Class Routines

In Crimson Class the children start at 8.40am and finish at 3.10pm.

In Ruby and Scarlet Class the children start at 8.50am and finish at 3.20pm.

The gate will open 10 minutes prior to each class's start and finish times, please do not come through the gate until 10 minutes prior to your child's start and finish time to support safety and congestion in the outdoor space. Please ensure your child is collected promptly at their finish time.

What does a typical day in Reception look like?

All children start their day with a ‘morning job’- cutting skills, maths, reading, mark making or fine motor. The children then come together on the carpet for the register, lunches and Wake Up Shake Up. Their first lesson of the day is Phonics and this is taught through the scheme, Little Wandle. All classes then have snack time where milk and fruit is provided. Children then spend time in the areas of provision and outside until 10.50am. At 11am the children then take part in another carpet session, this is usually Literacy or Maths. Lunch time is 11.30-12.30 and all children in Reception are entitled to a free school meal. At 12.30pm the children come back to the classroom and take part in another carpet session. Following on from this, it is free flow in the areas of provision and outside again. The children then tidy up and then come inside for handwriting. At the end of the day all classes have story time and sing songs before going home.

All classes do PE on a Thursday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit- they do not need to bring a change of uniform with them. 

PE Kit:

Black jogging bottoms OR

Maroon shorts

White t-shirt 

Maroon hoodie 

Plain trainers 

Lunches

We ask the children to come to school with a named water bottle each day. They bring their bottle home at the end of each day to be cleaned and the water replaced. Children are provided with a variety of healthy seasonal snacks each day. Each day varies and can be apples, tomatoes, carrots or peas. If parents would like their child to receive milk in school we ask them to sign up on the cool milk website https://coolmilk.com/ Milk is free for children until their 5th birthday. Milk and fruit are consumed in the morning as a class after the children have washed their hands and sat together for a story.

The children go to the lunch hall at 11:30 and eat in their class groups. The dinner staff are there to help the children but also to encourage them to use their cutlery independently. At 12:00 the children go to the outdoor playground where they can access a large space to run and play games with all the children in the reception classes. The children can use the ‘Trim Trail’ and go on to our beautiful large field (weather permitting). School lunches are chosen by parents at home before school. To see our latest menu please visit our website https://www.gledhow.leeds.sch.uk/school-meals

Curriculum Enrichment

We try to help 'bring the curriculum to life' with extra activities whether it be a visitor or a ‘real’ experience. There are 3 activities that every child will participate in as part of our ‘Adventures Grid’, these are: taking part in a performance, looking after animals and the environment and going on an external trip/ visit. 

To support children in gaining additional knowledge linked to our half termly learning question, we also take part in the follow:

- Yoga session

- Forest School experience 

- People Who Help Us Visits- Fire Fighters, Police, Guide Dogs, Dentist etc. 

- Seasonal walks 

- Litter picking 

- Growing and caring for plants 

- Caring for duckling eggs and then ducklings 

- Nativity Performance 

All children start their day with a ‘morning job’- cutting skills, maths, reading, mark making or fine motor. The children then come together on the carpet for the register, lunches and Wake Up Shake Up. Their first lesson of the day is Phonics and this is taught through the scheme, Little Wandle. All classes then have snack time where milk and fruit is provided. Children then spend time in the areas of provision and outside until 10.50am. At 11am the children then take part in another carpet session, this is usually Literacy or Maths. Lunch time is 11.30-12.30 and all children in Reception are entitled to a free school meal. At 12.30pm the children come back to the classroom and take part in another carpet session. Following on from this, it is free flow in the areas of provision and outside again. The children then tidy up and then come inside for handwriting. At the end of the day all classes have story time and sing songs before going home.

Collection

Homework

In Reception we set homework on a Friday afternoon through the Dojo platform. These tasks will vary in style but will always relate to our current learning around maths and phonics- one task for each. For example, the phonics homework task may focus on the graphemes that we have learnt that week, encouraging the children to hunt for things that begin with these sounds around their home and practise their letter formation. The maths homework will focus on our learning of that week, a specific number or a theme like repeating patterns! Activities that are done at home to support these pieces of homework can be shared with the class teacher either on paper or through dojo by the following Friday.