Growing In Faith and Learning
Welcome to St Leonard's CofE Primary School
I am delighted to welcome you to our website. I am proud to be the Headteacher at St. Leonard’s CofE Primary & Nursery School. We are located in the beautiful village of Wigginton and have a very strong community who are keen to support our school. Our strong Christian ethos underpins everything we do and everyone associated with our school is committed to helping our children ‘Grow in Faith and Learning’. Catherine Young- Headteacher.Robins
We all fit together- Jigsaw template and Instructions
How Far I'll Go Challenge
Welcome to the Robins Class Page!
Welcome to our class page. Our EYFS is lead by Miss Preece.
Robins is our Reception class, who is taught by Miss Preece and Mrs Bryan.
This half term we are learning through the topic 'Pirates and Mermaids'. During this topic, we will look at a range of different texts, fiction and non-fiction during our story time for the children. This is a wonderful topic to engage the children in a range of activities, learning about under water as well as linking Science to sinking and floating. The children will learn through a range of activities, developing their skills in all areas, making learning fun and purposeful. As this term is a different, due to having too learn remotely, we will be planning our English using the Oak National Academy, where this will hopefully support our children and parents further with their learning. Due to this, the English will not always be directly linked to our topic but we will still cover lots in other areas of our learning!
Below is some further information about what happens in Robins, but if have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me, my email address is:
g.preece@st-leonards-wigginton.staffs.sch.uk
Kind regards,
Miss Preece 
Home Learning
Hi children,
If you are needing to look at this part, it means that you are unable to come into school. We miss you and want to make sure that you aren't missing out on any of the fun learning we are doing in school, so I have put daily activities on here to help you. Please share any of your learning with me on Dojo, I would love to see what you have been doing!
See you soon!
Miss Preece 
Timetable for our Learning
Phoneme frame to support our writing
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Below is the home learning for this week. There are video's uploaded to Class Dojo and on our YouTube page to support your learning. There will also be daily drop in sessions for you to ask me any questions if needed. I am arranging sessions to keep in contact with the children and links to these will be sent to each group of children using our Dojo messaging system.
Our school YouTube page is:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0sQOVktiHwyxiqCo2RVopA
Monday 1.3.21
Tuesday 2.3.21
Wednesday 3.3.21
Thursday 4.3.21
This is our screen free day, please find the activities on our class page tab!
Friday 5.3.21
Week Commencing 8.3.21
If you are looking at this, it means that you have not been able to join us back at school. Please look at the learning and I will arrange meetings on Teams to talk to you.
Take Care,
Miss Preece
Monday 8.3.21
Tuesday 9.3.21
Wednesday 10.3.21
Thursday 11.3.21
Friday 12.3.21
Phonics
This term our main focus is phonics, supporting the children to learn their phonemes and develop these into reading and writing. Our Reception children are working at Phase 2, where they are learning a range of phonemes as well as the letter formation for each letter introduced.
Please support your child with this at home, encouraging them to share the phonemes they have been learning and encouraging them to use them as much as possible.
PE
Our PE sessions this half term are on a Monday afternoon, but the children are presented with lots of opportunities to develop their moving and handling skill on a daily basis. Please ensure that the children come dressed in their PE kits on a Monday, so that they are ready to participate in the activities.
RE
This term we are focusing on 'Why do Christians place a cross on the Easter Garden?'.
Reading
All children in Reception will be given a reading book once the children are confident with the first 3 weeks phonemes to support them with reading words. Nursery children will not be having reading books but we ask that you continue to share stories with them at home so they continue developing a love of books.
Please note that it is essential that read daily at home, however we ask that regular reading takes place so that the children are continuing to develop their use of phonics. We ask that the children read each book 3 times, the first to use their phonemes, the second to develop their fluency and the third to have a good understanding of the story.
Maths
Children within Reception will have continuous provision which will have ample opportunities for children to explore number, shape, space and measure. We will encourage them to investigate and develop their language skills throughout their time in school, challenging them to think more independently and apply their own ideas. They will also have maths sessions where a focused aim is set, so they can then practise these skills at their leisure within the provision.
This half term we are looking at number, developing counting skills and number recognition.
Phonics Meeting
As we have been unable to hold a meeting in school, I have attached the PowerPoint with audio linked to each page, explaining how we teach phonics at school. I have also attached the booklet I would hand out. I hope this is of help and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me!
Thanks
Miss Preece
Children Blending for Reading
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Class Letters
Topics
Weekly Phonics Sheets
Supporting your child to read
Below are some documents with information on how to support your child to read at home.
Story Time
Below are some of the stories that we have been listening to through our topics. It is always nice to revisit a favourite story, so have kept these here for the children to enjoy!
Useful Phonics Websites for Parents:
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/question/index/3
Lots of information and guidance for parents/carers
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ParentsMenu.htm
A selection of interactive games for all phonic phases. Mostly simple games.
www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
A great selection of games that link well with games in Letters and Sounds.
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
Printable resources for each of the Letters and Sounds phonic phases, also links to games aligned with each phase.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm
Letter names come up in alphabetical order.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Activities for all phases.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/phonics/index.shtml
Phonic game with choice of difficulty (some HFWs, some vowel blends, very varied).
http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/magneticletters/
Make any words with this useful game.
http://www.phonicsinternational.com/hear_the_sounds/hear_the_sounds_1.htm
Useful page which demonstrates pronunciation of all sounds.
https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/
Useful page to support developing language skills with your child.