Ladybirds (Reception)
Miss ByrneWelcome to Ladybirds
Our teacher is Miss Byrne, who is accompanied by Mrs Cole.
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-2024
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 2022
Other resources that you may wish to download to use and support your child at home.
rwi phonics formation mat updated 2022
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
Home activity packs available on websites:
https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html
https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-he-770-free-home-education-resources-sample-pack
Maths Activities:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/52060
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks
Phonics Activities:
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
Literacy Activities:
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pnn9d/episodes/downloads
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pnn9d/episodes/downloads
Wellbeing & Physical Activities:
Celebrating Chinese New Year!
This week, both the Dragonflies and Ladybirds learned all about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated. The children made their own large dragon head after watching lots of traditional Chinese festivals, the children painted, stuck and decorated the dragon. Whilst...
Exploring freezing and melting!
We have been learning all about water and how, and why it freezes. We discussed and set up an experiment to see if we could freeze water, the children suggested different places to leave the water overnight to see which place would be best for freezing. Most children...
La Tamborrada – Festival of Drums
In the 1800s, the city of San Sebastían (in Northern Spain) was under the occupation of ever-changing foreign armies. The people lacked freedom and, annoyed at the soldiers who marched with their drums every day outside the city walls, decided to fight back. To mock...
A check-up on our eyes!
This week, the Reception children had an exciting visitor. A lady came to check our eyes were working properly, the children focused really well and could point to the matching letters and pictures. Before the visit, we watched an episode of Topsy and Tim where Tim...
Another busy week in nursery!
We have continued to prepare for Christmas this week in nursery. We made a calendar which we will gift to our families at Christmas. We have had lots of practises on the stage in preparation for our Christmas performance. Our singing and signing is improving every...
Christmas Jumper Swap
Windy Nook Primary School is gearing up for Christmas with singing, acting and preparations in full steam for the various shows and performances. As usual, the school will be inviting children to wear a Christmas jumper and have a Christmas lunch. These will take...
Windy Nook Choose Respect for Anti-Bullying Week
Last week marked Anti-Bullying Week and the children at Windy Nook celebrated it by working on the theme 'Choose Respect.' They took part in a range of activities from EYFS all the way up to UKS2: designing odd socks, listening to the anti-bullying song, taking part...
Autumn Leaves
This week the children have been helping clear up the mountains of leaves on the yard. We have used brushes, hands, litter pickers and other items to pick up leaves and put them in our compost piles. We have also had fun using some of the leaves in our role play games...
Happy Halloween
We had a fantastic time at our Reception Halloween party. We danced, played spooky games and ate some lovely party food. Take a look at some of our brilliant costumes!
Gateshead Music Service ‘Jammin’ at Windy Nook
This morning, we were extremely fortunate to have The Gateshead Music Service visit Windy Nook. They played for all the children across two assemblies and got us up on our feet dancing and singing along to some well known classics. Some of the children had the chance...
A new break and lunch time!
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a new approach to break and lunch times for KS1 and EYFS, the children have the opportunity to mix together in both the KS1 and Early Years yard. The children have access to many areas in this time; the mud kitchen, water,...
Skilling up in PE
In PE this week, the Ladybirds and Dragonflies have been practicing different ways of moving around the hall. They walked, jogged, jumped, ran and crawled in lots of different directions. After this, the children participated in 4 different stations focusing on...