Early Years - Pre school & Reception

Welcome to

Pre-School and Reception

At St Michael's our Early Years consists of a Reception class and a school-run pre-school. Miss Kiera Thomas (Early Years Leader), Miss Rebecca Barnes (Reception class teacher) and Miss Lorna Stewart (Play Leader) are supported by a team of Early Years Practitioners, Teaching Assistants, and a Higher Level Teaching Assistant.

Please follow the links below to each class page for the Early Years.

Early Years Welcome Book 2019

Please see our main policy page for all policies including those in relation to Early Years.

Policies

Have you seen the Home Learning section especially for Early Years and the games and cool websites in the Kids' Zone? Click the links below to take you directly to those pages.

Early Years

Kids' Zone

Hungry Little Minds For parents with children under 5 years old, who have not yet started school, the Department for Education (DfE)’s Hungry Little Minds campaign features tips and practical activities that you can do at home with children to support their early learning.

Tiny Happy People Help develop your child's communication skills. Explore simple activities and play ideas and find out about their amazing early development.

Family Zone Content from The Literacy Trust

Top Marks Maths resources, can also be used higher up school

Oxford Owl Stories as well as maths games, can also be used for higher up school

Story Line Online Lots of video books

The following apps can also be downloaded

Montessori Pre-School App Read, write, count and code for Early Years

Kids Brain Trainer (Pre-School) App

The Numtums Join in with the Numtums and learn about numbers from 1 to 10.

Alphablocks Play along with the Alphablocks and have fun with the letters of the alphabet.

Spread the Happiness Inspiration, ideas and happiness tips with teacher, author and happiness expert, Shonette Bason