Reception 2026 - 2027

Mrs Potts

Mrs Porter

Teachers: Mrs Potts and Mrs Porter

At Helsby Hillside, we enable all our Reception children to become independent learners, who are happy and engaged in their exciting and varied curriculum. Through our guiding principles, we ensure a fully inclusive indoor and outdoor environment; providing positive outcomes for our children to be socially, emotionally and academically ready for their Year 1 curriculum and beyond.

The Reception classroom and outdoor area is a creative, fun and warm environment to explore and learn in. As well as learning all about the world around us, and developing our foundational skills, we focus on subjects such as Phonics, Literacy and Maths, as these are the fundamental areas of Early Learning.

Our PE day will be Wednesday. Please could children come to school in their school PE kits on Wednesday morning.

We will be using the outdoor environment as much as possible so please ensure that children have coats every day when the weather gets cooler.

Alongside learning new educational skills, we work on becoming members of a new school community. We learn to form new friendships, be more independent, follow structures and routines and to let our big personalities shine!

We feel it is really important to work closely with parents and carers in order to support your child's learning and development. If you have any questions or worries, or if you would like to talk to us about your child, please email [email protected].

Reception Curriculum 2026-2027

School Day Timings