Welcome to Reception!

We are so pleased that you have chosen West Town Lane Academy to begin your child's Primary School learning journey. Here you will find helpful information regarding your child's learning, key dates and events.

Back to School Zoom (25.09.25 @ 4pm) slides to refer back to. 

Adults in Reception:

Dragonfly Class

Class Teacher- Mrs C Owen (on maternity leave), Mrs Kidd (maternity cover)

Class TAs - Mrs Saunders

Bumblebee Class

Class Teacher- Miss A Nicholls

Class TA- Miss Andrews 

Caterpillar Class

Class Teacher - Miss C Simmonds

Class TA- Mrs M Rayner (M, T) & Miss Cox (W, Th, F)

Additional Support

Mrs M Rayner- NELI 

Miss K Rosling- Sensory Circuits, Bucket Time and Talking Tunes

Mrs Roberts - TA cover for Mrs Rayner from Easter, Bucket Time and Talking Tunes.

Term 4: What's that twinkling in the sky?

Our enquiry this term is ‘What's that twinkling in the sky?' We will learn about space, planets, stars, those who walked the moon (humans and animals alike)! We have lots of exciting things going on including world book day, bedtime stories, Easter bonnet parade, a "trip" to space and so much more.

In phonics we will be recapping all sounds learnt in phase 3 but at a mastery level, alongside the Common Exception Words. We will continue to take books home to read 3-5 times a week. We will be talking about story sequences and exploring characters, settings and plots. We will be writing simple words and sentences in Literacy by using our senses to talk about space, wishing on a star, planet fact files and naming aliens.

In mathematics we will be continuing to recognise numbers up to 10, number bonds within 10, recognising and naming 3D shapes, exploring odd and even, and repeating patterns.