Welcome To Reception

This page is for all our reception children in Ash and Oak class. We will use this page to share information with you and tell you about our topics and special events throughout the year.

Spring 1

Topic

Our Dinosaur-themed topic 'Plantosaurus' will begin this half term, with Drawing Club sessions based on texts including 'Gigantosaurus','Tyrannosaurus Drip' and 'Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp'. Following our Dinosaur Dress-Up day, we will be hatching our very own dinosaur eggs, making salt-dough fossils, and creating our very own Dino-Stomp dance! We will learn all about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, before spending time exploring our Natural World, including minibeasts, animal habitats and observing similarities and differences as we move into Spring.

Ready Steady Phonics

• GPC's being taught this half term - er (boxer) ow (owl) oi (coin) tt (attic) gg (egg) pp (dipper) nn (inner) mm (summer) air (chair) ear (tear) ure (cure)
• Common Exception Words being taught this half term - all are

The following clips show the correct pronunciation of each GPC that has been taught and would be a great way to reinforce your child's learning at home;

Phase 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxLHjtNUxro

Phase 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuDgZwQoZVA 

Maths

We will begin this half term with the topic Length, Height and Time, where we will compare and contrast length and height before ordering and sequencing time, including routines.

Our next topic, Building 9 and 10, will include comparing, representing and subitising numbers to 10, including finding 1 more and 1 less. We will be exploring number bonds to 10, in both 2 and 3 parts, finding and making doubles, and exploring odd and even numbers. 

During the final topic of this half term, Exploring 3D Shapes, we will be recognising, naming and finding 3D shapes, finding 2D shapes within 3D shapes, using 3D shapes for tasks and finding 3D shapes in the environment. We will also be identifying complex patterns, copying and continuing patterns and exploring patterns in the environment. 

PE Day

Our PE day is Thursday. Please can children wear their school uniform to school every Thursday - they will remain in PE kits all day.

This half term, the children will be exploring different ways to control objects, including pushing, patting, throwing, catching or kicking. They will be learning about negotiating space when playing games with others, adjusting speed, and changing direction to avoid obstacles. 

Welly Wednesdays

We take full advantage of our outdoor classroom, woods and fields around school, so please ensure children have their coats each day in case of poor weather. Children have access to waterproofs on a daily basis when in our outdoor area but please be mindful that sometimes clothes can get muddy!  Welly Wednesday uniform is dark coloured trousers/leggings and tops.

Dojos

Each child has their own online Dojo Monster and the children are given Dojos points for actions such as working hard, being respectful, being a good friend and helping others.  Each time a child gets 20 dojo points, they can choose a prize from our prize box!

ClassDojo is also used for us to record observations of your child. These observations will be a small snapshot of your child's time with us and 'wow' moments, so that we can spend the majority of our time playing with and supporting the children in provision.

Please be mindful that messages via ClassDojo are not monitored so it is always best to contact your child's class teacher via email. 

EYFS Stay and Play sessions for parents/carers 

As part of our reception year, we have termly ‘stay and play’ sessions. This is the perfect opportunity for you to see what your child does at school, meet other parents and have an informal chat with our team.  Due to space we do limit this to one adult per child.  

Thursday 12th March 2026 - 2.15pm - 3pm.

EYFS Graduation (parents/guardians invited - 2 per child).

Monday 13th July 2026

Trips and Memorable Experiences 

Autumn 1

3.10.25 - PJ Day - children are invited to come into school wearing their PJs with a favourite book and teddy.  We will be having a day full of story-related fun activities.

Autumn 2

7.11.25 - Spooky Day - children are invited to come into school wearing a 'Spooky costume' for a day full of spooky-themed activities. 

17.11.25 - Walk around the local community - during this week we will be going on a 'transport hunt' around the local community.

Spring 1

Fortnight commencing 19th January - we will be going on group walks to the local Tesco to buy bread-making ingredients ready for us to bake bread.

Spring 2

23.2.26 - Dinosaur day - a day full of fun dinosaur-related activities 

Summer 1

Visit to Ellesmere Port library - Group 1 Monday 20.4.26, Group 2 Monday 27.4.26, Group 3 Thursday 30.4.26

24.4.26 - Pirate Day - Dress Pirate themed

Summer 2

3.7.26 - Blue Planet Aquarium trip

Wider Learning Links

Alphablocks - a great programme for children to watch to support their phonics learning.

Numberblocks - a great programme for children to watch to support with number and shape skills.

www.cbeebies.co.uk  - Click on ‘games’ or ‘puzzles and games’ and scroll down to ‘sort games by’ and choose ‘learning area’ to choose the area of learning you would like your child to practise.  

Cbeebies also has lots of information and clips to support other areas of our EYFS curriculum, such as Understanding the World (Chinese New Year, Diwali, growing plants) and Health and Self-Care (healthy eating, exercise), Expressive Arts and Design (art ideas).  These are just a few of the topics that you can search for on this site.   There are some lovely stories in the Radio section too!

www.ictgames.co.uk - This website has many literacy and numeracy games.

If you have any queries or concerns, please feel free to chat to us or contact us via the below email addresses:

Ash class (Mrs Richards) - [email protected] 

Oak class (Miss Ellis) - [email protected]