Welcome to Ladybirds 2026/2027!
Welcome to the new Ladybirds, this is our class page! A place you will find information about our curriculum and important dates to remember.
I am so excited to join you as you begin your school journey! We will have so much fun learning and exploring together.
Everything you need to know can be found in the Curriculum presentation attached below. A reading and curriculum meeting will take place in early September, please keep an eye out for the invitation. You will be given a variety of information about helping your child read and resources to use at home too.
If you have not yet logged into Tapestry, please do. You will receive regular photo updates of our adventures along with daily video links for RWI sounds.
I am always available to chat about anything, so please do catch me after school or arrange a meeting via Mrs Russell in the office.
Here's to your first year at school,
'Let the adventure begin!'
Miss Walker
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Chatterbox letter | [docx 237KB] |
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Reception Transition meeting | [pptx 25MB] |
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Starting Reception Information for Parents and Carers | [pdf 1MB] |
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Home Learning
Special Dates
Here are some special dates and days to be aware of, please keep having a look at this part of the website as I will be adding different bits and bobs on here throughout the year.
P.E. – Our P.E. sessions are on a Thursday Afternoon - Please come to school in P.E Kit appropriate for indoor and outdoor activities.
Forest school - Our Forest school session is on Friday morning, this happens every other Friday, on a fortnightly basis. You will need waterproof clothing to put on over your school uniform, wellies, hats and gloves. WE WILL GET MUDDY!
Forest school sessions for the Autumn Term:
Friday 18th September 2026
Friday 2nd October 2026
Friday 16th October 2026
Friday 13th November 2026
Friday 27th November 2026
Friday 11th December 2026
Parent Reading Workshop 2025
In September 2025 there will be a parent reading workshop for all Reception parents and carers. This will take place in the school hall. Invitations will be sent out.
Here we will look closely at the way we teach early reading and a chance for you to get to grips with the RWI phonics system in order to help your child become a confident reader. You will receive a letter shortly inviting you to this. If you are unable to attend, all material and training videos will be put onto the class webpage and on tapestry.
We will also talk about the role of Tapestry and how we intend to use it for communication and sharing your child's progress and experiences. If you have not received your invite to sign up for Tapestry by the end of the first week then please contact Mrs Russell in the office.
RWI - Sound practice
Here you will find practice materials for sounds we have learnt in Ladybirds.
Watch this space!
Numberblocks - Mastering Number
Our Maths learning is all about mastering numbers and to gain a good sense of what properties of number are.
Numberblocks is an acredited program for primary aged children.
Series one is aimed at EYFS children and helps towards good number understanding.
We watch Numberblocks in school to help our fluency. You can help by watching it with your child and asking questions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks
Reading
Reading will be a key focus in our learning throughout the year. As your child makes progress through our school we will help to develop a love of books and reading, sharing and exploring a variety of texts and text types.
Children will be encouraged to share and to change their reading books every week with support from myself. This will happen at the beginning of the week. Children will be encouraged initially to choose and select a variety of picture books and as the year moves on we will be sharing a variety of Read Write Inc books that are fully decodable.
Please record when you have listened to your child read or in fact discussed a share book.