Mrs Holman : Reception Teacher

Mrs Holman

Reception Teacher

I am one of the Reception teachers at Webheath. I am very passionate about early education. It is uplifting to be part of a curriculum which is inspired by capturing the children’s interests and promoting a love of learning. I believe in Reception we are the foundation to engaging your children into enjoying and taking control of their learning. Whilst at school I enjoy getting creative in the art area and spending time in the mud kitchen trying out new recipes served by the children. I want your children’s Reception year at Webheath to be happy and full of wonderful memories of make new friends, getting creative, being curious, enjoying lots of stories, learning new skills, solving problems and so much more. It is a privilege to watch the children at Webheath achieve in so many areas of their learning. I am very fortunate to work with a team of staff that will go over and beyond to provide the children with the best education.

Mrs Ashforth : Reception Teacher

Mrs Ashforth

Reception Teacher

I have taught different year groups in Key Stage One and Two, but Reception is an extra special place to teach. It's so rewarding to see the progress the children make in such a short space of time. Their enthusiasm and eagerness to learn is a wonderful thing to be a part of every day. When I'm not working, I love to spend time with my family and friends, read, cook and travel to new places.

Mrs Mayne : Reception Teacher

Mrs Mayne

Reception Teacher

I really enjoy helping the children develop into young readers, writers and mathematicians, while discovering their own unique personalities. When I am not at school I enjoy reading and visiting National Trust properties with my family.

Mrs Newburn : Teaching Assistant Reception

Mrs Newburn

Teaching Assistant Reception

I have worked with children in Education since 1992, starting as a NNEB Nursery Nurse. I have been at Webheath since 2007 working in several different year groups. Outside of school I enjoy spending time with my family creating lots of memories.

Mrs Haywood : Teaching Assistant Reception

Mrs Haywood

Teaching Assistant Reception

I very much enjoy going on walks with my dogs and I absolutely love being creative.

Miss Horsburgh : Teaching Assistant 1:1 - Reception & Year 3

Miss Horsburgh

Teaching Assistant 1:1 - Reception & Year 3

Throughout my working life I have been a nursery nurse, a nanny in Australia and worked with adults with disabilities. I absolutely love my job here at Webheath supporting children 1-1. When not at work you will find me with my children and cats or on one of many days out. 

Miss Hancox : Teaching Assistant 1:1 - Reception & Year 3

Miss Hancox

Teaching Assistant 1:1 - Reception & Year 3

I began working at Webheath Academy in 2022 and have taken on a few different roles in this time. I love building positive relationships with children of all age groups and enjoy supporting children with their education and development. I'm usually spotted exploring many local parks in my spare time with my family.

Mrs Dean : Specialist Teaching Assistant (SALT) / Reception & Year 6

Mrs Dean

Specialist Teaching Assistant (SALT) / Reception & Year 6

I joined the school in 2009 and work across the school as the Speech and Language intervention Teaching Assistant. Outside of school I enjoy going running.

Things to remember:

Wednesday Forest Rangers – Children need to come in their PE kits (no laces/no jewellery including earrings).
Thursday Reading books to be returned for changing.
Friday PE – Children need to come in their PE kits (no laces/no jewellery including earrings).
Friday
New reading books sent home.

Phonics
We follow the Sound!Start Phonics Scheme. We have two sessions each day. The first is Learn a Letter, where the children learn a new phoneme (sound) and grapheme (the symbols that represent the letters and groups of letters). The second session has a reading or writing focus and allows us to practice and apply our skills.

As the children learn new phonemes they will bring home a ‘We have been learning to…’ booklet on a Friday. This will enable your child to share their learning with you.

Reading Books
As your child becomes more confident with their phonic knowledge and fluency, they will bring home a phonics reading book that matches closely with their phonics skills. This book is to celebrate your child’s reading as they will have read it several times in school that week.

Maths
We will ensure children can use a variety of manipulatives to explore the value of number and ensure a thorough understanding.  We follow a Mastery approach and want to ensure fluency.  Whilst we explore number, we will use tens frames and grouping as a per-curser to multiplication.

Home learning:
Practise reading their phonics reading book throughout the week – please update their reading diary to show their home reading.
Practise the phonic sounds in their sound box.
Complete any phonics worksheets.
Enjoy their read for pleasure book (this is chosen by your child each week and is purely for pleasure with no requirement for them to read this to you as it will not match their phonic ability)
Curriculum
In Reception, our curriculum covers seven key areas of learning and development – communication and language, personal ,social and emotional development, physical development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design. Please see the link at the top of this page for more information on our curriculum.