Together, our good works can make a real difference.”

At the heart of our family school is our belief that by working together we can make a real difference.

Our vision is to be a deeply caring, successful school that develops children into confident, thoughtful and responsible citizens today and into the future. Through our embedded Christian values, we strive for all to flourish and shine their light, recognising that together our good works can make a real difference.

‘Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works.”

Matthew 5:16

A warm welcome to Reception at our school.

Our Reception provision has the capacity to accommodate 16 children, following a carefully designed curriculum as outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework 2024, with close reference to Development Matters 2021.

Communication and language underpins all areas of learning within our early years curriculum and continues to be developed within our provision, teaching, learning and planning methods for reception and year one. 

We provide activities which enable children to link personal experiences with new learning, providing a wide range of contexts to revisit, practise, apply, and develop transferable skills and understanding. Staff take account of the individual needs, interests, and stages of development of each child and use this information to plan challenging and enjoyable experiences. Where a child may have a special educational need or disability, staff consider whether specialist support is required, meet and speak with the school SENDCo, who can provide links with relevant services from other agencies, where appropriate. Staff are reflective in their practice and observe and evaluate the effectiveness and value of planned provision within the inside and outside learning spaces. They respond to children’s levels of interest and engagement, ensuring accurate pitch and pace for developing cognition and learning. Planning and interactions are supported by appropriate and relevant questioning to develop thinking, understanding and language for reasoning.

Working with parents

We recognise that children learn and develop well when there is a strong partnership between home and school. We feel it is important to share moments of progress, snapshots of even the tiniest ‘ magic ’ moments! We do this in a number of ways and regularly. We use Tapestry to record snapshot moments in school, but we also ask for contributions to these online journeys from parents also, so that we build complete pictures of the children and understand fully how they learn at home and at school. We use our class page to provide weekly and termly updates. We use  floor books and some individual jotters and journals to record each child's learning, demonstrating how each child learns, recording those ' Magic Moments' in a photo, or on a page, through samples of children's work and creations, as well as sending home certificates, celebratory pieces of work, and having face to face meetings.

Staff are available every morning and afternoon at the school gate, operating an ‘open door’ policy.

Safeguarding and welfare procedures

Our safeguarding and welfare procedures are outlined in our safeguarding policy

We love our beautiful world

Class One always love being out and about and we enjoy lots of walks around our beautiful village.

We enjoy looking for the first signs of each changing season and checking up on the crocus  bulbs we planted following our charity work with The Rotary Club.

We love gardening and growing our own fruits, vegetables and herbs. We use lots of our home - grown veggies in our mud kitchen and homely house. There is always a mint tea being brewed and an apple smoosh on offer!

We encourage a deep care for our world and people from all cultures and faiths. We look to help and reach out to those who need us from a very early age. We love to meet people in our local community and enjoy spending time with residents who can tell a story or two about Allington now and then.

All through the Year in Class 1.

What do we get up to in spring?

We do lots of gardening and planting seeds and beans. We watch them germinate and grow into different flowering plants. We have great days out and plenty of outdoor learning and walks around the locality, where we look for signs of spring and do some bulb planting or litter picking to help people in our community. We work very closely with our friends in the Church Council, and we often visit the church to see the Council members, do some gardening or simply enjoy a drink and a biscuit in the beautiful church. Take a look at some of our photographs to see what we get up to.

What do we get up to during the summer?

Hooray for summer - summer brings the chance for plenty of sport and sporting events. We learn how to work at sports on our own, in small groups and as part of a whole class or school. We develop ambition alongside respect and enjoyment.

What do we get up to in autumn?

Autumn is a very special time at school. It is the beginning of our school journey and there is so much to learn! As well as autumn walks and investigations of the environment and our locality, we are learning about respect for each other and the wider world, respect for diversity as we meet children and families from all faiths and cultures and we are developing our ideas about hopefulness for ourselves and others.

Much of our learning during this first term happens through structured and unstructured play. 

What do we get up to in winter?

We still continue to be out and about in winter, observing the changes in our local environment and hoping for snowy days!

We enjoy finding out about lots of winter festivals and celebrations, and enjoy the period of Advent. Christmas is a very special time for us and we enjoy cooking, crafting and lots of singing and dancing as part of the celebrations.

In class 1 reception class this year, we are using our new curriculum and introducing our new topics. An overview of the topic ‘All About Me’ is available to view on this class page, as well as in our classroom. Our class web page will showcase lots of our activities and adventures, so please keep having a look to see what your child is enjoying at school. The website also has lots of important dates and curriculum information, including our reading policy and reading scheme. We will be holding our first reading and phonics workshop during this first term and the date and time will be sent out to you shortly.

So, in class 1 we have a few things that are important to know and remember

• Please could you ensure that your child has a coat, their book bag, lunch box

(when necessary), and a drink bottle with them every day. Your child does not need to bring an extra bag/ rucksack as these take up quite a lot of room in our very small cloakroom space. Spare clothing can be given to staff to store in a named bag if needed.

• PE kits should contain shorts, t-shirt and a pair of plimsolls and be in school every day. Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday, but we may need our kits at other times during the week.
• Please could all clothing and personal belongings be named.
• Please could water bottles be carried and not put into book bags, as sometimes water bottles leak and books can get damaged.

There will be lots of news and information, as well as diary dates to remember, but we will communicate as clearly and regularly as we can with you, via parent mail and the website. We are really looking forward to working with you, and we cannot wait to share your child’s learning journey. If you have any worries or concerns, don’t hesitate to catch us at the door morning or afternoon. Emails should be sent to enquiries@allingtonsedgebrook.lincs.sch.uk.

Kindest regards from the Class 1 team .

We have been having lots of fun with nursery rhymes this week. Here are the ones that we have enjoyed and we hope you enjoy sharing them at home, with actions too!