Starting School

Welcome to all of our new parents with Reception aged children starting school in September 2020!

Starting school is an exciting and special time and here at St. Mary's we want to help support you as much as possible. Here you can find links to helpful websites, videos and information to help your child get ready for starting school.

Here you will find the welcome to Reception video which takes the place of the information session this year.

Videos

Reading and writing links

Below are links to some helpful websites to support reading and writing

Ruth Miskin Phonics Set 1 sounds

Pie Corbett Reading Spine Stories and texts from Nursery to Year 6

Library Summer Reading Challenge Libraries are due to reopen after the 4th July!!!

The Book Trust Ideas and suggestions for you to try at home

Resources for supporting early number work at home:

Number blocks Number blocks on Cbeebies provides an introduction to numbers

Below are some handy places you can look to find more information about starting school

BBC Starting School Cbeebies have created a site dedicated to starting school

Oxford Owl -Starting School advice and tips