resources
Monday 29th June 2020
Hello everyone,
How are you? It’s been so lovely seeing so many of you on Zoom each day working so hard. I hope you have all had a lovely week and have had fun with the different Chicken Licken activities. We are going to look at a different Traditional Tale this week- Hansel and Gretel and there are lots of fun ideas for you to try at home.
These activities are only suggestions and you DO NOT have to complete them all- pick the ones you will enjoy. Please feel free to share any of your artwork or activities via email. Its lovely to see what you have been up to.
It has been lovely for lots of children who have returned to school this week and as always keep an eye on the school website for updates and information.
Zoom lessons will be on each day and Reception children can join Year 1 & 2 for some fun each day at 10.00. All codes and passwords are on the school website each day. I look forward to seeing you all.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share- photos, experiences or news please do not hesitate to email me on r.ironside@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Keep safe and look after each other.
Miss Ironside
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Monday 22nd June 2020
Hello everyone,
How are you all this week? Hooray school is open for some of our children- Nursery & Reception are welcomed back in on Monday morning. School will be a little it different but there will be so much to do and lots of fun to get involved in. It will be really exciting for you all to see your friends again too- its been such a long time.
It’s been so lovely seeing so many of you on Zoom this week again. We have enjoyed exploring the different dinosaurs and thankfully Miss Ironside still has all of her fingers- no hungry dinosaur’s managed to get them!
I hope you have all enjoyed the different ‘Chicken Licken’ activities and this weeks traditional tale is ‘The Ugly Duckling. There are lots of different tasks for you to have a go at at home and remember you don’t have to do them all- choose the ones you will enjoy. As always, please feel free to share any of your artwork or activities via email. Its lovely to have a look at all the fun you have been having at home. You are all working so hard and joining in so well- I am very proud of you all.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share- photos, experiences or news please do not hesitate to email me on r.ironside@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Keep safe and see you all soon.
Miss Ironside.
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Monday 15th June 2020
Hello everyone,
How are you? It’s been so lovely seeing so many of you on Zoom each day. You were amazing as Pirates and really joined in and made it lots of fun. I hope you have all had a lovely week and have had fun with the different Jack and the Beanstalk activities. We are continuing the Traditional Tales theme and this weeks story is one I used to love reading when I was a little girl. ‘Chicken Licken.’
These activities are only suggestions and you DO NOT have to complete them all- pick the ones you will enjoy. Please feel free to share any of your artwork or activities via email. Its lovely to see what you have been up to.
I hope that you have managed to pick up your second home learning pack from school, these are available on Monday 15th June from 10am until 2pm. If you unable to attend, just drop me an email.
As always keep an eye on the school website for updates. Things change so quickly at the moment and we will keep you informed as soon as we have any information.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share- photos, experiences or news please do not hesitate to email me on r.ironside@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Keep safe and keep smiling.
Miss Ironside
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Monday 8th June 2020
Hello everyone,
I hope you have all had a lovely week and have enjoyed the Gingerbread man activities. It has been amazing seeing you all on our Zoom sessions and I hope to see you again this week. We will be continuing with the Traditional Tales theme and this weeks story is one of my favourites ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’ Have a go at some of the activities but please remember if you do have a look at some beans please don’t throw them out of your window- just incase!
These activities are only suggestions and you DO NOT have to complete them all- pick the ones you will enjoy. I love to see the pictures and artwork you have been doing so feel free to send me some photos or bring them along to zoom.
The purple Mash and I know it activites have now come to an end as we are now using Zoom. Thank you so much for all of your hard work on those and you can continue to choose your own activities and games on Purple Mash and I know it. Any problems logging in drop me a line and I will help to get you sorted.
Thanks for your patience with Zoom – sometimes the sound can be a bit tricky to hear. Hopefully we will have lots more fun on there this week. Its so nice to see all of your smiley faces.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share- photos, experiences or news please do not hesitate to email me on r.ironside@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Stay safe, keep smiling and take care of each other.
Miss Ironside
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Children In Need – Reception class style
Date: 01/12/2019
Reception children kindly donated money to for Children in Need. We placed our pennies on the big Pudsey Bear and enjoyed following the live duck race. We all chose a duck to follow and well done to Jack and Miss Ironside as their duck ‘Beakwell Tart’ came in first!
Balance Bikes
Date: 29/11/2019
Reception have been having lots of fun learning to ride the balance bikes. They have been learning about safety and practising controlling their speed, gliding and steering the bikes. They are doing a fantastic job.
Library Visit
Date: 29/11/2019
Some of our Reception children had a wonderful afternoon visiting the local library. We listened to a storyteller and talked about different stories we enjoy and then carefully created artwork linked to the story of ‘The Tunnel.’ We are excited as we will be visiting the library again soon in a couple of weeks.
