Reception - Apple
Welcome to Apple Class! We are a friendly, inclusive classroom community where everyone is welcome, every idea is valued, and there is always something exciting to discover!
Apple Class is led by Ms Ashley and Ms Stacey, who are passionate about Early Years education. Ms Ashley loves cooking, getting lost in a good book, and building amazing creations with LEGO. Ms Stacey loves reading, animals and bringing stories to life through storytelling. She loves animals so much that she is even sharing her very own guinea pig with Apple Class — we can’t wait for you to meet them!
Our learning environment in Apple class includes an indoor and outdoor classroom, where children are enabled to have free-flow opportunities to explore throughout the day. These include a range of opportunities across the seven areas of learning in the EYFS- communication and language, physical development, personal social and emotional development, literacy, maths, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design.
In reception, our children are learning to play and playing to learn. Teachers follow children’s interests to support their development and learning targets. Our aim goes beyond simply teaching the curriculum, we endeavour to create a lifelong love of learning!
Children in reception are encouraged to develop independence through a secure and nurturing environment. We encourage risk taking, which allows children to overcome physical challenges while building confidence, problem solving, and resilience.
In keeping with our ethos- “Nature, Nurture, Knowledge”, we are outdoors in all weathers. We also acknowledge that learning can get messy! As such, we ask that all children please keep a labelled spare set of clothing at school at all times.
Some important information to know:
- Children should bring bottled water and their book bag daily.
- Reading/phonics books will be changed throughout the week, please ensure your child has these daily.
- Children can access online learning using BugClub for reading and DoodleMath for mathematics, utilising personal logins provided by the class teacher.
- Please label everything that your child brings in (hats, bookbags, coats, jumpers, etc.).
a typical day in the life of a reception child 2026 2027.pdf
