Important Dates!
Thursday 12th March - Opal Stay and Play for parents 2:15pm
Monday 23rd March - Ladybird outcome - 2:45pm
Tuesday 24th March - Caterpillar outcome - 2:45pm
Friday 27th March - Finish for Easter 1:15pm
What's Happening?
Well Spring is really on it's way and we are already half way through the school year!
This half term we will be busy with a new project based on traditional tales.
The children are making good progress with their phonics and reading. It is really important that you practise their reading book regularly at home. Please can you also practise their sound cards and tricky words. To support us, please can you sign/tick/initial their yellow reading record book. We ask that children read 3 times a week. This will really help them prepare for Year 1 reading and work.
Hopefully the warmer weather is on it's way. The children will start to take off their jumpers and cardigans during the day. Please can you ensure your child's name is on their jumper/cardigan. This will save us a lot of time, trying to match up clothing to the correct child.
Phonics
There are no new phonemes to learn in Year R. Your child has all the sound cards they need for Year R. PLease can you keep practising these as the children need to be secure with these sounds by the end of the year. We will be re-visiting these sounds regularly over the next term and a half.
The children will be learning to read words with digraphs and trigraphs in them. They need to notice these digraphs/trigraphs before they sound talk the words.
During our phonics lessons we are now learning to spell words with these digraphs in them.
We will use lots of play opportunities to reinforce our phonics and tricky words.
We have created some videos to help parents support learning at home. These can be accessed on this website. Click on the 'Children' tab and then on 'School Video'. You need the 'Teaching Phonics' videos. You can also access them via the link below the image.
Let's Tell a Story
Miss Maries tried to tell the story of the Three Little Pigs but she was terrible at it! She kept making mistakes and Mrs Atlee had to keep stopping her and helping her out. She told us she also knew a story about a boy called Jack who grew a flower and Little Red Riding Hood who met a monster in the woods.
The children are going to become story tellers and are going to learn the different traditional tales. They will learn the story language associated with each tale and they will have great fun acting out the stories through the use of puppets and masks. They will also engage in a range of creative activities based upon the tales.
Home Learning
Click below to view the home learning
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.
traditional tale Once upon a time retell character villain setting
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!