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Welcome to Reception 

Meet the Reception Team 

Mrs Marshall

EYFS Lead

Murphy Class Teacher (Monday - Wednesday)

Mrs Wathen

EYFS Lead

Murphy Class Teacher (Wednesday - Friday) 

Miss Hemming 

Donaldson Class Teacher

Carole 

Teaching Partner

Lesley 

Teaching Partner

Laura 

Teaching Partner (Part Time)

Aisha 

Teaching Partner (Part Time)

Welcome to Reception! Our Reception classes are Murphy Class with Mrs Marshall and Mrs Wathen and Donaldson Class with Miss Hemming.

Our “Once Upon a Time” topic provides an opportunity to explore creative and exciting role play, writing activities and beyond. 

Children will develop their Personal, Social and Emotional Development as they embed classroom routines, become increasingly independent, express their feelings and begin to form positive relationships. Communication and Language will be supported through conversations, storytelling and sharing experiences, while Physical Development will be encouraged through movement, mark-making and every day self-care.

Across the Specific Areas, children will explore early Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design through meaningful, play-based experiences. 

Based on our topic, we will be reading lots of fairytale books and traditional tales, exploring different characters, settings and stories! In Literacy this term, we are reading and writing about “The Little Red Hen”, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “The Gingerbread Man”. 

If you have any questions you can contact your teacher by email:

Mrs Marshall - pmarshall@widdenprimary.co.uk

Mrs Wathen - swathen@widdenprimary.co.uk

Miss Hemming - mhemming@widdenprimary.co.uk

PE Days and Forest School 

Donaldson PE day is Tuesday.

Murphy PE day is Thursday.

Forest school for both classes will be Thursday.

Please can children come to school on PE days dressed in suitable PE clothes e.g. black leggings black jogging bottoms and a plain white t-shirt.

Please send your child a pair of wellington boots to wear during our Forest School sessions.