Moons Class is one of our Early Years Foundation Stage Classes, also known as Reception. Here we begin the learning journey that your child will enjoy for many years to come. 

Miss O'Dea is delighted to be the class teacher for Moons Class. She has a real passion for art and loves bringing creativity into the classroom to inspire and engage the children's learning. Within our TLC curriculum, we focus on sustainability and caring for all living things; something Miss O'Dea feels strongly about, especially with her keen interest in bees and the vital role they play in our world. Miss O'Dea loves creating displays and collaborative artwork within the classroom and around the school and is already looking forward to bringing your children's learning to life. Outside of school, Miss O'Dea enjoys going on adventures with her daughter and together they love exploring, discovering new things and getting messy.

Supporting Miss O'Dea in Moons Class is our Teaching Assistant Mrs Kent, who has a love for walking. This enthusiasm shines through when Moons Class take part in the Daily Mile, whereby she encourages children to be active, healthy and motivated.

We work closely with our parallel class, Suns, providing the children with a safe, secure and happy start to school. We strive to be fantastic learners through using our 5Cs and being independent wherever possible. We work hard at developing our social and emotional skills as well as more academic abilities. 

Your child’s Reception year is the final part of their journey through the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. We aim to help prepare your child for future learning and successes by providing experiences which are active, and fun, and which support their individual development, care and learning needs. Towards the end of their time with us, we help to prepare the children to start the National Curriculum in Year 1. We are always very proud of the enormous changes and development which occur along the way and the confidence with which the children move onto the next chapter of their school adventure! 

In Moons Class, we believe every child has the potential to shoot for the moon and far beyond during their Hillcrest journey.