Important Dates!
Tuesday 23rd September - Curriculum Evening 6pm
Monday 6th October - Caterpillar Class - come and join in with a phonics lesson (9:00am)
Wednesday 8th October - Ladybird Class - come and join in with a phonics lesson (9:00am)
Monday 1st December - Grandparent's Craft Morning - Flyer to follow (9am - 10:30am)
Starting School
The children have made a fantastic start to school!
They have learned the different classroom rules and routines and are beginning to make new friendships! They are doing brilliantly at lunchtimes and this week, once they have finished eating, they are able to explore all the outside areas of the school! The Trim Trail was extremely popular today!
If you are able to, please send in a pair of wellies for your child to wear during Discovery Time (Year R learning play) and during lunch time play. We will keep the wellies on our welly boot racks and this will enable the children to access the mud kitchen and sand pit in the wet weather. You can send in a pair daily if this works better for you.
Please remember to send your child in with their school bag and a water bottle. Please check your child's bag regularly for letters or information sent home by us.
There will be a member of staff on the gate each morning so please leave any message with them and they will pass it on to your child's teacher. Staff are always available at the end of the school day so please do come and have a chat with us then.
Phonics
We are starting to learn our phonics!
We will learn 4 sounds every week. Here is what we will cover each week.
15/9 - s a t p
22/9 - i n m d
29/9 - g o c k
6/10 - ck e u r
13/10 - h f l b
We will learn the phoneme (sound), words that start with our phoneme and how to write the grapheme.
We will link lots of our play to our sound of the day!
Please go to the Little Wandle website for videos which show the pronunciation of the phonemes.
https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
We will also be playing lots of listening games and will be teaching the children to blend sounds orally to work out a word.
We might ask children to put their hands on their 'h-ea-d' or go and get their 'b-a-g'.
We have started to blend 3 sounds. We are working on the words 'sat, tap, sit, pat, tip, sip, dip, man, pan, map'. Please use your sound cards to make these words at home. Thank you!
Rhyme Time
Rhymes we have been practicing:
4/9/2025 - 5/9/2025
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Humpty Dumpty Ring a ring a roses 5 little ducks
8/9/2025
Baa Baa Black Sheep Jack and Jill 1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive 5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer
15/9/2025
Incy Wincy Spider Wind the Bobbin Up Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Peter Rabbit
22/9/2025
3 blind mice Row, row, row your boat Miss Polly had a dolly 5 little speckled frogs
29/9/2025
I'm a little teapot Hickory Dickory DOck Mary Mary quite contrary 10 green bottles
We will also be reading some rhyming stories.
Home Learning
This will begin with our first project after half term
Vocabulary
During this project, we will be introducing the children to some specific vocabulary. The children will learn a definition for each of the vocabulary words and will learn to use them orally in sentences. Please explore these words with your child.
Year R Tricky words
Here is a list of tricky words that we will be learning to read from memory in Year R.
Autumn Term
I the is as and has his her into to no go he she we be me of pull push full put
Spring Term
was are all they my by you pure sure
Summer Term
said so have like some come love do little were here says there when what one out today
Year R Information
Our school gate opens at 8.40am and registration takes place at 8.50am. We finish at 3:15pm.
We have PE on a Thursday. Please take out your child's earrings before they come to school. PE bags will be sent home at half term to be washed.
Please ensure that your child has their reading folder in their school bag everyday. All children will need to bring their bag and water bottle in everyday. Please regularly check your child's bag for letters.
Thank you to all the parents who have named their child's clothing. This really helps us out!