--- title: "Reception" url: "https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/year-groups/reception" school: "The Meadows Primary Academy" --- # Reception ## Reception **Reception Teacher**: Mrs Alison Farrington and Mrs Laura Smith **Reception Teaching Assistants**: Mrs Lucy Smith and Ms Brigitte Toplass **Curriculum**: Our Curriculum is based around the understanding that children learn best through play and active learning. Our carefully tailored planning allows us to teach across all 7 areas of learning and development. These being: - PSED - Personal Social and Emotional Development - PD - Physical Development - CLL - Communication and Language - L - Literacy - M - Mathematics - UW - Understanding the world - EAD - Expressive Arts and Design **Reading**: During reception, your child will start to bring home sheets and books they can read to you! Please read these with them at least 3 times a week. These books match to the level phonics we are teaching in school. We follow the RWI programme. They will also bring home a book they have chose themselves. We hope you enjoy reading this book with/to them too! **PE**: PE is on a Friday, please send your child to school in PE kit on this day We are very much looking forward to working with you and your child during their time in Reception. 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