Welcome to Reception! We are so excited that you have chosen Dunholme St Chad's as your first school and we hope that you will have the best experience in our year together! 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask one of us.

Emails should be sent to dunholmestchads@dunholme.lincs.sch.uk 

FAO: Reception 

As a school we are committed to safeguarding children from harm.  We want to ensure children are aware of behaviour towards them that is not acceptable and how they can keep themselves safe. 

Specific examples of this in the Reception curriculum are:

• 'All About Me' Theme  – with the focus on accepting being unique and celebrating differences through the text 'What Makes Me a Me?'
• Carefully selected texts and stories shared with children, e.g. Happy In Our Skin, The Smeds and the Smoos, And Tango Makes Three, One Bee Too Many
• PSED Personal Social Emotional Development curriculum
• Understanding the World People, Culture and Communities curriculum – teaching about other religions and cultures, learning about acceptance and understanding
• NSPCC - Pants
• Stranger Danger
• Anti-bullying week
• Collective Worship and class reflection
• A range of role models through theme, e.g. Nelson Mandela
• E-safety
• Reading buddies – being role models and good examples

As part of the broader curriculum in Reception we routinely; 

• Ensure each child knows they must talk to a trusted adult if they are worried about themselves or another person.
• Remind the class Mrs Appleby, Mr Harris and Mrs Tipping have a special job in school to make sure everyone is safe.