Welcome to Reception
Wrens and Puffins
Learning in Early Years looks different each and everyday. Check in often for updates on things we have been doing!
If you need to contact us with any queries about your child, please use the email address eyfs@burpham.surrey.sch.uk.
Thank you :)
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Mrs Booth Wrens' Class Teacher |
Mrs Franklin Puffins' Class Teacher & EYFS Lead |
Mrs Taylor Puffins' Class Teacher
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Meet our team
Mrs Hughes, Mrs St George, Miss Kennedy and Mrs Grant.
Wrens and Puffins news
Chatty Cafe! March 10th
Thank you to all who were able to attend our recent Chatty Cafe. The afternoon was planned to share some of the huge work that we are doing at Burpham around Oracy.
The children had a wonderful time and there were many smiles around the room -and lots of lovely CHAT of course!
Photos will follow....
Wrens and Puffins have been busy exploring celebrations for the 'Lunar New Year'. We discovered the story of the Zodiac animals and that 2026 is the year of the horse. We enjoyed creating our own horse collages, printing animal footprints in paint and creating paper lanterns and making our own animals dens.
Wrens and Puffins have been busy sharring the story 'Whatever Next!' and finding out about space. We have learnt the poem 'Zoom, zoom, zoo, we're going to the moon!' and talked about planets in the Solar System and used our imagination to create our own alien friends!
Take a look at some of our amazing art work!
Click below to view our Spring term newsletter, Curriculum overview and 'Reception meeting to parents' PowerPoint...
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| NEWSLETTER Spring 1 Rec 26.pdf | |||
| Curriculum plan REC Spring 26.pdf | |||
| New Parents meeting_autumn2025.pdf | |||
Phonics in Reception
Here at Burpham, we follow the 'Essential Letters and Sounds programme' for our daily phonics lessons.
Please use the resources below to see how you can support your child at home with their phonics at home.
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| elssoundsmat.pdf | |||
| GraphemeSheetPhase2.pdf | |||
Please click on the presentation below to see a parent's guide to ELS phonics at Burpham (shared at the coffee morning 15/9/2023)
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| Parent presentation EYFS Sept.pptx | .pptx | ||
Home Learning
Please use the flash cards we have sent home to consolidate sounds taught and the Harder to Read and Spell words
Read books/stories daily and have conversations about the books you've shared
Play games together - practise turn taking, recognising numbers on a dice, counting the spaces and following the rules of the game
Bake or cook something - follow instructions, measure, count, explore the reactions, taste and discuss likes and dislikes
Educational apps that make learning fun
-Teach your monster to read
- Phonics Play
- Cbeebies explore
- Reading eggs
- Voice recorder (read a sentence to the app and listen to it back in a silly voice!)
- Numberblocks
CEOP website supporting online safety through an interactive game
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Top Reads for EYFS!
Stuck for a good read? Click on the link below to search out some great texts!
https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/reception/
In the event of school closure:
On rare occasions, it may be necessary to close the school. This may be due to adverse weather conditions or perhaps when essential school services cannot be provided –e.g. heating, plumbing or water.
Please refer to the School’s Bad Weather Policy on our website for information regarding how we communicate a school closure.
Class teachers will then initiate home school learning activities, and these will be available to children by 10am of the same morning.
