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