Welcome to St. Joseph's RC. I am Mrs Howarth the Nursery and Reception class teacher. 

Our class is called the "Ducklings Class" and there is myself, Miss Colak and Mrs Thorpe who work with the children. 

If you would like to take a look at the class page, click on the children tab, then class pages, then select Ducklings class. 

Mrs Howarth will be contacting you personally, to discuss the transition in September. 

If your child is starting in Reception, they will start full time in September. 

Children who are starting in the nursery will do either 15 or 30 hours, which will be agreed before their start date. 

Please read through the information Powerpoint and if you have any questions please get in contact with Mrs Howarth. 

I look forward to meeting you all in September. We hope you have a lovely summer. 

From Mrs Howarth and the Early Years Team. 

Important Changes

There have been some changes to the Statutory documentation and curriculum for September 2021.

If you are interested you can visit the following website for more inforamtion:

https://www.eyalliance.org.uk/changes-eyfs-2021

More information about starting school

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/at-school/reception-at-primary-school/getting-ready-to-start-school/

Useful websites

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks

https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1qC1-4HC8QIVWQOLCh1_UAvfEAAYAiAAEgIuBvD_BwE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Reception pupils baseline

The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, task-based assessment of your child's early literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills when they begin school.  The assessment can take place at any point in the first 6 weeks of your child starting reception.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.theschoolrun.com/reception-baseline-assessment-tests-explained-for-parents