Welcome to Reception
We are very excited to welcome you all to the start of your school life at St Augustine’s! This year is going to be filled with fun, lots of learning and new experiences.
The Reception Teachers are Mrs Towle and Mrs Jordan; and they are supported by our highly experienced Teaching Assistants, Mrs Beaven and Mrs Shorbagy.
Here you will find all the information you need about what we will be doing in Reception this term and throughout the academic year.
Remember, it is really important to be at school every day, on time and ready to learn.
PE/Forest School:
Our PE/Forest School day is on Friday. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit on this day.
Reading at home:
Please read with your child each evening. This could be supporting them to read their Rhino Readers reading book; or sharing with them their school library book or a chosen book from home.
W/C 21st September 2026
RE: We will be continuing with our unit, Creation and Covenant. We will be listening again to the story of Creation, remembering that this story is from the Book of Genesis and that God created the world in six days. We will learn that the natural world is a gift from God, because He loves us, and we'll be going on a 'Creation Walk', identifying our favourite parts of creation.
Maths: We will begin our learning on our first Maths unit, 'Match, Sort and Compare'. We will be taking part in a variety of practical games and activities, where we will be matching objects and pictures, identifying similarities in a group of objects, and sorting objects to a type.
Phonics: We are very excited to be starting Phonics! This week, we will be learning the sounds, s, a, t and p. The children will be joining in with lots of whole-class and small-group activities to help them hear and identify each sound.
English: Our book this week will be, 'Hello, Friend!' We will be using this lovely book, about starting school, to talk about ourselves, our interests and our likes. We will then be drawing a picture of all our favourite things, for example, our favourite food, our favourite games and our favourite animal. Children will be encouraged to talk about their special drawings!
Reminders: Please look out for the Phonics Parent Information Sheets, which will be coming home in your child's bag, each day that we learn a new sound (new sounds are introduced Monday-Thursday; Friday is a review day, when we recap all the sounds of the week). These sheets are to be completed at home and do not need to come back into school. Thank you!
At Saint Augustine’s Primary School, our school rules are simple yet powerful: Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe, and Be the Best You Can Be.
These school rules guide us in everything we do, helping us create a positive, caring, and inspiring learning environment.
Being ready means coming prepared to learn and try our best every day.
Being respectful reminds us to treat others with kindness and value everyone's contributions.
Being safe ensures that we look after ourselves and others, both inside and outside the classroom.
And striving to be the best we can be encourages us to aim high, work hard, and take pride in our achievements.
Together, these rules help us to grow into confident, compassionate, and capable individuals.