Important Dates!
2/9/2026 - First day of school!
2/9 - 4/9 - Morning sessions finish at 11:50am
Afternoon sessions start at 1pm and finish at 3:15pm
7/9 - 10/9 - The children stay for lunch so the morning sessions finish at 12:20pm
11/9 - All children in for the morning session and lunch. This session finishes at 1pm.
14/9 - 17/9 - All children are full time.
18/9 - All children are in for the morning and lunch. This session finishes at 1pm.
What's Happening?
We are looking forward to welcoming the new Ladybirds and Caterpillars when they start school! We hope you have all had a wonderful summer!
Each morning, a member of staff will be standing at the gate welcoming the children in. If you need to get a message to your child's teacher, then please leave it with this adult, who will pass on any messages once the gate closes.
Please send in PE kits whenever you have them ready. These will be kept on your child's coat peg.
Please send in welly boots for your child. These will be stored on our welly boot racks so that your child can wear them in wet weather. Once the weather changes, the children will need welly boots to play on the field at lunchtimes and to play in the sandpit/mud kitchen.
We will spend lots of time helping the children to settle in at school. We will be introducing them to the rules and routines. We will also be supporting the children to build relationships with each other. We will play lots of name games, where we will start to learn the names of our friends.
Rhyme Time
To start with, we will be focusing on nursery rhymes. Each week we will learn a few rhymes so see if you can practise these at home with your child.
Week 1: 2/9/2026
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Humpty Dumpty
Ring a ring a roses
5 little ducks
Week 2: 7/9/2026
Baa Baa Black sheep
Jack and Jill
1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive
Week 3: 14/9/2026
Incy Wincy Spider
Wind the bobbin up
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Peter Rabbit
Week 4: 21/9/2026
3 blind mice
Row Row Row your boat
Miss Polly Had a Dolly
5 little speckled frogs
Week 5: 28/9/2026
Hey diddle diddle
One two buckle my shoe
Pat a cake
5 little monkeys
Week 6: 5/10/2026
I’m a little teapot
Hickory Dickory Dock
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
10 green bottles
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.
Phonics
When the children start school, we will play lots of listening games to develop phonics. We will listen to sounds around us, we will play with sounds/words and we will think about rhyme.
We will hold a curriculum evening for parents where we will explain the Early Years curriculum at Cove Infant School. We will explain how we teach phonics and what you can do at home to support your child to learn their phonics and early reading.
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!