Our Reception Team
Mr Dalton
Reception Teacher
EYFS Lead
Mrs Quine
Reception Teacher
Mrs Temple
LSA
Miss Hutchinson
LSA
Welcome
Welcome to our page! We hope you find the information or resources you are looking for. If you have any further questions or queries, please email our EYFS Lead, Mr Dalton, via our school email: office@saltburnprimaryschool.co.uk
Organisation of Reception
We have two reception classrooms with adjoining doors to allow free-flow between both of our reception classes. Our reception classrooms provide our children with independent learning opportunities in a play-based environment with continuous provision, which is enhanced on a weekly basis to consolidate previous learning and promote independence and curiosity amongst our children.
Starting in Reception
Applications for starting at Saltburn Primary School are to be completed via school admissions, however, we welcome visits to our wonderful school for prospective parents/carers and pupils. Upon the allocation of your place at Saltburn Primary School, an email will be sent to parents/carers inviting parents/carers to our ‘Reception New Starter Meeting’, hosted by Mr Dalton and Mrs Quine, where parents/carers will receive all the information needed ready for children to start Reception. Parents/carers will also have the opportunity to ask any questions during this meeting.
As moving into full time education can be both an exciting and daunting experience, we invite our new reception children to spend to a full transition day with their new class teacher in the summer term before they start full time in September. During transition day, they will get to know their new teacher, explore their new classroom, stay for lunch and complete lots of fun activities with each other. Details regarding transition day are sent via email in May/June.
We provide all children with a transition booklet ready for starting Reception (see below) and welcome visits afterschool prior to transition day for any children that have not already attended our school nursery to tour our wonderful school.
School Day
Welcoming Time – 8:40am
Going Home Time – 3:15pm
Curriculum Units
We provide our children with a two-year rolling programme of Unit/Topics to allow a wide range of learning opportunities for those children who attend Saltburn Primary School from Nursery.
All statutory Programmes of Study are covered in each year of the rolling programme.
Nursery and Reception will, for the most part, teach the same unit at the same time. With progressive texts used as a structure for weekly teaching across Nursery and Reception.
Year 1 of Rolling Programme
Autumn Term
Autumn 1: All About Me
Autumn 2: The Great Outdoors & Celebrations
Spring Term
Spring 1: Knights, Princesses and Dragons
Spring 2: New Life
Summer Term
Summer 1: Minibeasts
Summer 2: Dinosaurs
Year 2 of Rolling Programme
Autumn Term
Autumn 1: My Family, Home and Town
Autumn 2: Food Glorious Food and Seasons
Spring Term
Spring 1: Around the World
Spring 2: Space
Summer Term
Summer 1: Traditional Tales
Summer 2: Beside the Seaside
Snack Time
Children will be offered a snack (fruit or veg) and a drink (milk or water) each session. You have the option to provide a snack for your child but we ask that this is only fruit or veg.
We also occasionally have other food when we bake or have food tasting activities, therefore, we ask that you inform a member of staff of any allergies your child suffers from or any food that your child is not to eat prior to them starting nursery.
Toileting
We appreciate that some children may not be fully toilet trained by the time they start Reception, but this would be our preferred choice. If staff are occupied changing a large number of children, this can take away valuable teaching and learning opportunities from our children. We strongly encourage our parents/carer to work with their child to make them as independent as possible when using the toilet before starting nursery. We will of course work alongside parents/carers to support with any toileting issues that could arise or if there are medical reasons involved.
Remember – Accidents can happen! Therefore, we ask that you provide your child with spare clothes and wipes. Even children who are mostly independent with their self-care can have accidents at nursery; especially when they are engrossed in an activity.
What to Wear
Our school expectation is for pupils to come to school wearing school uniform. Our school uniform can be purchased from any supermarket. If you would like to have the school emblem, this can be done at SA Embroidery or Tinkerella.
Our school uniform: Royal blue jumper/cardigan, black or grey school trousers/skirt/dress. Black school shoes (not trainers). Please ensure your child wears tights if they were a dress of skirt. Appropriate school shoes – nothing fancy or expensive. No sandals. No open toe shoes due to healthy and safety.
PE kit is white t shirt, black shorts/tracksuit bottoms black for winter, plimsolls. School jumper or cardigan not hoodies due to health and safety. No football kits. PE day – come in dressed for PE.
Rainbow Challenges and Rainbow Targets
As part of promoting independent learning and curiosity in Reception, children are given ‘rainbow challenges’ on a weekly basis to complete. Each child has a rainbow challenge card in their own pouch, when a rainbow challenge is completed they receive a tick. Children have two weeks to complete all rainbow challenges, if/when completed they receive a prize.
As part of working in partnership with our parents and carers, each child is provided with rainbow targets on a termly basis. These targets are set to inform parents about what their child is currently working towards in school and give parents and carers an opportunity to consolidate and extend learning at home.
Evidence Me! (See what your child has been learning)
In Early Years at Saltburn Primary, we use an online system which will allows us to track and share what your
child is doing in school. This online system is called Evidence Me. This is a free app that you can download via your phone app store. Parents/Carers will receive a sign up email once their child starts at our school.
As part of this app, there is a ‘Parent Share’ feature that enables you to view your child’s observations (complete with photos and/or videos) showing you what your child has been learning and the new skills they are developing. You also have the opportunity to upload ‘Parent Postcards’ where you can upload pictures or videos of any learning at home or special moments as a talking point for your child.
Reception Activity Grids
As part of our curriculum, for each topic we provide an activity grid with suggestions for all areas of learning for our children to complete at home to consolidate learning. In order to complete the correct activity grid at the right time, please ask our nursery staff what our current topics are when starting our nursery.
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Reception Topic Overview
In addition to our activity grids, we provide a topic overview with the objectives for all areas of learning that will be covered during each topic.
Autumn
Spring
Summer
We are very proud of our Early Years here at Saltburn Primary School and look forward to meeting you!
