We are very proud of our Reception Class. We have 30 places availiable and lots of fun and exciting areas to learn in. We are lucky to have a fantastic, experienced team who know how to support children in learning through play to the highest of standards. Our classroom changes based on our focus texts, topics and the interests and interventions we see within our class.
We work tirelessly to create an innovative, fun, inspiring and creative learning environment both indoors and outdoors that enables all children to learn, play, explore, have a go, make choices, develop criticial thinking and solve problems. Each half term we have a new topic and a selection of fantastic stories and books that hook your child into their new topic! We truly value the importance of books and we re-read these stories to your child to develop their vocabulary and understanding. We learn about Space, Dinosaurs, People Who Help Us. Traditional tales and Pirates! Each half term our classroom is enhanced to reflect our new learning. The children are very much engaged in this process, for example they help to construct a pirate ship and make props such as eye patches, hats, parrots, portholes and even a cutlass to act out with their friends. We really want the children to take ownership of their learning environment. We have added a selection of photographs below for you to share with your child. We would also encourage you to join our class Twitter page which you can find on the home page of this website! We hope you can see how much fun the children have and how aspirational we make their learning.
Meet Our Team
Miss Chothia and Miss Aka are our reception teachers, who both have a wealth of experience supporting Early Years education, and they are ably supported by Early Years Practitioners who work alongside them to deliver high quality teaching and learning.
Mrs Daji is a very experienced member of the team. She has worked in the Early Years, KS1 and KS2. Mrs Daji loves imaginative play and is wonderful at creating pretend play. She is also a HLTA ( Higher Level Teaching Assistant). Mrs Daji has also completed the NELI speech and language training.
Miss Claire will also be in our Reception Class every morning.. She works with some small groups of children supporting their learning. Miss Claire is also our Breakfast Club Leader and a lunch time Play Leader.
Mrs Henson will also be in our Reception Classroom every afternoon. She works with small groups of children and also support the rest of the class. Miss Henson also works in Nursery
Finally, your child will receive a weekly session of P.E every Monday morning and this is taught by Mrs Somerville. They will be taught a range of fundamental skills including throwing, catching, balancing and coordination. Your child will receive a free Batley Parish draw string P.E bag in which to put their P.E Kit. Your child will receive this when they start school in September.
Our Classroom Environment
We pride ourselves at Batley Parish that we make our classrooms creative and fun that engage young learners. We follow topics each half term that will engage and excite your child. The children are taught through a well balanced range of child initiated and adult led activities. They are taught Phonics, Literacy and Maths on a daily basis. We also ensure that children read at least twice a day, and we share high quality picture books with them. We have both an indoor and outdoor classroom which your child is able to explore.
Our indoor classroom is organised into different areas of provision. For example, we have a home corner where your child can make believe and pretend with their friends. We have a junk modelling area where they learn how to fasten materials together and create models using tape and staplers. We have an interactive maths area where your child can find lots of fun number and shape games. We also have Playdough and lots of tools. We have a large art area where children can make paintings, collages and drawings. We have a wonderful book corner where you can sit and enjoy a range of different books! Sometimes our book corner becomes space themed with rockets and torches to read in the dark! We also have a writing area where you can draw and label your pictures, but we also encourage that children write and draw in all areas of the classroom. We always have a themed role-play area and this year we have had a Doctors role-play area, a Chinese cafe, a space rocket and a pirate ship! We really value the importance of role-play in supporting your child’s communication and language.
They have access to the outdoor classroom on a daily basis where they can explore and learn about the world around them. All they need is a pair of wellington boots and a waterproof coat so they can enjoy! We have a range of different activities for your child to access. Including messy play such as gloop, silly soap and wet sand. We also use this space to plant and care for our seeds. In the Autumn Term we use this space to create our wonderful role-play Space ship, and a pirate ship in the Summer term! It is a great addition to the classroom! We have a large play area which offers the children a wide selection of resources, which we offer via self service sheds so that children can access them independently. We have some wonderful large wooden bricks which budding builders will love! They just remember to wear their builders hat! We like to look and talk about the world around us. We have a beautiful blossom tree in the middle of our playground where we can observe its changes throughout school year. We like to look for bugs and insects hidden under the logs, and we have a wooden tree house, and a super mud kitchen! We learn to read, write, count and draw outdoors. We play skittles, hide and seek, we go on word hunts and count forwards and backwards on the giant number lines! Have a look at the photographs below and talk to your child about what areas of provision they may want to explore when they start school.
