Reception
Welcome to Reception🌟
2026-2027
Class Teacher: Miss Argent
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Wilson
Hello everyone!
We hope you've all had a lovely summer! We are so excited to welcome you to Reception in September and can't wait to meet you all.
We're looking forward to lots of fun, learning, exploring, making new friends and creating wonderful memories together. We know starting school is a big adventure, and we'll be there to help every step of the way.
Enjoy the rest of your holidays—we'll see you very soon!
Miss Argent & Mrs Wilson 😊
🌈 Welcome Back to School Prayer
Dear God,
Thank You for bringing us safely back to school.
Thank You for our families, our friends and our teachers.
As we begin our Reception journey, help us to be kind, caring and brave as we learn and play together.
Fill our classroom with smiles, laughter and happiness.
Help us to share, to listen, to try our best and to look after one another every day.
Bless our families, our school and everyone who helps us to grow.
Thank You for loving us and always being with us.
Amen.
FS2 Remote Learning Timetable
Key Information
- School starts at 9.00am with the school gates opening at 8.35am (allowing extra time).
- School ends at 3.25pm.
- Please ensure the office staff have your up-to-date contact details.
- Please ring the office if your child is absent.
- If someone else is collecting your child, please inform the office. We will not allow your child to leave the premises if we have not been notified.
â–ºReading – Reading is at the heart of all our learning at Holy Family. To support this at home, please could all children ensure that they read their school reading book every night and that the planner is signed by an adult. Alongside this, it is also key that all children select their own reading for pleasure book which they will also have opportunities to read and share with others in school.
â–ºPhonics - Phonics is a way of teaching reading where children are taught to read letters or groups of letters by saying the sound(s) they represent. The phonics programme we follow is called Read Write Inc. (RWI). In reception, we begin to blend sounds together to create words. Your child will bring home sounds that they are learning to consolidate at home. It is really important that the children practise blending sounds together to create words. Playing simple listening games can help your children understand phonics a lot more. Asking your child 'Can you get your c-oa-t?' 'Sit on the ch-air.' etc. will help them understand 'Fred talk' or 'sounding out'.
â–ºHomework - All children will be given weekly English/Phonics or Maths homework. This is to be completed and returned to school as required.
â–ºUniform - Here at Holy Family we pride ourselves on our smart appearances. Please ensure children come to school dressed appropriately wearing full school uniform in line with school policy, including black shoes and no jewellery.