Important Dates! 
 

Starting School 

We are looking forward to welcoming our new Ladybirds and Caterpillars! We hope you have all had a wonderful summer and can't wait to hear about the children's adventures. We will spend the first few weeks settling the children in, helping them to make new friends and teaching them our daily routines. 

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 will begin by 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 will also spend time learning lots of different nursery rhymes and number songs. We will have different songs that we will focus upon each week and we will display them on here so you can practice them at home with your child too. 

Rhyme Time 

4/9/2025 - 5/9/2025 

Our rhymes for the first few days will be: 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Humpty Dumpty

Ring a ring a roses

5 little ducks

We will also be reading some rhyming stories. 

Home Learning 

Please send in your chatterboxes whenever they are ready so that we can share them in class. 

Thank you for your support! 

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

Curriculum Evening 

The date for our Curriculum Evening will be sent home soon. This is an evening event for parents and is aimed at providing you information about your child's learning journey in Year R. 

We will discuss phonics and early reading and will suggest ways you can support your child at home. 

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!