Reception
Dinosaurs Week 2!
We are continuing the fun of dinosaurs and expanding our learning. This week we will explore all the different features of a dinosaur and what happened to them. We will move along with the story 'Dinosaurrumpus' and write a list of the different features dinosaurs have in the book. In maths we will be looking at the concept one less and practising taking 1 away. This week we will be taking part in a dinosaur counting treasure hunt, making a dinosaur fossil and practising our cutting skills. Take a look at our photos so far
Roarrrrrr!
This week we have had a very exciting topic. DINOSAURS! We have been learning about what dinosaurs are, what they look like, what they eat and where are they now. Did you know dinosaurs are extinct? Do you know what that means, can your child explain it to you? You'll never guess what happened to our dinosaurs....they were frozen in a big ball of ice!!! Together we investigated the ice and figured out how to get them out. We have been very busy exploring dinosaur swamps, making dinosaurs out of play dough, designing our own dinosaurs on the computer and feeding hungry dinosaurs. Take a look at what we have been up to
Let's Blend!
Now we have learnt all our Phase 2 sounds we are recapping them and beginning to blend them together. Our target is to be able to blend CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words by Christmas! To do this we will need to read daily and practise our skill of blending.
Take a look at the video below to see how to segment and blend words. Begin by watching the videos and trying to blend two letter words. Once you can do this try the CVC words!
Thank you for your support with learning at home,
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and the Reception Team
We had a fabulous day celebrating Children In Need. Thank you to everyone who sent in donations, as a school we managed to raise £314.92, WOW! We spend the day toasty warm in our pyjamas, dancing, colouring and playing games. Take a look at some of our photos from the day
Diwali
This week our new topic is the wonderful celebration, Diwali. We have lots of lovely activities planned for the children this week such as making Diwali cards, copying rangoli patterns and making Diva lamps. We will be learning who celebrates Diwali, how it is celebrated and why it is celebrated. We may even have some of our own Diwali celebrations
Take a look at some of our fabulous creations of fireworks and bonfires!
Bonfire week
Week 9
This week we are learning all about bonfire night and how it is celebrated. We have a very fun week ahead as we will be looking at firework sounds, making firework pictures and we will even be making our own bonfire. Keep checking our webpage for pictures of all our marvellous creations. See links below for extra home learning.
Home learning this week!
Week 9
Please see below links to this weeks phonics sound video, and a online maths game the children have enjoyed this week!
Please keep sending us your photographs of home learning!
Also if you haven't already please sign up to our
Class Dojo!
Many thanks
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and the Reception Team
A few pictures from our party day!
Happy Halloween
This week our new topic is Halloween. We have transformed our classroom into a witches lair and the children have been busy mixing potions and writing spells...has anyone been turned into a frog yet? We are running out of teachers for the children to turn into frogs. We have also been practising ordering numbers! Can your child order numbers to 5? What about to 10?
Don't forget on Thursday it is our fancy dress day...we cannot wait to see your costumes. Please don't scare us too much!
Autumn Days
It has been a wonderful week enjoying autumnal learning with a little added spookiness with our halloween themed classroom! The children have been fabulous as always and they are making super progress. Thank you for your continued support at home. Please do send us pictures of you completing the holiday homework.
foundationstage@padiham.lancs.sch.uk
You can support your child over the holiday by building their independence skills.
Can they put on their own shoes?
Are they on the right feet?
Can they put on their coat and turn the arms the correct way on their own?
Can they zip up their coat?
Kind regards
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and the Reception Team
Class Dojo
Here at Padiham Primary School we have taken a whole school approach to sign up to the learning platform Class Dojo. This safe, secure and private platform allows us to communicate with parents, set homework and challenges, celebrate learning in class and reward children for positive behaviours. Your child will have been given unique login details that will create them an account with their class. If you're having any difficulty setting up your child's account or you need another copy of your child's login details, please ask!
It may be raining, it may be windy but that won't stop our outdoor creativity!
We had a superb time mark making with nature. The children really enjoyed printing and seeing the patterns leaves can create. Each chose their own leaf to create with!
Take a peek and see if you can see your little one!
Let's Print!
Let's Hibernate!
Week 5
It's been a chilly but fabulous week looking at hibernation and autumn. The children have loved observing natural changes and researching animals. Our phonic sounds this week ate ck, e, u, r and we have been ordering our numbers from 0-5!
Look at the activities and video's below to extend your learning.
Remember to keep in touch and send us your child's home experiences and learning to
foundationstage@padiham.lancs.sch.uk
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and the Reception team.
Mrs Pirate and her shopping list...
Week 4
This week we are continuing our topic on pirates. We have recruited the help of Mrs Pirate. Mrs Pirate wants to become a pirate and makes a shopping list of all the things she will need. The children have made their lists and soon we will be PIRATES! The most important thing a pirate needs is a pirate ship....take a look at ours! We have also met number 5 this week! See the video below and the link on this weeks sounds to extend your learning at home.
Treasure hunting!
The pirates have left us a treasure map so of course we had to follow it and search for some treasure. We followed the map very carefully, decoding all of the clues. Searching high and low, we eventually found the X MARKS THE SPOT....TREASURE!!!
We love learning about pirates!
We have also been learning about Blackbeard the pirate. Can your child remember anything about him?
Hello Everyone,
Just a reminder that Purple Mash if a great tool to encourage home learning. Occasionally we might assign challenges on your child's purple mash account for them to complete at home. To log in, simply use the web address and your child's login details and you will have access to a range of cross-curricular activities. If you are struggling to log in or have lost your child's account details, please let us know
Ahoy Pirates!
Week 3
Its been a week of treasure maps, gold and tales of the sea this week! The children are loving getting into character and pretending to be Pirates! In number we have focussed on number 4. In literacy we have been learning how to hear the first sound in words. This weeks sounds are i, n, m, d. Watch the video below to see how we say them! You can also see how we blend our sounds together for words too!
We have loved sharing your home learning!
Why don't you have a go at counting the pirate pictures and making your own pirate puppets to tell your own story!
Keep us posted at
foundationstage@padiham.sch.uk
Thank you for your support
Pirate Homework Extension Activities
​​​​It's been a magical MONSTER week!
Week 2
We have had a super week moulding monsters with numerous eyes, legs and teeth! Our number this week is number 3! We have enjoyed watching how three is made and we have been counting amounts to three. Did you know monsters love apple crumble? The monster made us a lovely monster crumble, it was delicious! Take a look at some of the photos of what your little monsters have been up to
Watch the video below to find out about NUMBERBLOCKS 3!
Below you will also find a video on our sounds learnt so far in phonics s, a, t, p.
Our tricky words have been I and the.
Below you will also find further extension activities to do at home if you wish!
Don't forget to send us your photographs and videos to share as a class.
foundationstage@padiham.lancs.sch.uk
MONSTER activities to complete at home!
Welcome new parents!
Hello everyone, usually by now we would have invited you all in to show you our amazing learning environment and how we implement the EYFS curriculum into our classroom. At this early stage of learning, we place a lot of focus on phonics. Phonics is a way of teaching our children how to read and write. Phonics involves matching sounds to individual letters or groups of letters.
We teach the children to segment words, sound them out e.g. c-a-t to then be able to blend the sounds together to successfully read the word. Reading frequently with your child will make a huge difference in their progress to becoming successful readers and writers.
How we teach our children to read and write...
A parents guide to phonics....
Numberblocks, cars and aeroplanes!
Week 1
This week we have been learning all about number 2! We have built on our previous understanding on 0 and 1. Below are some videos, interactive links and activities to extend your child's learning at home. These extension activities will be available on our class page weekly for you to use and watch!
Kind regards
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and The Reception Team
Pencil hold and control extension activities
We are big, we are brave we can go to school all day!
We have had an incredible couple of full days with our amazing class and we are so proud of how well each of them have settled into Reception.
Your child has now been assigned a class teacher Miss Wilson or Miss Tann.
Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school including pumps.
RW (Miss Wilson's class) will do PE on a Tuesday.
RT (Miss Tann's class) will do PE on a Thursday.
Homework will be sent on a Thursday to be returned on the following Monday.
Reading books will be changed on a Monday and Friday only.
If you require anymore information please do not hesitate to ask! We are on hand to chat and support with any queries.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and The Reception Team.
Today we took the children for a tour of their new school. We had a good look at where we go out to play, where we have our PE lessons, where Mr Purtill's office is and most importantly...where we will eat our dinner!
We love our new school!
We had a tour of our new school!
We love half days...can we start on full days yet?
Getting to know you...
Wow! What an incredible class of super stars we have, we are so proud of you all coming into school with your big smiles and oodles of excitement!
We are very excited too for the wonderful year we have ahead!
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and the Reception Team.
A HUGE Hello!
Welcome to our Reception class page!
Here you will find up to date information, links for home learning and photographs of our activities and adventures. Most importantly you will see lots of happy faces! Take a peek on here every week to see something new and to know what we have been learning!
Thank you
Miss Wilson, Miss Tann and the Reception Team.
