Reception 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Reception's Class Page!                                               

Mrs Barlow - EYFS Lead, Reception Teacher                                                                                                                                                                        

Miss Kay - EYFS Specialist Teaching Assistant 

A Warm Welcome

Welcome to our EYFS class.
We’re so excited to have you join us on this wonderful journey of learning, laughter, and discovery.

In our Early Years classroom, every day is filled with curiosity, creativity, and fun. Whether we’re exploring the world around us, making new friends, or learning through play, we believe every child is unique and special.  In Reception we live out our school values of belong, aspire, discover and care everyday.  

Here, you'll find updates about what we’re learning, important dates, and helpful resources to support your child at home. We can’t wait to share all the magical moments of early learning with you!

Reception Class Key Information

What we are learning this half term

Our theme for this half term is 'Come Outside'

Home learning and support

We are introducing a 'big question' each week for you to talk about with your child. 

• How do things change when spring arrives? 🌸🌱☀️
  What looks, sounds, or feels different outside?

• Where do new plants and flowers come from? 🌼🌿🌰
  How does a tiny seed turn into a plant?

• How do baby animals grow and change? 🐣🐑🦋
  What do they need to become bigger and stronger?

• What do living things need to grow? 💧☀️🍎
  Think about plants, animals, and people.

• Can you find signs of new life around you? 👀🌷🐞
  What clues tell us that something is growing or beginning?

Please also choose one activity from the home learning menu below to do each week and record it in your home work book. 

Reading and Phonics

Phonics is vitally important in supporting children to learn how to read and write. Phonics is taught daily in our Reception class using ‘Super Sonic Phonics’. Our provision provides lots of opportunities for the children to independently apply their taught skills in fun and interactive ways.

We upload phonics videos weekly onto our class dojo page. 

Please use the links below to access activities at home

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Children should read at home daily. Please sign their reading record each night to show that this is happening.

‘Reading is an adventure that never ends’

Learning Journeys

Every child has their own ‘Learning Journey’ which is a unique document. The adults working with your child will collect a range of evidence in order to show the progress your child is making as well as to clearly illustrate the characteristics of learning that your child show independently. At Penwortham we use an on-line learning journal on Class Dojo. You can view your child’s learning at any time through the app and you can also add learning from home too! Your child will also have a paper journal to put other work into that has been on their ‘proud tile’ we use these documents to assess your child against half termly checkpoints and to carefully plan their next steps for the following half term.

We are extremely proud of our learning environment and carefully plan our enhanced provision to support interests and needs in the class. The children have access to the outdoor area daily so please make sure your child has a coat.

Contact Us

If you have any questions are concerns please contact Mrs Barlow in the first instance on Class Dojo.