Welcome to Robins Class

Hello and welcome to the Robins class page. Our names are Mrs Lilley and Mrs Boucher and we are your reception class teachers for this year. Mrs Lilley works Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Boucher works Monday and Tuesday.

Mrs Norris, Mrs Brown and Miss Davidoff will be working in our team this year. Mrs Norris teaches Forest schools weekly to the reception children. 

This page is for Robins class to update you on what the children have been learning, locating information and uploading useful websites or pages for you and your children to explore. Please visit regularly for updates.  

Weekly Reminders 

Book change days are Monday and Friday - Please can your child's book and reading record be in school everyday to enable us to hear readers in the school week.

Library Book change day is a Tuesday.

P.E day is Wednesday - Can your child come to school wearing the appropriate clothing and footwear. 

Forest School is on a Thursday- Please ensure your child has appropriate weather clothing (waterproofs, wellies, warm clothes and change of socks). 

PE days to start WC 9th September 

Big Bird Garden Watch 2025

This week in Forest School the children completed the Big Bird Garden Watch. They spent some time in the session watching and waiting to see which birds would land on the school field. We had lots of different birds flying in the sky such as robins, and red kites, however, only Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons landed on the field outside. The children counted and tallied up: 

12 Collared Doves 

10 Wood Pigeons. 

Well done Robins! 

Part Whole Models

This week the children have been practising using a part-part whole model. They chose pieces or Numicon or Dot Patterns to add together to find the whole. 

Christingle

This week the children have celebrated the Christingle at the local Church. They walked to the church with KS1 and listened brilliantly to year 6 retell the Nativity story at the church. They then learned about what the Christingle represents. They all were able to take a Christingle home with them. 

Space Week

This week in our class we have been celebrating Space Week. We have learned about how to look out for stars at night, and how to go star gazing. We also looked at some photographs of the Northern Lights from the local area over Whittlesey, and we created our own class space picture in Forest School by splatting tea bags onto large pieces of paper. 

Forest School Crowns

In forest schools we have being look in at the changes in the school environment. We talked about the leaves on the trees changing colour and falling off the trees at this time of year. The children all made a crown with natural material that they found in the school environment.

Cooking: Hedgehog Rocky Road

Today the children enjoyed completing a cooking activity and made rocky road hedgehogs. We discussed changing the chocolate from a solid to a liquid using heat. They enjoyed adding all the ingredients together and then decorating them with spikes and eyes. 

Please see link below to take to you the 50 things project and app that you can download for free.

Try out the app and see what activities you can find! 

Useful Links and information 

Please see links attached below which have been recommended by the Early Years Team. The Cbeebies link has lots of useful ideas to try at home with your child, information and advice for parents. A handy tool! 

Another useful link is the Cbeebies Alphablocks and Numberblocks shows. They are lots of fabulous clips on BBC iplayer which are used in school to help visualise and build numbers. Please do share and take a look at home with your child. 

Finally is the 'Activity Passport' for children which has been released by the Government with a list of recommended activities and learning opportunities for children to experience at each age and stage. Please do try these at home. 

Useful Websites 

Useful Information

• PE days are Wednesday. Please come into school wearing the appropriate kit.

• Forest Schools are planned on Thursday afternoons. Wellies and waterproof coats are needed. A letter and information about a start date will follow. 
• Please ensure all clothing is labelled.
• Lunch - we like to encourage healthy lunch choices avoiding items such as chocolate and sweets in lunch boxes. If your child is having a hot dinner then please discuss the menu so that they know whether to choose the Meat, Vegetarian or Pick n Mix options.
• Extra snack can be brought in for morning break time- fruit or vegetables only.
• Guided reading will be completed as a whole class session three times a week. 
• 1:1 reading will be completed on a rota with adults in class.
• During better weather please ensure that your child has SPF and a sunhat. We recommend that you put SPF on your child before school. 
• In the winter months please ensure your child has a suitable jacket along with hats and gloves too.
• On PE days the children will also have access to the play equipment on the field (weather permitting). 

All about Me Boxes

Don't forget to bring in your Summer/All about me boxes into school next week as we would love to see all of the things that are important to you at home. Photos of your family and friends are welcome so we can display these with pride in our classroom. 

Looking forward to seeing you all next week.