Reception Acorns 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Acorns!

Welcome to Tattenhall Park Primary School. We are very happy to welcome you to our school community. We are very excied to get to know your children and learn lots of new things. We have met lots of new friends and are keen to get to know all of our families.

Curriculum

Please find this term's Curriculum Map attached below. Our topic is 'All About Me'. We use Tapestry to capture moments in our learning. Observations will be posted on Tapestry so that you can see what we have been up to at school. 

Communication

We will use Tapestry to send out any messages specific to the class. School wide messages will be sent via email. We also have a message board by our sliding doors.   

Early Reading

We change the children's books every Monday and Thursday. At the start of the year we will send home a story book for you to share with your child. As the class start to learn sounds, we will send home flash cards for them to practise at home and eventually they will have books they will read to you.  

P.E

P.E lessons will be every Thursday. Please send the children into school in their uniforms and they will get changed at school. We will send the children home in their P.E kits. 

Tapestry Tuesday

Please share what you have been getting up to at home. We will give the children an opportunity to talk about anything uploaded on to Tapestry from home on a Tuesday. It is also a great way for the children to explore and celebrate the similarities and differences that we have within the classroom. 

Important dates coming up: 

  Whole School Tough Runner Activity Day- 12th September

Half Term 24th October

Parents evening - 12th& 13th November

Christmas Performances

Monday 8th December- 2.30pm EYFS

Tuesday 9th December- 9:30am- EYFS

Christmas Parties

Wednesday 17th December EYFS Xmas party

Useful Websites

https://tapestryjournal.com/  A link to access your child's online Learning Journey.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks  Snappy animation and loveable characters combine with engaging story lines to gently introduce concepts of number to support early mathematical understanding.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ Supports phonics within the classroom in a fun and informative manner.

https://uk.ixl.com/ Modules for for your child to work through in Maths and Literacy .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01cz0p1/alphablocks Teaches children to use the pure sounds that we use in phonics.  It also shows the use of segmenting and blending.

https://www.ictgames.com/ A range of games to support maths and literacy.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?AgeGroup=1 A range of games to support most areas of the curriculum.

https://www.busythings.co.uk/ A range of acitivities designed to support the EYFS curriculum.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary A selection of videos and acitivites.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ Interactive books and reading activites to share with your child.

Useful Apps

Doodle Buddy: a paint app which helps develop hand eye coordination. 

Bee Bot: an app which helps improve directional language (forwards, backwards, left right etc.)

Teach Your Monster: a range of reading and maths games