Welcome to Bowling Green Academy 22-23

Welcome to
Bowling
Green
Academy

‘Achieving Together’

Meet Our Team

Miss Bottomley – Class Teacher
Miss Clegg – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Eatherley – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

What you need to know

• School starts at 8:45 and ends at 3:15
• Drop off and pick up is in the playground – adults, please wait

with your child until they have come into school
• Children all have a named peg for coats, bags, etc.
• All children are eligible for a free school dinner
• Water is available throughout the school day
• Reception has its own toilet facilities.

The school day

• Children come into school at 8:45 and we take a register
• All children access Phonics teaching as their first lesson
• Learning in Reception is topic-based and all learning stems from carefully

chosen, brilliant books!
• Children have a playtime in the morning – school provides a healthy snack

(or feel free to bring your own)
• Lunch is at 11:45
• During the afternoon, children aged 4 can have optional free milk
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Our Curriculum

Communication and Language
Physical Development

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Literacy

Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design

What your child will need

• Uniform – purchased through Ziggy’s or The Uniform Shop
• Book Bag – as above
• Children can wear PE kit on PE Day

(timetables to be confirmed)
• School will provide water bottle – to

take home and refill each day
• You may wish to bring some spare

clothes – just in case!
• PLEASE, PLEASE label everything! ☺

Home-School links

• Nursery visits
• Parental involvement
• Member of the Reception team outside daily for any ‘handover’

conversations
• Email or call school office
• Parents’ Evening, School Report
• SeeSaw

Transition to ‘big school’

• Monday 4th July – one-hour long session (Group A/B)

• If you think (or we think), your child may benefit from increased
transition before the summer holidays, please chat to us

• Tuesday 6th September – everyone in!

• For the first week, registers will stay open until 9am and we will
start releasing children at 3pm

• We have a well-established programme that quickly builds
relationships between your child and others, and with adults.

Extras

• Out of School Club – Kids’ Club
• Before school, from 7:30am – breakfast provided
• After school, until 6:00pm – snacks provided
• Sports Clubs and Holiday Clubs
• PTA – everyone welcome! ☺
• Joining a community
• Parents





Over summer, you can help by:

• Practising our names
• Encouraging children to get excited about starting Bowling Green, including routines of

school
• Supporting independence when getting dressed, undressed, washing hands, eating, etc.
• Developing game-playing and turn-taking skills, and good sharing
• Drawing, colouring in and scissor skills
• Taking every opportunity to talk, role play and develop language
• Singing songs, rhyming books/games, having fun with alliteration, ‘listening walks’
• Supporting children to recognise (and write) their own name

What Parents Say ‘I couldn’t be happier that I’ve ‘Really happy with everything at
chosen this school for my children
‘Our child is and I leave them daily with Bowling Green. My child enjoys
extremely happy at happiness and confidence that
school. We would they are being taught by an being at school so much that she
recommend whole- amazing set of teachers and often gets upset when it’s the
heartedly. My support staff, and are well cared school holidays – so that give you
children adore for’.
school – it develops an indication of how things are
the whole child and I ‘The school is the perfect size for going!’
love how well it cares my child. Everyone really looks
for my child’. after each other and, overall, the
school shows a great community
spirit’.

‘Amazing school – both my ‘Communication between the
children have had an
extremely positive school and home is strong
experience in all aspects of
school life. Teachers are through emails, newsletters,
kind, caring and nurturing’. updates on SeeSaw.’

‘My son absolutely loves school. ‘We are very happy with Bowling Green. The
The teachers are amazing and all relationships between teachers and children is fantastic!
other staff are just as brilliant. I
recommend this school to anyone I When we raised a wellbeing concern from home for our
know with a child at the school
starting age’. child, they were well supported by the mental health
team and staff in school’