Welcome to our Reception class page! 

Our curriculum has been designed to enable children to succeed through cooperative and collaborative learning principles. As such, there is a strong emphasis on the Prime Areas of learning; Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication and Language, including Oracy.

We believe that high-level engagement ensures high-level attainment. We therefore provide an engaging curriculum that maximises opportunities for meaningful cross-curricular links and learning experiences, as well as promoting the unique child by offering extended periods of play and sustained thinking. We following children’s interests and ideas to foster a lifelong love of learning both in and outside of school.

We have designed every aspect of our curriculum with these aims in mind to create a happy, productive learning environment – from the warm welcome on the door, the calm routines, the fascinating visitors to the inspiring provocations set up for free-flow learning. Our curriculum involves half-termly topics that are driven by a key text.

These have been refined over many years in response to Continuous Professional Development and reflection; continually improving enabling environments; and most importantly, highly skilled, enthusiastic staff who see every moment as a learning opportunity.