Fledglings 

Welcome to Reception and Year 1!

In Fledglings, we have our Reception and Year 1 children with their teacher Miss Lenton and Teaching Assistant Miss Bones.

This half-term...

We have had a fantastic start to this term. The children returned to school after Christmas, refreshed and ready to learn and we were all very excited to have snow falling on our first day back!

In Fledglings, we have a two-year rolling programme which enables us to offer a rich and varied curriculum that meets the needs of both year groups.

This half term (Spring 1 2026) we will be learning…

For Literacy, we will be using a combination of Drawing Club, which is designed to spark joy and give the children creative freedom with their writing, and Pathways to Write which provides a mastery approach to the teaching of writing. In our first week, the children were very excited about the snow. We went outside and the children discovered some animal tracks, which they decided must be from the Gruffalo's Child. Following the interests of the children, we used The Gruffalo's Child for our Drawing Club text in week 1. We will also be starting a unit based on Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett which will also lend itself to lots of cross curricular opportunities.

In Maths, Reception will be increasing their confidence with subitising numbers to 5 and will begin to develop their verbal counting skills to 20 and beyond whilst also learning to represent quantities between 5 and 10. Year 1 will be exploring shape and developing their place value and addition and subtraction skills within 20.

In Geography, our enquiry question is 'what is the weather like in the UK?'. The children will be learning to identify the UK and the country they live in on a map, as well as observing the weather and identifying which weather we experience in the different seasons. This links with our Science unit for this term which is Forces: Seasons where we will be learning more about the weather and seasons.

              

• Monday 19th January 2026 - Poetry Workshop
• Friday 30th January 2026 - Workshop with Guide Dogs for the Blind
• Thursday 12th February 2026 - Personal Best Day (sporting activities)

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Supporting your child's learning at home

Themed home learning projects are set half termly via Class Dojo. These projects are designed so that the children can share and consolidate their learning but they shouldn’t be onerous. Completed projects should be sent to school in the last week of term, so that we can share them in school.

Please contact Miss Lenton if you need any additional resources or support with home learning.

Reading Books

When they are ready, the children will be assigned a decodable reading book on the Collins Hub e-Reader. This is their ‘showing off’ book that they have read three times in school already. This gives the children the opportunity to wow you with their prosody and for you to celebrate their learning. The children will also bring home a library book on a Friday to be retuned on the following Thursday. This book will be beyond the children’s phonic knowledge and is their ‘snuggle story’ – a story best enjoyed snuggled up, listening to someone else read it, especially if there are different voices!

Maths

The children all have logins for Numbots. Generally children really enjoy this game and are keen to play it, but if this is not the case, we encourage children to access it once per week. White Rose 1 Minute Maths is also a great app for developing number skills and is free to download with no login required.

Communication

Miss Lenton is available to speak to on the door at either end of the day, and non-urgent messages and enquiries can be sent via the chat on Class Dojo. Any urgent messages should be sent via the school office at admin5201@welearn.com to ensure that they are picked up as soon as possible. This includes arrangements for collection if different to normal.

PE and Forest School

Fledglings have PE every Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure children come into school dressed in season appropriate PE kit on these days. The children will also have a Forest School session on Tuesday afternoon. Children should have named wellies and waterproofs in school.

Snacks

Please send your child to school with a water bottle each day.

The children have a choice of fruits and vegetables each day. They are also able to have a drink of milk or water. Children under 5 are entitled to free milk, and others may purchase milk; parents are required to sign up for this via the Coolmilk website.