Reception
The Reception teachers for 2025-26 are Mrs Clare Callaghan and Miss Amy Robertson. Please speak directly to a member of the teaching team if you have any queries or concerns.
Reception is also supported by Mrs Nadia Bhutta, Mr Simon Collings, Mrs Clare Jenkins and Mrs Satnam Singh.
The EYFS Phase Leader is Mrs Clare Callaghan; she will help you if the class teacher is unable to do so. Her direct e-mail address is c.callaghan@talbotprimary.net. If you have any suggestions about how we could improve communication further, please let us know.
Welcome
At Talbot Primary School, we aim to welcome Parents and Carers into our setting, as we believe that this partnership will provide the best start on your child’s journey through their early years education.
Our setting is calm, cosy and natural with areas of provision that will be familiar to children coming from Nursery but is developed and built upon to ensure progression. In the Early Years, the child is our curriculum. We build upon children’s current knowledge and prior learning, as well as providing opportunities for them to develop their learning through their own interests. Ultimately, what and how they learn is unique to them; every child’s journey will be slightly different. As a result, our curriculum is bespoke to Talbot Primary School and is driven by our own community.
Please see the links below for information on our bespoke curriculum, ideas to help at home and websites to support communication and to spark a lifelong love of learning.
Useful Links:
- Maths Stay and Play workshop - February 2025
- Reading in Reception - October 2024
- Whole School Key Dates 2024-25
- Early Years Rationale
- Autumn term long term plan
- Spring term long term plan
- Summer term long term plan
- A parents' guide to Assessment in Action (Reception curriculum)
- Top 50 things to do before you are five
- The Communication Trust
- Guidance on you child's learning and development in the early years foundation stage
- A parents' guide to developing independence in children
- Find out how we assess in Early Years, by clicking here
- Curriculum Letters and School Newsletters
- Visit Tapestry to discover even more about Reception (requires pupil username and password)
New Reception Starters September 2025
New starters presentation - June 2025
A parents' guide to the Early Years curriculum - coming soon
A parents' guide to Assessment in Action (Reception curriculum) - coming soon
A parents' guide to developing independence in children - coming soon
Reception Showcase
Please take the time to have a look at some of the exciting things that Reception did last year; hopefully, they will give you a flavour of the broad curriculum offered at Talbot. This page will then be updated from mid September with what the new Reception cohort get up to.
Dancing to a story – Celebrating World Book Day 2025
Planet parade 2025 - Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Learning about our wider local area – taking bus trips
Expanding knowledge of the local area - mini walking trips
Reading buddy event – sharing a love books
Understanding the world – learning about winter
Experiential learning - Snow Day
Maths – celebrating patterns with a party
Relax and Read, developing life-long habits
Following instructions to make our own play dough
Settling in – the importance of a positive start
Lunchtimes – more than just eating
Outdoor learning – as important as classroom lessons
Reception Newsletters
