Reception

Welcome to Reception

The Reception Team

Mrs Welsh Owls Class 1

Mrs Pitter Squirrels Class 2

Support staff

Mrs Kidd

Miss Rogers

Mrs Powdrill

Miss Mason

The Reception team can be contacted by telephone: 01793 342342

Early Years Foundation Stage

In EYFS at Goddard Park Community Primary School, the curriculum is designed to recognise children’s prior learning and their experiences at home, provide first-hand learning experience, whilst allowing the children to build resilience, ambition and integrity in a language rich environment.

Every child is recognised as a unique individual and we celebrate and welcome differences within our school community. The ability to learn is underpinned by the teaching of basic skills, knowledge, concepts and values fostering a love of reading. We provide enhancement opportunities to engage learning and believe that our first experiences of school should be happy and positive, enabling us to develop a lifelong love of learning. Throughout their time in EYFS, the children develop a sense of belonging to our community, ready to transition to year 1 the following academic year.

Providing the opportunities that give the children the confidence and skills to make decisions and self-evaluate, make connections and become lifelong learners.

Learning opportunities are provided in a rich learning environment for the children to explore the seven areas of learning:

Prime Areas