Year R
Here you will find key information and helpful tips to support your child as they start their school journey.
What have we been learning this week?
The children have come back to school beautifully after their half term break – well done! This week we started our learning off by singing Humpty Dumpty and The Grand Old Duke of York. We have learnt about soldiers and have moved like them by marching and commando crawling. In Art we have created lots of poppy-inspired pieces and have been finding out about number 5 in Maths.
How you can help:
Please ensure your child comes to school every day in a warm winter coat with a hood and provide named hats, scarves and gloves if needed. This week’s reading home learning has been uploaded to Google Classroom. Thank you for your support – we are seeing super progress with the children’s reading skills. Remember – little and often works best.
Curriculum Presentations
Thank you very much to the parents who attended the Year R curriculum meeting and the Phonics and Reading evening.
Please find the three presentations below as well as some ideas for supporting your child with phonics and reading games, wordless books and some examples of questions to ask your child when reading with them.
Thank you for your support.
If you have any questions, please pop and see the class teacher.
Letter formation and handwriting
Please find images of how to support your child in achieving the correct letter formation.
- lower-case letters start at the top
- dots and horizontal cross lines are added after the main part of the letter has been formed
- capital letters start at the top and go down first, the pencil is then taken off the paper to add the horizontal lines
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It is extremely important that your child uses a comfortable and efficient pencil grip, even though this may not be the same as your own. This should be the pincer grip.
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Climbing the tree to a better me
Our special tree focuses on the Social, Moral, Spiritual and Social aspect of our learning. In Year R we are practising using our manners, being a good friend and being respectful and responsible.
We can earn three stars for each rung of the ladder and at the end of the year we can earn a special sticker at the top of the tree for our effort in trying to show these things.
When we have collected three stars of the same colour we can show our certificate in assembly and our name is moved up the ladder in class to show our progress.
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