Christmas Craft Morning!

We had a great time this morning! Thank you to all the parents that came! We hope you enjoyed yourselves and had a lovely time with your child.

Woodwork and Doctor visit!

This week we enjoyed learning how to use the woodwork area safely!

We were also very excited to have Dr Munn , Joshua's Mum, visit us to tell us all about what it's like to be a doctor!

Weekly News 17th November

In phonics we have been learning the sounds g, o and ck. The children have enjoyed looking through the sounds we have learnt so far in their sound books. Please continue helping your child to practise recognising sounds at home to build their confidence in phonics and to help them earn their sound stickers!

In maths we have been learning about numbers. We have been practising to count, form numbers, find numbers on a number line and 100 square.

This week we have also been working in small groups to create collages of hedgehogs and squirrels. The children have had to negotiate which picture they wanted to collage and how they were going to finish it together.

Thank you to everyone that came to our reading café’s over the past couple of weeks! We hope you enjoyed an afternoon at school with your child!

We have sent out a letter about our Christmas Craft Morning that will be happening on Friday 8^th December, please let us know if you haven’t received it. Mrs Theobald is giving you permission to take your child home straight after the Christmas craft morning. This is because, in our experience, many children get very upset at having to say goodbye to you after having shared the morning together in school. Therefore, to avoid this, we are offering you the chance to take your child home to spend the afternoon together. If you decide to do this, please remember NOT to order your child a school lunch on the dinner slip for that day.

Weekly News 10th November

This week we have been learning the sounds i n m and d. As we continue to learn more sounds, please help your child to retain them by practising them at home using their sound books. This will help to build their confidence with sounds and learning phonics at school.

 In maths we have been continuing to look at numbers by singing songs, counting objects, looking at number lines, looking at numbers on a 100 square and forming numbers correctly.

The woodland reading café’s also started this week, thank you to those of you that have attended so far. If you are yet to confirm whether you are able to attend the event on your date then please come and tell a member of staff in the reception base.

 You will soon be receiving a letter about show and tell that is due to start on Friday 17^th November. To help your child prepare for this, please take a picture of your child reading in a strange place and talk to your child about where it is they were reading and what their favourite part of the book was. Please then bring that picture into school for your child to talk about to the rest of the class. More details of show and tell will follow.

We will soon be giving all of the children a bible donated by Mulbarton Church. If you do not wish to receive it then please let a member of staff in the base know.

Weekly News 2nd November

This week we have been learning about the sounds: s a t and p. The children have been learning to hear the sounds in words, think of words with that sound and write the sounds. Similarly, when reading with the children this week, we have been teaching the children to spot the sounds in words. Please continue to practise this at home with your child.

In maths, we have been learning about numbers. We have been practising to count to a given number, spot numbers on a number line and form the numbers correctly.

In ‘Twiggle Time’ we have been learning about emotions and more specifically what makes us feel happy.

If you have not already done so, please hand in your reply slips for the woodland reading café’s.

Please ensure your child has wellies and spare socks in school at all times. We use our outdoor woodland area in any weather!

We have recently set up a new doctor’s surgery role play and this has been very popular with the children! We would like to ask whether any of you who work as a doctor or a nurse would be willing to come into school and be interviewed by the children about your profession. 

On Friday 8^th December  we have our Christmas craft morning. It starts at 9 and runs until 11:30. After this craft morning, you may take your child home early. In our experience, it is best to take your child home afterwards as they can become upset. It will not be marked as an unauthorised absence. We will send out more information about the morning in due course.

We hope you all had a lovely half term. The children have been very excited to tell us what they got up to!

Weekly News 19th October

This week in phonics we were learning to segment the sounds in words by robot talking. The children met the class bears Cyril squirrel and Henry Hedgehog and had to robot talk the items in the bears bags so that they could hear all the sounds in the words. By doing so, the children have been learning to identify each separate sound in the words.

We have been enjoying exploring the woodland this week, the children have been learning how to independently put on their puddle suits and wellies. On the woodland they have been doing some bird watching, making mud pies, building with large construction materials and taking in turns to use the swing. On colder days we will be taking the children into the yurt.

On Tuesday afternoon we learnt about Diwali and what Hindus do to celebrate this festival of light. Please ask your child what they remember about Diwali.

We had a great time on Monday when the pre school leaders came to visit! The children listened to them read a story and enjoyed some juice and popcorn.

On Thursday morning we went on a number walk. We enjoyed looking for signs of Autumn and numbers in the environment. If you are out and about over the half term, maybe you could help your child find their house group leaf. The houses are: Maple, Oak, Sycamore and Birch.

Please make sure that after half term your child has a book bag in school every day, spare socks for welly changing and a coat with a hood. 

Weekly News 13th October

This week we have been learning about alliteration. The children have been learning to recognise words that start with the same sound and listening for the sounds in their names.

In maths we have been learning about numbers. The children have been learning to order numbers, recognise numbers and talk about numbers that are bigger and smaller. All of the children have had a turn at playing a maths game in the base that has been enabling them to practise these skills.

The children have also been learning about how to be a ‘problem solver’ in their learning which is one of our school ‘7 wonders of learning’ values.

Next week is Halloween. We do not celebrate Halloween at school so please do not bring any Halloween themed items to school. Each child will be given a ‘bag of hope’ that will contain a small bible comic. If you do not wish for your child to receive the ‘bag of hope’ please let us know.

Squirrels parents please remember to leave your child’s scooter in the scooter park outside hedgehogs class and you can collect it from there at the end of the school day.

Please remember to sign up for parents evening if you haven’t already done so. The lists are in your child’s classroom on the squirrel/hedgehog registration table.

Weekly News Week Commencing 2nd October

This week we have started phonics. The children have been learning about alliteration and rhyming words and have had to use their listening skills to carefully to identify the different sounds in words.

In maths we have started to look at numicon. The children have been ordering and recognising numbers on a number line and matching numicon shapes to the numbers.

The children are really enjoying their time on the bikes on a Wednesday. Please remember that if you wish for your child to wear a helmet on a Wednesday to bring it in and leave it on your child’s peg in the morning.

There was a confusion with the information meeting time on Wednesday 11^th October. Refreshments will be available from 2pm and the meeting will commence at 2:15pm and finish at 3pm. Notes from the meeting will be sent home to parents that are not able to attend.

                                                                                                                                                          On Monday 16^th October the preschool leaders will be visiting school at 2pm for a tea party to read the children a story and see how they have settled. If your child is usually part time but you would like them to be here for this event you are welcome to bring them back to school at 2pm.

Parent consultations are on Tuesday 17^th and Wednesday 18^th October. There will soon be a list in each classroom to sign up for an appointment with your class teacher.

Thank you to the parents that have activated their tapestry accounts online. If you haven’t yet, you should receive an email from tapestry. Please feel free to start uploading observations or commenting on observations taken at school.

Please could the squirrel parents wait inside the blue fence when picking your child up from school as it blocks the path.

Please could you also ensure that your child has wellies in school – especially for our number walk. Thank you to all of the parents have offered to help at our number walk. If you are able to attend, please meet us by the gate at 9:30, we aim to be back at about 10:30.

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