St Mary's Church of England School
Nurturing Creative Thinkers
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Kendal Road,Kirkby Lonsdale,
Cumbria LA6 2DN
Reception
Reception
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to Reception. In Reception, we are always busy; exploring our fantastic classroom, our outside areas and our wonderful woods. Learning is fun, practical and play based. We love learning new things, asking fantastic questions and having a give it a go attitude!
Lots of our learning takes place outside and we have a good balance between child directed play and adult initiated tasks. Our curriculum was developed around our knowledge of child development, inspiring stories, our values, knowledge of our community, the statutory guidelines and our thirst to provide inspiring learning opportunities for all.
We follow the Read Write Inc scheme to help teach children to learn to read and write. Gradually, we will guide you through each step of the phonics and reading scheme to help support every child to love reading.
Mrs Jamieson and Mrs Wadsworth are the class teachers in Reception Class and they are supported by Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Rickart and Mr Watson.
Please see our EYFS Page for essential documents and information.
Reception Staff
Miss J Broome BA (Hons) QTS MA - Reception
Miss Broome is our Y4 teacher along with Mrs Arnold and teaches in Reception Class.
Mrs D Rickart BSc. Dip SpLD - Reception
Mrs Rickart Profile Mrs Rickart is a highly experienced practitioner with working in a range of settings. She he also has a specialism in Speech and Language and SEND and supports our children with Speech and Language difficulties.
Mrs C Chalmers - Reception
Mrs Chalmers Profile I’ve worked in St Mary’s Early Years for the last eleven years and I still love coming to work! I enjoy the challenges that the younger children bring – every day is different! I love seeing the progression throughout the school, especially as I work with most of the children when they […]
Mrs K Jamieson, BA QTS - Reception
Mrs Jamieson Profile I have two young children so when I am not at school I enjoy swimming, biking, going to the beach, reading lots of stories and watching Strictly Come Dancing! As a family, we enjoy listening to and playing music (some tuneful and some not!) as well as going to the cinema and […]
Latest News
School Closed
Dear Parents and members of the community, our school will be closed until further notice.
Jamie Knight – Health and Well-Being Day
We have arranged for Jamie Knight to join us on March 26th as part of our Health and Well Being Day. This day will be full of a series of exciting workshops. One of the workshops will be led by Jamie Knight, well known Freestyle Footballer. He has worked with several top footballers, starred on […]
World Book Day
What a wonderful day to celebrate books. Three of our classes have been to Kirkby Lonsdale Library today, some children replacing their library books. We have dressed up as our favourite characters and we have been exploring books all day. From Nursery to Year 6, we have been have a great day. Thank you for […]
Happy Valentines
Happy Valentines Day to you all. We have been sharing all of the things we love in our lives as part of our reflections this week. Why not make sure you take time to think of all of the things and people you love. Happy Valentines Day.
Spelling Bee
Well done to everyone who took part in the Spelling Bee – there were some exceptional hard words by the end of the Spelling Bee.
Nativity and Carol Concert
Thank you to everyone who attended our nativity and carol concerts at St Mary’s Church this year. Once again, the children were fantastic with their singing and acting and really helped create a wonderful atmosphere. The video contains some (slightly blurry – low light and low cameraman skills to blame!) photos of all the classes […]
Elf Run 2019
We had an amazing, if slightly boggy, time raising money for St John’t Hospice with our second annual Elf Run. Everyone, from Nursery to Year 6 got their elf hats on and set off around our course with great enthusiasm. Whilst some socks and shoes may have been temporarily lost to the well placed boggy […]
New playground marking, road marking and parking areas
Thank you for your understanding whilst we prepared for improving the markings outside of school and on the playground. You will now see that our lay by has been properly signposted to show it primarily as a drop off zone with four parking bays (see photos). Please do not park in the drop off zone […]
New Playground Markings
We are so excited to tell everyone that we have new playground markings at school. We know how excited the children are with their new playground. We are going to have some very active learners using these in lessons! Hurrah!
Children in Need
Please bring a donation of £1 for Children in Need and come in MUFTI on Friday 15th Nov.
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