Spring Term 

  Welcome Back to the Spring Term in Ladybirds and Butterflies!

We are delighted to welcome all our children and families back for an exciting Spring Term in the Ladybirds and Butterflies classrooms. We hope you’ve all had a wonderful break and are ready for a term full of curiosity, imagination, and learning.

For the first half of the term, we will be blasting off into Space! The children will become space explorers, discovering stars, planets, and our incredible solar system. It’s always a magical topic that captures their imaginations, and we can’t wait to see their enthusiasm as they learn about the wonders of outer space.

In the second half of the term, we will journey into Enchanted Woodlands, exploring the natural world through stories, investigations, and creative activities inspired by the magic of the forest.

We’re looking forward to a fantastic term packed with adventure, learning, and fun. Thank you for your continued support—let’s make it a brilliant Spring Term together!

Phonics

This Spring Term in Reception, children will continue progressing through the Unlocking Letters and Sounds phonics programme, building on the foundations they established in the autumn. They will revisit and secure previously taught phonemes before moving on to new digraphs and trigraphs, applying these confidently in their reading and writing. As their blending skills strengthen, children will read longer words and simple sentences using decodable books matched to their phonics stage. They will also develop their segmenting skills to spell words more independently, using phoneme frames and sound buttons to support them. Daily, engaging phonics sessions help children grow in fluency, accuracy, and confidence as young readers and writers throughout the Spring Term.

Maths

  This Spring Term in Reception, children will continue their White Rose Maths journey by deepening their understanding of numbers to 10 and beyond. They will explore composition of numbers, subitising, comparing quantities, and developing a strong sense of number through practical, hands‑on activities. Children will also investigate shape, spatial reasoning, and simple measures, using real objects and play‑based learning to build mathematical thinking. Through stories, games, and continuous provision challenges, they will practise problem‑solving, explaining their ideas, and spotting patterns in the world around them. The Spring Term focuses on securing firm foundations so children grow in confidence, independence, and enjoyment in early maths.

Ladybird class is taught by Mrs Irish (Mon,Tues, Wed, Fri) and Mrs Sharma (Thursday). Mrs Sellick is the teaching assistant.

Butterfly class is taught by Mrs Hoppins (Wed, Thurs, Fri) and Mrs Sykes (Mon, Tues, Wed) and Mrs Lane is the teaching assistant.

The inclusion team is Miss Marsland, Miss Gardner, Miss Perry-Bull, Miss Broom and Miss Gracie. 

Please see the presentation below for our year group expectations.

Unlocking Letters and Sounds Phase 2 and 3

Please enjoy learning the GPC
‘S(grapheme phoneme correspondences) with the Year 1 children.

Key Dates for your diaries:

Spring  

11/2 – Around the World Days 

12/2 – Around the World Days 

30/3 – Seasons assembly – FARMLINK 9.15am 

Summer 

27/4 – Lifecycle workshop FARMLINK  9.15am 

13/5 – Court Farm Trip (coach and farm booked) 

18/5 – Animal Detectives assembly – FARMLINK 9.15am

Seesaw

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This term we have two topics - 

No Outsiders Ethos

The aim in EYFS is to introduce the No Outsiders ethos using very simplistic language: we are all different and we are all friends. There is nothing more complicated in the EYFS plans than the message that it's ok to be you and you may be different to me, but that's ok too.

You Choose encourages children to choose their favourite place to live, favourite transport, favourite food etc and shows that we all like different things. This is explored further in Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly, where characters Nick and Sue are shown liking different things throughout the book, but conclude by saying they like each other. Hello Hello shows different animals with a range of shapes and colours who all say 'hello' and no one is left out. The Family Book shows children that there are many types of families - and then we draw our own family. Mommy, Mama and Me allows children to understand some families have two mums (or two dads); we talk about the things Mommy and Mama do with their child and ask if our own families do similar things (go to the park, drink juice, kiss goodnight). Finally, Blue Chameleon shows a lonely chameleon trying to make friends by changing shape and colour; he thinks you have to look like someone else to be friends. At the end, Chameleon realises you can be yourself and you don't have to change.

A mini tour of Eastover Primary School

Welcome to Eastover Primary School - this is a short tour, led by two of our Y6 pupils, of the main areas your child will experience in their first year at our school.

• School Readiness Here is lots of useful information to prepare your child for school.

Reception Baseline Assessment 2024

When your child starts school they will be asked to complete some activities linked to language, reading and maths. This is a national assessment for all 4 year olds. The activities are devised with children in mind and are completed with the teacher. All the information linked to this assessment is in the leaflet below. Any questions please see your class teacher.