Welcome to Reception
To our new Reception class, We are so excited to welcome you to King’s St Alban’s and your new class. Starting school is a really exciting time and we can not wait to help you start on your school journey. You will get to meet lots of new people and learn all sorts of things like how to read and write, numbers and counting and more about the world around you. We have made this book for you so you can meet us and we can show you some of the areas of the school you will use lots when you start school. We are really looking forward to getting to know you very soon. From, Mrs Thorp and Mrs Hadfield
Mrs My Thorp name is Mrs Thorp. I will be your teacher on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I like singing lots in school and my favourite topic that we learn about is People Who Help Us. When I’m not in school I like going on bike rides with Mr Thorp and my four children, Georgie, Jamie, William and Ned.
Mrs Hadfield My name is Mrs Hadfield. I will be your teacher on a Thursday and a Friday. I like going outdoors lots and reading stories. My favourite book is ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson. When I’m not in school I like going for walks with Mr Hadfield and my two children, Oliver and Henry.
Our Our classroom is split over two Classroom adjoining rooms. We are so lucky to have so much space for our role play, workshop, construction, writing and maths areas. We start together for our register at the beginning of the day and for stories. At the end of the day we finish with a song called ‘Tickly Rain’. We love putting your work up around the classroom to celebrate all of the fantastic things you do in school.
Outdoor Area This is our outdoor area. We share this area with Nursery. In the big shed there is a giant sandpit that you can play in. We have bikes and trikes out, two water trays, tubes you can roll things down, things to climb over and hide under! Sometimes we hunt for sounds out here and use water pistols to shoot numbers!
The Hall This is the Pre-Prep hall. It is in our building and we use it for lots of things like P.E. and Games or afterschool clubs. We have lunch in here everyday with Year One and Year Two. Most people have hot dinners and some people bring packed lunches. On a Friday we all get together for Celebration Assembly. Mr Chapman invites children up to share some of their amazing achievements inside school and outside school.
Library This is our Pre-Prep library. It is full of books that we love to share with the children in Pre-Prep. We have a story assembly in here once a week and we have library times where you can choose as story to take home. We love finding out about new stories and putting them into our library for everyone to discover.
Playground This is the playground. This is where we come out to play with our friends from other year groups. There is an adventure playground at the end of the playground with tunnels, a big slide and lots of ropes to climb across! We also take bags of things to play with like skipping roles, balls and hoops!
Swimming Pool This is our swimming pool. We go swimming once a week. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been swimming lots before or if you have done lots. Our swimming teachers are really good at helping you learn new things and it is always great fun!
Forest School This is Forest School. We go out to Forest School once a week with Mrs Hadfield. We love going out whatever the weather. When it’s raining, we splash in the puddles and make boats to float on the puddles! We learn how to make dens and we find out how to look after the world around us. The thing we love doing the most is having a campfire and toasting marshmallows.
All About You! We hope that you have enjoyed seeing the pictures of your new school. We are looking forward to welcoming you into your new classroom soon. We would love to find out about all of the things that you enjoy doing at home. We have included a sheet for you to share your favourite things and a space for you to put a picture of you. If you would like to you could draw us a picture and we will put it up in your new classroom ready for your first day. We will be uploading a story time every Friday evening. Come and join us on our Early Years Instagram: kingsworcesterearlyyears From, Mrs Thorp and Mrs Hadfield