Hello and welcome to Reception Class!

Class Teachers: Mrs Jackaman and Mrs Kemp

Support Staff: Mrs Moreno-King and Mrs Zuyeva

Volunteer: Mrs Hands

Welcome to your new school! We are so excited to have you join our Reception class at Kemsing Primary School. This is a very special time, and we can’t wait to get to know you, play together, and help you learn lots of exciting new things.

In our classroom, you’ll make new friends, explore fun activities, and discover just how amazing learning can be. There will be stories to read, games to play, songs to sing, and lots of adventures to go on together.

Our vision of early years at Kemsing Primary School:

The Early Years is an exciting and important stage in a child's life. Reception builds the foundation of children's learning and enables children to develop their sense of self, their independence and their learning behaviours. Kemsing Primary School enables children to develop in a safe, secure and happy environment. 

During your child's time in Reception, it is important that parents and staff work collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes for children. This webpage will help to aid this partnership. Here you will find information and pictures about your child's learning experiences. We also use Seesaw to share information and important news. We encourage parents to use Seesaw to share with us all the wonderful things the children do at home.

Important information for parents: 

• We bring our water bottle and book bag to school every day.
• All our clothing, coats, book bags and water bottles are named.
• We make sure our book corner book and our phonics scheme book are in our book bag every day.
• We change our reading books from the book corner and our phonics scheme book every Monday. Please can we ask that you record how your child gets on with both books and that this is recorded in their reading record book ready for Monday morning.
• We bring a coat to school every day.
• We keep a pair of wellies and a rain mac in school, which is kept here all year for our outdoor learning days.
• P.E. days are Monday and Wednesday. Please can all children come into school wearing their P.E. kits on these days. As the days get colder, please can your child wear black tracksuit bottoms.
• We use Seesaw to share our learning at home and at school. The codes to access your child’s seesaw account will be sent out within the first few weeks of the children starting school. 
• Your child is entitled to free school meals whilst in Reception.
• If your child has school dinners, only one water bottle is needed for the day. If your child has packed lunches, please can your child have two water bottles for the day. One should be in your child’s lunchbox and the other will be kept in the classroom all day for your child to access.
• Your child is welcome to arrive at school between 8:35am and 8:45am. After this time, the classroom doors will be closed and any late arrivals need to report to the office to sign in. 

Please click on the sections on the right of this page to view what the children will be learning about during each terms topic