Reception 2025 - 2026
Mrs Watts Owls
Hello, I’m Mrs. Watts. I have been part of Woodlands for the past 19 years, working in Reception and supporting the leadership of this stage, as well as KS1 and lower KS2 throughout my teaching career.
I am delighted to be the Owls Reception teacher. I feel very privileged to be working with our youngest learners as they begin their exciting school journey. My aim is to create a welcoming, nurturing, and stimulating environment where every child feels happy, valued, and confident to explore, discover, and grow.
I am currently the RE and World Views lead. In my spare time, I enjoy swimming, reading and spending time with my son and daughter.
I enjoy teaching all subjects and am looking forward to an amazing year in Reception. I am sure we will have lots of fun during our learning journey in Owls!
Miss Skillen Badgers
Hello everyone! I am Miss Skillen, and I am the EYFS and one of the assistant headteachers at Woodlands Primary School.
In my teaching career I have taught in EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and led our KS1
phase; I am thrilled to be continuing my journey as EYFS leader in September. I am extremely
passionate about Early Years Education and believe that teaching life skills such
as team work, resilience and celebrating diversity in our community help children
become curious, lifelong learners. I have a real passion for the arts. I love designing, making, acting and singing- you will love hearing my angelic voice in class. You will often find me in the crafty corner helping children make their huge imaginations come to life. When I am not in school, I enjoy going to concerts, spending time with family and friends and going to see musicals. You will often find me in theatres singing my heart out to my favourite show tunes or belting out songs from the early 2000.
A very warm welcome to Reception!
Are you ready for an adventure?
Autumn Term
During this term, we will be focusing on the text, 'Peace at Last ' by Jill Murphy.
A tired Mr Bear tries to find a quiet place to sleep amidst the noises of his family and house, including Mrs Bear's snoring and Baby Bear's airplane game.
Our mastery targets for this half term are:
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s
- Form lower-case letters correctly
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Maths
Our targets will be:
- Subitising within 3
- Focusing on counting skills
- Exploring how all numbers are made of 1s
- Composition of 3 and 4
- Subitise objects and sounds
- Using the language of comparison- more than and fewer than
PHONICS - Read Write Inc.
We use the Read, Write, Inc phonic programme for teaching reading. Your child is assessed every 6 weeks to ensure they are in the correct group. Children will take part in the sessions in small groups as they learn their sounds. Please ensure that any phonic reading books are kept in your child's school bag and returned to school everyday as we will be reading them during phonic sessions.
P.E
Please make sure that your child wears their PE kit to school on their PE day, this will be every Tuesday and Thursday.
This will commence after October half term.
Kit: plain, dark coloured jogging bottoms, a jumper or hoody and outdoor trainers and socks.
Polite requests
Please send your child with a small labelled bag and water bottle (filled with water only). Please provide your child with spare clothes, in their bag every day.
Please label ALL of your child's belongings.
Please inform of any changes in advance of the adult that will be collecting at the end of the day (children under the age of 16, will not be permitted to collect a child).
The outdoor environment is set up prior to arrival, please do not allow you child to play on the equipment.
As part of their curriculum, the children are encouraged to access outdoors, exploring and learning about the environment. We like to take the children outside whether it's sunny, rainy, windy or snowy. Having a coat in school will facilitate this.
Please encourage independence with health and self-care, including dressing and toileting.
We value your contributions to your child's learning journal via Tapestry. Each class has an E-mail address (see below) to allow you to send us pictures of your children doing things at home.
owls@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk
badgers@woodlands.cheshire.sch.uk
