Reception

Welcome to Reception

A very warm welcome from the Early Years Team – Mrs Carey our Class teacher, Mrs Gymer our Nursery Nurse, Mrs Lopez and Mrs Steff our Learning Support Assistants.

This is the year that your child becomes ‘school-ready’; developing their independence, confidence, resilience and curiosity. It’s an exciting time, for children and parents, as their school career begins.

 We look forward to welcoming you into our Pope Paul School community,

Mrs Carey and the Early Years Team

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What will my child do in Reception?

This year your child will continue to learn by doing things for themselves, by exploring and investigating, watching and listening, talking and discussing, creating and communicating — in other words — playing. Play is children’s work and playing hard is very tiring! Your child may be really exhausted and perhaps a bit grumpy when they come home! If they don’t want to talk about their day straight away, don’t worry, they will gradually let you into their new world as time goes by. Play can also be very messy, as your child will be learning both inside the classroom with dough, glue, paint, but also in the outdoors with sand, mud, leaves etc. so you can expect some mucky clothes at the end of the day!

• Pope Paul Reception Parent Meeting June 2026 download_for_offline
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Additional information

Please note that the above topics are subject to change. The children’s own preference and ideas may lead new topics to develop over the course of the year.

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Promoting Resilience Parent Session Oct 2025

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