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
Mr O Fitzsimons - Reception
Mr Fitzsimons is a qualified Sports Coach and leads our Football Club and also works as a teaching assistant in different classes in school. Mr Fitzsimons trained at Lancaster and Morecambe College, has played football at Morecambe Academy and plays and coaches with Endmoor Football Club.
Miss J Broome BA (Hons) QTS MA - Reception
Miss Broome is our Y4 teacher along with Mrs Arnold and teaches in Reception Class.
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 A Day, BA (Hons) PGCE - Reception
Mrs Day Profile I have been teaching for over twenty years, many of them at St Mary’s. I love teaching here as it’s a very special school with great children and staff. I have taught in most classes in the school but in all of them I love to read stories and to watch the […]
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
Jamie Knight Visit (watch the videos)
Jamie Knight is currently one of the world’s best and most in-demand Professional Football Freestylers. Jamie has travelled worldwide working with the most prominent global brands, comprising of the likes of Nike, Adidas & Red Bull. Jamie’s performances include some of the most prolific sports events such as an on the pitch performance at the […]
European Languages Day
We have had a superb day with the whole school dressing up and learning new languages. We have visited (virtually) a whole range of countries including, Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Scotland, Italy and France. What a great adventure we have had which was a day of food tasting, geography skills, learning new languages and lots […]
New Head and Deputy Boys and Girls
Congratulations to our children who have become the new head boys and girls for this year.
Social Media – Please follow us…
We have launched our new social media pages – please follow us and share with others….
We are Back!
Welcome to all of our children who have returned to school this week. We are so excited that we have been able to start school again. What an amazing start we have made. Over the next few weeks we are making every effort to ensure our children take time to talk about what they have […]
Returning to School
Welcome back. We want our children to feel safe and happy at school. Children will wash hands regularly. They will be in class bubbles which will limit contact with other children. Children will not be wearing masks during school time but may will need to wear masks if travelling on school transport. We are really […]
Welcome Back
We are looking forward to welcoming our children back on Wednesday 2nd Sept.
Year 6 Leaver’s Service Video
Covid-19 has not stopped us giving the Year 6 children a sendoff. It might not be quite what we are used to, but at least we were able to get together, celebrate what we have managed to achieve and to look forward to the future. There may have been a couple of technological issues towards […]
Throwback 2019-20
Hello there, we are sharing a few of the videos of our year as we draw close to the end of a different year and the end of summer term. We hope you enjoy this video from December 2019. There will be more to come hopefully….
Latest worship from Mr Jones
Mr Jones has completed his next remote worship. Different locations to follow in future weeks
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