Caterpillar & Ladybird Classes
Class teacher’s welcome
Welcome to Caterpillar and Ladybird classes.
It is going to be a fun-filled, productive and exciting year and we hope to enrich your child’s learning with plenty of opportunities to learn through play . They will build on their language and communication skills, develop their knowledge of number and have fun developing their creative skills. In both adult led and child initiated activities, they will learn about the world and the environment around them. We aim to help the children grow as individuals whilst fostering a love of learning.
Curriculum news
Reception Curriculum Spring 1 2026
Reception Curriculum letter Spring1 2026
Links to support learning
The children are beginning to blend and read simple words. This is a very exciting time and the children are eager to read. Please support your child by encouraging them to read their book as often as they can. Your support and encouragement at home is vital in ensuring success. Below are links to some useful websites to support learning.
Phonics and segmenting and blending:You can download the presentation and handout to find out more about how we teach phonics using the Little Wandle resources.
All of the resources referred to are in the For parents area
Games
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/phonics/balloon-phonics-cvc-game
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/bingoOriginal/index.html
Phase 2 practise:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2yf4j
https://www.teachyourmonster.org/teachers-area/learning-resources/phonics-songs
https://www.starfall.com/h/word-machines/
Numbers to 10 counting:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting