Reception
Bay & Holly Classes
In Reception we are passionate about learning through play, talking and building relationships with our friends, grown-ups and the world around us.
At Parkdale, we hope to help your children as they begin to learn to read and think about stories, poems and songs, and start their journey to becoming writers. We will help them to build an understanding of numbers and problem solving through investigation. However, English and Maths are a small part of Reception. Early Years education is all about investigating, talking and playing. We are committed to providing a caring, inspiring and inclusive journey, building strong foundations for a happy and successful future in school and life.
We will explore lots of different topics; combining exciting experiences, and a cosy, welcoming environment full of opportunities to explore, talk, wonder and create.
We will add to this webpage on a regular basis, so look out for updates and information that we post. We will also keep you up to date using Tapestry, an online learning journal.
The Reception Team
Miss Rippon R Bay Class Teacher, EYFS Lead
Mrs Ward- R Holly Class Teacher, Forest School Lead
Mrs Drury- TA
Ms John- TA
Miss Hutchins – TA
Class Notices
Reception Attendance
We know that at times it might seem that we are obsessive about attendance in the Early Years (Reception and Nursery), but it is something we are passionate about and also have some concerns over. So, "sorry, not sorry" for a new letter here about this: Reception...
Facebook Problems – Apologies
We have just, literally this minute, realised that our website posts have not been automatically posting through onto Facebook as they should. It looks like they haven't been doing so since the Summer holiday! This is now rectified and you should see immediate...
Our first SEND Newsletter – Autumn term
Welcome to our first SEND Newsletter. The Autumn edition contains news on Dyslexia, Parent Workshops, Signposting and Teaching Assistants. We will aim to send something every 6-8 weeks with different topics covered throughout the year. Send Newsletter Autumn 2025...
Parkdale Harvest Festival 2025 – Food Bank Collection for Hope
Harvest-Festival-2025 Poster Shopping List 2025 single We are reaching out on behalf of Hope Nottingham to collect store cupboard items for our Harvest Festival again this year. Our Harvest assembly will be on Wednesday 15th October, led by Rev Richard for all the...
Reception Bookshelf
Early Years Curriculum
Term by Term Information
Autumn
Autumn Topic 2026
Spring
Summer
Our Provision
In our Reception classroom we aim to provide a challenging, stimulating and welcoming environment. We have curated a cosy and calm space for talking, playing and exploring. We add enhancements to our provision that follow our children’s interests and offer them opportunities to develop and grow.
We are especially proud of our outdoor space where we work as a team to plant and grow flowers, vegetables, fruit and trees. We spend our spring term learning about the world around us and making insect and hedgehog homes; sharing our outdoor space with other living things. Outdoors, children are supported to develop gross motor skills, observe seasonal changes, role play in our playhouses, caravan and car and dig in our sandpit.
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Class Documents & Resources
Classroom Information
Welcome to R Bay
Welcome to R Holly
Classroom Timetables
Reception TimetableLetters
Reception attendance letter
Supporting your child
Phonics Bug
Phonics Bug gives you access to reading books, games and activities to support your child at home.
Phonics Play
Phonics Play is another website you can access which has lots of phonics games you can play with your children at home. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Useful Links
The Early Years Foundation Stage on a Page
The Reception Baseline Assessment for Parents
Speech and Language Support in School
Small Talk
Phonics Glossary
Information for New Starters
Uniform Information
Please note from September 2022 Reception will be switching to an Active Uniform. Our new Uniform will be Parkdale PE kit only.
Reception children will need :
Black Parkdale PE top
Black Parkdale PE bottoms
Black or White trainers
A Parkdale PE T shirt in their House colour (until they are assigned Houses a plain white t shirt will be fine).
They DO NOT need ties, shirts, school shoes, jumpers etc.