Reception

If you need to contact us about any home circumstances which may be affecting your child in school or have a particular concern about your child, please contact us on our class emails.

Our class email addresses are:

Canarywharf.class@boundsgreen.haringey.sch.uk

elephantandcastle.class@boundsgreen.haringey.sch.uk

paddington.class@boundsgreen.haringey.sch.uk

Every week we email a Reception newsletter, which will include reminders, learning tips and ideas and what we have been learning that week.

Please see the ‘Meet the Teacher’ to get more information about what happens in Reception, you can also read the information below to hopefully answer any questions you may have:

Reception Meet the Teacher

Morning and End of Day Routines

8:55am – doors open
9:05am – register closes
11:30am-12:30pm – lunchtime
3:10pm – end of day

Reception families should enter via the front gate on Bounds Green Road.

Paddington class: Enter and exit by the outside door to the classroom.

Elephant and Castle: Enter and exit by the outside door to the classroom.

Canary Wharf: Enter by the outside door by the dinner hall. Exit by the Reception playground.

General Class Housekeeping

What should my child wear to school?

Comfortable clothing that is easy to manage independently. E.g. jogging bottoms, leggings and Velcro shoes or trainers.

It would be very helpful if you could label your child’s clothing, particularly jackets, coats and hoodies.

No jewellery should be worn, other than small ear studs.

What Should my Child Bring to School?

A labelled water bottle.

Spare clothes in a draw string or carrier bag to stay on their peg.

Please do not bring any toys or other items from home.

Curriculum

Settling into Reception: What will my child be learning in the first half term?

Explore their indoor and outdoor learning spaces
New routines and rules
Making friends
Strategies to manage our feelings and emotions
Listening attentively to adults and each other
Joining in with songs, rhymes, stories and counting
Having a go at new activities such as cooking and woodwork
Learning how to choose ways to do things for ourselves (independence)

Reading

You are welcome to choose one book at a time from the class book corner to take home in a plastic wallet. When you bring back your book it will need to go into our class box to be quarantined for a few days.

Assessments

We assess and plan for the next steps in children’s learning by observing them in their play and during adult focused activities. This enables us to identify areas for development. We use EvidenceMe to record our observations and we welcome parent contributions on the app; this could be in the form of a photo or a brief comment.

At the end of reception, we assess whether children have met the Early Learning Goals (ELG) in the 7 areas of learning, which are: