Important Dates!
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What's Happening?
The Ladybird and Caterpillar children are settling in brilliantly! Thank you for remembering to send in a water bottle each day and for sending in a pair of welly boots. At this time of the year please ensure your child has a raincoat with them just in case the weather changes. That way, they can still access the outdoor learning even if it's wet!
We are spending lots of time helping the children to settle in at school. They are learning the different rules and routines very well. We have a visual timetable up in the classroom for the children to see what their day looks like. We are also supporting the children to build relationships with each other. We are playing different name games and conducting activities to help build collaboration. The chatterboxes are amazing and it is helping the children to learn information about the children in their class. Thank you very much for working with your child to create these. The children have been fantastic at talking about their special items.
This week we have learnt what to do if the fire bell goes off and we have learnt our first phoneme! We will put the new sound for the day up on our outside door so please take a look at collection time. You can always ask your child as they should be able to tell you!
Over the next few weeks we have some lovely activities planned for conkers, acorns and helicopter seeds so if you are out on a walk and happen to see any, please collect some and send them in!
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
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.
Look at our activities for the 's' phoneme! We decorated snakes, counted spiders, played with the space toys and practised writing our grapheme.
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!