Reception

Hello everyone and welcome to Reception!

Please meet below the adults that make up our Reception team. We have:

  • Miss R Gallagher who is the lead teacher for Team 1;
  • Miss L Hammond who is the lead teacher for Team 2;
  • Miss Y Starkie who is the lead teacher for Team 3;
  • Miss S Kendall who is a Classroom Assistant in Reception;
  • Miss T Cook who is a Classroom Assistant in Reception.

On this page you will find information about what your child is learning across their time in Early Years, alongside our predictable interests document. For additional information about our Early Years, please see the Early Years page.

For specific daily updates, please keep up-to-date with our Class Dojo ‘Class Stories’

Should you need any further information regarding provision in Reception, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team through Class Dojo.

Best Wishes,

The Reception Team

Miss L Hammond

Assistant Headteacher for Early Years

Miss R Gallagher

Teacher

Miss Y Starkie

Teacher

Miss S Kendall

Support Assistant

Miss T Cook

Support Assistant

Our Curriculum:

‘Communication systems between classroom and
additional support staff are good and mean that these pupils have access to the
full range of the curriculum suited to their needs.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘Early Years leaders and staff are expert in using their knowledge of what children can and cannot yet do to sharpen their planning and focus their teaching.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘Children get off to a flying start at school. They are happy and safe and increasingly independent, and
yet aware of others.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘The quality of teaching across all subjects continues to improve.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘Parents are
confident that their children are happy, safe and well taught.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘The governing body knows the school and the local community very well.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘We are so grateful to all the effort the teachers are putting in.’

PARENT COMMENTS

‘My son loves the interaction with his teachers. Thank you all so very much for your hard work and dedication.’

PARENT COMMENTS

‘Ribbon monitor the progress and well-being of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities carefully. Expectations for these pupils are high. As a result, they make generally good progress from their starting points.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘Ribbon are doing a fantastic job.’

PARENT COMMENTS

‘All support and communication is brilliant’

PARENT COMMENTS

‘Disadvantaged and most-able children are making particularly good
progress.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘School have done a fantastic job in all areas.’

PARENT COMMENTS

‘Staff and the governing body take safeguarding responsibilities very seriously. There is a culture of safeguarding at the school.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘There is clear evidence that you and your staff’s ongoing work to improve the depth of pupils’ mathematical understanding across the school is working.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘School are there when needed whether it’s for support or a chat. They are constantly checking how kids are getting on.’

PARENT COMMENTS

‘Children settle well when they enter Ribbon Early Years, communication between home and school is good.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘The teaching of phonics is a strength.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘Pupils are taking more responsibility for their own learning as they move through Key Stage 1.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘The learning environment, both inside and out, is stimulating and attractive. Staff are skilled in ensuring that children develop their independence as learners who enjoy exploring the world.’

OFSTED COMMENTS

‘School and staff should be commended for their quick shift and quality of what’s being communicated with the children.’

PARENT COMMENTS