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
Spelling Bee Fun
We have had some fun in our Class Spelling Bee Challenges. Our whole purpose is to provide a fun opportunity to learn spellings. It is so motivating for children to know they are making progress in their spelling. It is very special to see our children feeling more confident as they improve their spellings and […]
We are exploring ‘Inspiring Women’ this term
This term we will be exploring a whole range of inspiring women from Jane Austin, Frida Kahlo, Marie Chiver, Rosa Parks and many other women who we believe will inspire all of our children. We are exploring their endeavours and seeing how we can learn from them in our own lives in 2019 and beyond.
Welcome back to school . . .
We are pleased to be back at school to welcome our children for the start of Lent term
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all of our school family. We welcome our new children starting in January and look forward to seeing them. Our Lent term starts on Monday 7th January.
Happy Christmas
Wishing you a very Happy Christmas from the children of St Mary’s School.
Nativity 2018
Congratulations to all of the Reception children who took part in the Nativity this year = a triumph. What a superb and creative retelling of the Nativity. Thank you.
Merry Christmas
Our staff and governors wish you a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Angels Advent
The children in Year 3 have made angel pictures which have been displayed all around Kirkby. Each day in the run up to Christmas a new angel will be displayed. Each angel is displayed with a letter. Collect the letters to find a Christmas message.
Santa Parade
Everyone joined Mrs Smith and Mrs Day for a parade around Kirkby. We dressed in our pyjamas and pretended it was the night before Christmas. Despite the rain we had a lovely time.
Governors First Meeting
Our first Governors meeting took place recently beginning the year following a very successful year. The Governors have looked at our school Improvement Plan for the forthcoming year and are preparing for another productive year.
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