Welcome to Ladybirds
Our teacher is Mrs Ramanandi, 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
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
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
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...
We like to boogie!
In PE this week, the Ladybirds and Dragonflies have been practicing dancing using out new pom poms! They danced to the rhythm of the music. Shaking the pom poms high, and low and while trying to keep the beat of the music. Great boogie moves everyone! Article 28: You...
World Book Day Celebrations
Windy Nook celebrated a fun-packed World Book Day last Thursday, with the entire school taking part in a wide range of activities to cheer-on everything reading. All children received free books thanks to Mr. Atkinson from WHSmith, who kindly supplied these for us. In...
How Many Jelly Beans?
The pupils and staff had a fantastic time celebrating the 25th anniversary of Number Day. We based our maths activities around the story 'How Many Jelly Beans?' The day was filled with fun activities focused on exploring the world of statistics and numbers. The...
Safer Internet Day 2025
This year, we marked Safer Internet Day (which was on Tuesday 11th February) with special assemblies in our phases and a range of activities in all of our classes. This year's theme was ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. Children...
Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day
Plans are underway for a fantastic day of literary fun as the school prepares for World Book Day on Thursday 6 March 2025. Children should have come home from school with a letter, detailing all the important events. If you did not receive a letter, please let your...