Reception

This week we have enjoyed seeing many of you join us for our phonics workshops. We hope that you found this purposeful and that you have gained some helpful tips on supporting your child with…

This week started with a bang, as it was Bonfire Night! We made beautiful firework and bonfire pictures using a range of resources. We continued our learning of 2D shapes. The children have become much…

This week in Reception we have been celebrating Black History Month. We read ‘Handa’s Surprise’ and made masks and story puppets to support our role play. On Friday we were lucky enough to have a…

   This week in Reception we have been continuing our phonics learning, learning the sounds and letters: ‘h,’ ‘b,’ ‘f‘ and ‘ff.’ The children have continued their mark making and have even started challenging themselves…

This week has been a very special week in reception. We had our wonderful welcome Liturgy on Tuesday. It was so lovely to see the children come together with their year 5 buddies and family…

This week in Reception we have been very busy! We were lucky enough to have Jo Ward, a former British tennis player, come to St Josephs. We played some very fun games together and had a great…

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Thursday morning for our welcome meeting. It was lovely to see so many attend. For those who were unable to attend or who would like to have…

This week has been another fun filled week in Reception. It has been great to see the children enjoying their learning environments and getting to know their new friends. In Reception this week we started…

This week in Reception we have welcomed new friends to St Joseph’s.  We have enjoyed getting to know each other and learning new things together. It has been lovely looking through each child’s Special book…

We have had a fantastic first week in Reception! We have enjoyed exploring our new classrooms and getting to know our teachers. This week we have been painting self-portraits and telling our teachers about our…