Our bespoke Briar Hill Knowledge Organisers can be found by opening the termly folders below. For more information about our curriculum please go to the Curriculum Page. 

Welcome to Reception

On behalf of the Reception team we would like to offer a very warm welcome to both you and your child. Our Reception page will provide information about some of the fantastic learning your child will experience throughout this year.  All of our inside and outside learning areas provide purposeful experiences so that children can learn and explore through both adult supported and independent investigative play.  Our bespoke systematic phonics, reading, writing and maths curriculum is taught through carefully planned and progressive steps of learning to secure foundational knowldge.  Our curriculum evokes enquiry and engages children interest. We carefully design our provision to meet the needs of all children.  Whether it's building a tower from Duplo, designing our own forms of transport, talking about and sharing our clever learning with our friends and class adults; the children will be motivated to use all of their Building Learning Power to make their Reception year memorable and meanigful, so that they flourish as a family, love to learn, make memories and shine!

Miss Sandhar and Mrs Catto

Reception Year Leads

Read the current year information below and click on the ROCKET icon for information about our Reception learning each term. For previous academic years, please scroll down the page. 

Please also look at our 'Learning in Action' page on the federated tab for stories and videos of learning in Reception. Our 'Curriculum' tab will also provide an insight into learning at school under our vision to: 'Flourish and a family, love to learn, make memories, shine!' 

Read our Briar Hill Reception Curriculum document above, which sets out our learning/topic alongside the half termly knowledge organisers in the termly pages, which provide you and your child with some of the key vocabulary and concepts we will be teaching each half term. 

If you have any other questions of queries please do contact us via our year group email:

BHSYearR@welearn365.com

Kind regards, 

Miss Sandhar and Mrs Catto 

Reception Leads

Our Wonderful Reception Team for 2026-2027

BH1

Class teacher: Miss Sandhar

Learning Support Assistants: Mrs Greaves and Mrs Old 

BH2

Class teachers: Mrs Baran and Mrs Catto

Learning Support Assistants:Mrs Bridges and Mrs Hancox

BH3

Class teacher: Mrs Amaira 

Learning Support Assistants: Ms Bradley and Mrs Hayer

Here are some other external learning links that Reception parents/carers and children may find helpful. 

Online Safety

This site offers some great advice on keeping your child safe when they are online.

Please have a look and read the information that is appropriate for your child's age group.

https://www.internetmatters.org/

Previous Reception information and content