Reception
Welcome to Reception! Our teachers are Mrs Spoors and Mrs Houston-Stewart. On Friday’s our teachers are Mrs Smith and Mrs Houston-Stewart.
We hope you will visit our page regularly to see what we have been up to.
Reception Blog Posts
Little Wandle Champion School
We are delighted to share that we have become a Little Wandle Champion School! This means our school has met the Little Wandle Standards of Excellence in the teaching of early reading and phonics. We will now be working closely with Little Wandle to share the...
Diwali
In Drawing Club this week we listened to the story of Rama and Sita, as this week it is the Hindu festival of light - Diwali. We drew our own demons in drawing club, made our own Diva lights from salt dough and decorated them with sequins and listened to some...
Aqiqah
Today in R.E we learnt about a Muslim celebration to welcome a baby. This Islamic celebration is called Aqiqah. In this welcoming ceremony a prayer is whispered into the babies right ear and the baby is given a small drink of date juice. The babies hair is also shaved...
Harvest Worship at St Chad’s
On Tuesday 7th October, classes from Year 1 to Year 6 attended a Harvest worship at St Chad's. As ever, Rev. Hannah warmly welcomed us all. The children sang beautifully and Rev Hannah explained how harvest time is so important to us. We can go to the shops and buy...
National Poetry Day 2025
On Thursday 2nd October, the children at St Aidan's celebrated National Poetry Day by welcoming poet Michael de Souza, the creator of Rastamouse, into our school. We began the day with an interactive, whole-school assembly where we listened to, recited and performed...
Forest School
Reception class love going to Forest school, where we have lots of time to explore, cook, communicate, use our physical skills and build upon our friendships.