Reception - Mrs Fearn 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Reception!

In Reception you will find Mrs Fearn, Mrs Coxhead and Mrs Tagell; along with 29 creative, wonderful children!

A child's first year in school (Reception class) is the final year of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which children would have begun in nursery, pre-school or with their childminder.

Our warm and welcoming reception classroom, offers rich learning through play and exploration for 30 children. Children will work incredibly hard to establish a school routine, build meaningful relationships and develop a sense of independence; forming firm foundations for a thriving school life.

We aim to give the children the best possible start to their time at Havannah and work closely with parents/carers to ensure the transition to school is a smooth and happy one for the child and their family. 

Passionate teachers and adults within the setting will share daily, high quality children's stories. With the support of adults at home, reading and sharing beautiful stories, we hope to ignite a true love for reading and the adventures they take you on! 

In Reception we follow the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (EYFS), updated in 2025. To enhance the statutory curriculum we will also be using the Development Matters document for additional ideas and milestone checks throughout the year. Alongside the change to the curriculum we also have new half termly topics. These can be found in the files below.

The EYFS adopts a learning through play approach to learning along with structured adult led teaching. We have lots of lovely resources in our classroom and outdoor area; we are always busy playing and learning together. We are lucky to have our own canopy that works as a freeflow extension to our classroom all year round, whatever the weather! 

Ways you can communicate with the Reception team...

Class Dojo- You can send messages to me via Class Dojo if you ever have any questions and you can also upload your child's homework challenges in the form of photos, videos or notes to their online portfolio. Please also keep a close eye on our 'Class Story' on Class Dojo for weekly updates of what learning looks like in Reception and for any key information I share each week. In addition, I will also post a fortnightly class newsletter onto our class story on Class Dojo.

Other ways of communicating... Please do not hesitate to email, or speak to me in person, if you have any questions or queries.

My email address is: fearn@havannah.cheshire.sch.uk