Reception - Derbynfa
Welcome to the Reception Noticeboard
Croeso i bwrdd hysbysfawr dosbarth Derbyn
We hope you find the following information helpful in keeping up to date with what is happening in your child's class. Remember to look at this page weekly for up to date information.
Important Dates and Information
Thurs-YAY Thursdays!:
Outdoor Learning - Please send your child to school wearing their old comfy clothes and a waterproof coat ready to explore our forest and school grounds. Your child will need a pair of wellies if you haven't already provided us with them. If waterproof trousers are necessary, we will provide these.
SKIP - The children can wear their outdoor learning clothes but need to come to school wearing trainers.
Please visit the news tab/calendar on the home page for other dates in our school calendar, including holidays, inset days, Christmas concerts, class assemblies, parent meetings and special days we are celebrating as a school.
Our FFT Phonics:
FFT Phonics is a systematic phonics programme used in our school to teach children how to read and write. It teaches children the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes).
We check:
Can they recognise the sounds?
Can they blend sounds to read words?
Can they segment sounds to spell words?
How you can help at home:
Practise reading school books.
Play “What’s the word?” blending games.
Spot sounds within books.
Encourage writing simple words.
This helps us support the children in the most appropriate way so that we can give them the best possible learning.
Please see below what we use to teach the children and feel free to use them at home!
This week's focus sounds are: Ch, Sh, Th, Qu
If you feel your child will benefit from practicing other sounds at home, please feel free to do so!
Week beginning 9.3.2026
| Language, Literacy and Communication | Writing Focus Task - Drawing a picture of what you saw at the Wedding this week. Can you use your sounds to write about what you saw?
The Phonics Phrases and Letter Formation Cues can be found on the 'FFT' PDF above.
Reading with Teacher and changing book.
Slot Drilio - Ffa la la songs. Focus Task - Listening to, and learning the song 'Wyt ti'n hoffi?'. Sort the foods you like and dislike into the Food Basket or Food Recycling Bin. Answer the question 'Wyt ti'n hoffi....' with Ydw or Nac ydw.
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| Numeracy and Mathematics | We have been using our WWN (Winning with Numbers) Scheme. Practicing saying numbers 'before and after' using a Number Line. Looking at 2D shapes in the Outdoors. |
| Health and Wellbeing |
SKIP Seren yr wythnos Dylan y Dafan.
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| Expressive Arts |
Easter Craft in the Creative Area. Singing Ffa la la Songs.
Outdoor Learning - Can you use the Templates of Welsh Symbols to create a piece of Art using Natural Woodland Materials?
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| Science and Technology |
Observing Changes in the Woodland.
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Humanities
| Visit to All Soul's Church to learn about Weddings.
Exploring maps and Atlases.
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Weekly Achievements
Each week during assembly, we present certificates for Good work, Positive Values and speaking Welsh. The children give compliments to the Pupil of the Week.
This week's award winners:
| Awards: | Miss Jones | Mrs Miller/Mrs Porter |
| Cymraeg: | - | - |
| Pupil of the Week: | Luna Brown | |
| Positive Values: | Ren Smith-Jones | |
| Gwaith Da: | Jacob Thomas |
Information and letters
Important Dates
Please visit the school calendar here and subscribe to 'Reception' and 'Whole School' events.
Below are some of the upcoming events:
- Parents evening starts week of Monday 16th March. Please book in via your class teacher's dojo link!
