Donaldson and McKee | Coxhoe Primary School

Donaldson & McKee Class

Mrs Barron & Mrs Marsden

Reception 2024-2025

Take a look at our career aspirations that we shared in our autumn careers survey...

An octopus, firefighter, ninja, Elsa, doctor, Black Panther, fireman, footballer, work in a Chinese takeaway, gymnast, ninja turtle, make-up artist, builder, vet, butterfly, the Hulk, Princess Rapunzel, ballerina, teacher, mermaid, Batman, doctor, police officer

Useful info...

Thank you to our Reception Parents and Carers!

Now that we are half way through the school year, we would like to extend our sincere thanks for your support and contributions towards the many wonderful experiences our Reception children have benefited from this year so far. We know that enriching experiences in primary school play a vital role in inspiring curiosity, broadening horizons, and nurturing essential skills, helping children make meaningful connections between their learning and potential future careers.

From school visits to visitors and workshops, your involvement has helped create lasting memories and valuable learning opportunities for our children. The children have enjoyed a range of enriching experiences including workshops with Adam Bushnell (our local author and storyteller), Peter Pan Pantomime at East Durham College, a visit to Potter's World and Dogs Trust workshops. Your support has made these enriching experiences possible and have been invaluable in broadening our children’s learning. Take a look at our class webpages to see how much our children enjoy these experiences.

We truly appreciate your time, generosity, and encouragement. Thank you for being such an integral part of our school family! With your continued support we look forward to the experiences we have planned for our children during the rest of this school year.

Useful websites, Links and Apps...

* Useful Maths links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks

https://numbots.com/

* In Reception we follow the Little Wandle letters and sounds phonics scheme.

Please find below a link to the web page which will allow you to see how we teach your child specific aspects of phonics in class.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Reception Reading Meeting Slides - Autumn 2024

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Reception Topic Webs

Find our topic webs here.

Our topic webs will give you an idea of some of the experiences that your children will have throughout their time in Reception.

As many opportunities are child led, the topics we explore are chosen by the children and our curriculum is weaved through, focusing on what the children are interested in.

Notice Board

Please ensure your child brings the following to school every day...

Labelled water bottle containing water.

Their book bag containing their planner, reading book and sharing book.

Your child may also want to bring in their own snack each day. Please ensure that this is a healthy snack such as fruit or a cereal bar.

Our PE day is a Thursday. Children must come into school in their kit with suitable footwear. Please ensure your child has jogging bottoms for colder days, as we spend a lot of our time outdoors.

What we've been up to...

Summer Term 2025

Spring Term 2025

McKee Easter Bonnet Parade...

Listen to some of our amazing Kandinsky music below!

Hey! Let's Go!

It is poetry week in Reception this week. We enjoyed reading, 'Hey, let's go!' from our poetry book, 'Zim, Zam, Zoom!' The poem linked beautifully to our traditional tales topic this half term and we enjoyed practising and performing it to our friends. We recorded it so that we were able to share it with you at home too!