In our caring and inclusive Reception Unit we aim to provide a happy, safe, creative, positive learning environment. We strive to provide our children with an education that is both enjoyable and inspirational. We ensure there is challenge to enable the children to take risks and develop skills to allow them to become independent learners. Through our partnerships with parents/carers and other relevant outside agencies we strive to provide a curriculum, which meet the needs and interests of all of our pupils.

Within the Reception Unit children are split into three main classes with a dedicated classroom and teacher. While time is spent within individual classes the Reception timetable is designed so that the children have opportunities to mix with the entire year group and have free flow access to both the inside and outside learning environments.

In Reception children are encouraged to develop their learning through structured play activities and free play in different environments. They have opportunities to explore, develop and represent learning experiences both independently and supported by our trained and experienced Reception team.

Throughout our timetable all children will attend to structured phonics and maths sessions, as well as lessons that develop their understanding of the world around them. We also have the opportunity to have sessions with the school’s specialist Music and PE teachers and attend weekly Forest School sessions in the onsite woodland environment.