Reception Newsletter 09/02/2026

Spring Term – Are You Ready to Travel the World?
Week Beginning: 9th February 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we come to the end of this half term, we’d like to thank you for all your continued support with your child’s regular reading at home, Bug Club and Phonics Home Learning.  It’s really making a difference as the children learn during phonic sessions and now in their independent play!

Some parents asked that our PowerPoint can be shared from the Curriculum Event in January; this is now on the website for you.
After the half term we will be celebrating … books! 

You will have already received information, which is on our website, from Mrs Adnett regarding Book Fortnight.

We will be: -
· Celebrating our love of stories and books.
· Sharing a book from home with the rest of our class.
· Finding out more about how we can look after our earth and specifically marine life.
· Visiting our Rainforest Reading Den in the library.
· Dressing up for Book Character Day – Wednesday 4th March
· Reading both fiction and non-fiction texts linked to our theme and enjoying lots of activities around this.
· Using our imaginations in our role-play.
· Drawing and creating our favourite book characters.
 
Home learning
Book Fortnight Activity – story stone or pebble (a label will be in your child’s bookbag for this).  To be brought into school on Monday 2nd March so they can be displayed.
 
Cool Milk
Some of the children are preferring to drink water instead of milk at morning snack.  If your child does not want milk any longer, please can you go on to Cool Milk and cancel it. 
Many thanks.
 
The Reception Team

Dates for your diary

Friday 13th February
School finishes for half term

Monday 23rd February
Return to school

Monday 23rd February
The start of book fortnight
Monday 23rd February onwards
the children can bring in their
own favourite book (named please). 
Once these have been read in school
we will send them back home to you.

Tuesday 24th February
3.30pm - 7.00pm  and
Thursday 26th February
3.30 pm-6.00 pm
Parent Consultations
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Wednesday 4th March
Norbury’s dress up day for
World Book Day