Welcome to Reception! 

Our Reception children are taught in Apple Class.

The teaching staff in Apple class are: Mrs Bullingham and Mrs Field. 

On this page you will find some key information about Reception.

PE takes place on Fridays. All children will need to come to school wearing their PE
kit on Fridays.

Forest School will take place weekly on Wednesday afternoons. On Forest School days, children will come to school wearing school uniform as usual (recommended trousers that day) Forest School kit will be put on over the top. This is kept in school. We require 3 volunteers each week.

Forest School kit should include:

Waterproof trousers and jacket or all in one
Warm socks
Wellies
Hat and gloves
(please send clothes according to the weather, extra layers in the winter and sun hat in the summer)

Phonics- In the Reception year, we teach Phonics daily using Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS).

Information sessions about this will be held in October. Bookbags are sent into school on a Thursday for resources and books to be changed and sent home for children to practise at home. It is the expectation that children read and practise their phonic sounds and harder to read and spell words each day. Every child will be given a reading diary for parents and staff to record their progress.

Children will need the following in school:

Forest School kit
Spare change bag containing a full change of clothes (doesn’t need to be uniform)

Named water bottle containing water 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email us at apple25@fairford.gloucs.sch.uk