Welcome to Dragonflies
Our teacher is Miss Calam, who is accompanied by Miss Foster and Mrs McDonald.
Our PE day is a Friday – Children should wear their PE kit to school on Friday’s.
If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
Click on the link below to access information about the year or should you require a paper version then just ask the class teacher or at the office.
Reception-class-parent-Information
Early Reading and Phonics at Windy Nook Primary School
Early Reading and Phonics Policy Windy Nook Primary School
At Windy Nook Primary School, we teach phonics using the RWInc Phonics Program.
For information about phonics please visit the Read write Inc website or click on the link below or scan the QR code to watch videos that support parents with understanding phonics and supporting children with phonics at home.
We host a Early Reading / Phonics meeting for parents every year in the Autumn Term. Click on the link below for a copy of the Reading Meeting Power point. Current Reception parents will have received a copy of this document via ping in the Autumn term.
Phonics and early reading parents meeting
Other resources that you may wish to download to use and support your child at home.
rwi phonics formation mat updated
rwi-set-1 flashcards – letter and rhyme hook
rwi-set-2 flashcards – letter and rhyme hook
Phonics websites for games to help support your child with phonics.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
For further information about supporting your child with Early Reading and Phonics, please contact a member of the Early Years or Key Stage 1 Staff.
Resources:
Phonics websites for games to help support your child with phonics.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
For more information about helping your child with phonics please refer to the following websites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYx1CyDMZSc
Online Homework and Information
Maths Activities
Phonics Activities
Literacy Activities
Wellbeing & Physical Activities
Doubling Wings and Growing Things in the Reception Classes
The children in Reception have been thoroughly engaged in a cross-curricular exploration of symmetry, doubling, and the life cycle of a butterfly. The children used paint to create beautiful symmetrical butterflies. In maths, they used butterfly templates and pom poms...
Science Week in Reception
We have had a great time being scientists this week. We all experienced going inside of a dome which was situated in our school hall. The dome had a projector inside and showed projected stars and constellations, planets and astronauts on the moon. We were so excited...
Reception Classes go on a Snail Hunt
This week, our Reception children have been busy discovering the wonderful world of snails! They had great fun going on a snail hunt around the school, spotting where these little creatures like to hide. Back in class, they learned all about the snail’s life cycle,...
Mixing it up in the Reception classes
After reading the story - Mix it up! by Herve Tullet, the children were very excited to explore colour mixing, seeing how mixing the 3 primary colours made different colours. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged...
This week our weekly book was Oliver's Milkshake by Vivian French. We discussed where milk came from and why Oliver went to a farm to get his milk. We talked about how the farmer got the milk from the cow and really wanted to have a go at milking a cow ourselves! We...
Data Collecting in The Reception Classes
The children have loved learning about pictograms and tally charts. They have spent the week busily finding out their friend’s favourite things and tallying them up to find out their most popular and the least popular. They have used pictograms to find out favourite...
Oh how our garden grows!
This half term children in Reception have been exploring fruits and vegetables. We have looked at the difference between fruit and vegetables while reading the books Oliver's Vegetables and Oliver's Fruit Salad. We discovered that fruit grows above the ground in...
What is your favourite……
This week in Reception we have learnt all about how we can collect data. We were introduced to pictograms and tally charts and learnt what they are used for, how they are different and how to use them. We had loads of fun finding out what our favourite fruit, food,...
We met Miss Byrne’s Babies!
The children were so excited when Miss Byrne came to visit with her newborn babies. They sat very quietly when Miss Byrne introduced the children to baby Ruby and baby Zara. The children asked lots of insightful questions to help them understand babies, how they grow...
Growing with Reception
This week the children in Ladybirds and Dragonflies brought their beanstalks back into school after looking after them at home all through April. After last seeing them as tiny seeds we were amazed to see some fantastically tall plants! Some of them were nearly as...
Planting seeds
This week our story was Jack and the Beanstalk. As part of this we looked at plants and how they grow. We talked about how to look after a plant and that plants start off as a seed. The children were all given a seed, soil and a plant pot and planted their own seeds...
Science Week in Reception
This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. Reception have conducted an investigation around ice. We were trying to rescue our trapped toys and investigated white her hot or cold water would help melt an ice cube faster. Children...