Taxal and Fernilee CE Primary School

Super Team Work at Forest School

Here we are having fun in our beautiful Forest School area. 'Looking after everyone and everything.' in our school environment.

Another Fun Packed Week!

Lots more fun in Reception this week! We're so proud of the way the children have settled into school. It's lovely to see them running in with huge smiles full of enthusiasm and always ready to learn.

Harvest Celebrations and Disco Carrots

After celebrating the Harvest Festival at church, we've had lots of fun finding out about the harvest in class. We've sang songs, had the farm out, had stories, made flowers and harvest related things from the Stickle Bricks and Build a Garden construction kits. We all loved our harvest reveal game too on the interactive white board. One of the stories we enjoyed was 'Oliver's Vegetables' all about a little boy who tried lots of new vegetables. Finally, here's a picture of our sparkly 'Disco Carrots' which also helped us to count to five on our fingers. Fun!

Busy Builders in the Sun

What a lovely sunny day to play and have fun with our friends! All this along with a morning of 'Wake Up Shake Up', phonics, 'Funky Fingers' and maths.

Fun Making Friends

We're having so much fun making friends in Reception class.

First week in school

Reception Trip to Buxton

A lovely visit to the Crescent

This is updated by Mrs Thorogood.

Hello and welcome to Reception class at Taxal and Fernilee CE Primary School. Starting school is a big step in the life of your child. Our Reception class is a happy, nurturing and exciting place to learn and grow. Your child will have lots of support to help them to settle into school quickly and happily and to help become familiar with the new routines.

In Reception, learning is creative and fun. The children are at the heart of everything we do. We aspire to have happy, inquisitive, confident and independent learners. Activities are planned to develop the children’s learning by building on their interests, abilities, ideas and experiences. In developing a growth mindset, we encourage the children to have the confidence to ‘have a go’ by giving them time to play and explore both indoors and outdoors. We support the children to persevere and therefore build resilience.

In Reception, we begin to build the foundation of our school ‘SCRIPT’ values of: Strength, Compassion, Respect, Integrity, Peace and Tenacity. We have a saying, “Team work makes the dream work” and children work together, taking turns and respecting each other. We celebrate and praise each child’s achievements so they can be proud of themselves and others. It is a privilege to share these experiences and to see each child thrive, develop and achieve both individually and as a class.

We look forward to a strong partnership between home and school throughout the year. If you have anything you would like to discuss, please feel free to come and see us. Our door is always open.