Week beginning Monday 28th September

Well done Year R on another super week! Our midday supervisors have been very impressed with how quickly the children are now choosing their lunches and settling at the tables ready to eat.

Our daily phonics lessons are proving great fun, with the children revisiting the last few week's sounds and learning the new sounds: g, o, c & k. Thank you to everyone who attended the phonics and reading evening, the presentations are now on the website. If you are unsure about anything talked about, please see your child’s class teacher.  

Our clue container gave us clues to suggest that this week would be all about the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’. We enjoyed joining in with the repeated phrases and acting out the story with puppets. We worked on our cutting skills, carefully cutting out the red hen and sticking her onto a background. We have talked about how the characters are feeling in different parts of the story. We thought about the important job a farmer has to grow all the different crops, and we attended our first whole school assembly all about harvest time.

In Whizzy Maths we have focused on the number 1. We have looked for the number 1 in our environment and practised writing it. We have also found out that 1 is an odd number and have started to think about what other numbers are odd. We have also been using the language of taller and shorter to compare the things we have built with the different construction toys.

How you can help 

Please encourage your children to practise putting their socks and shoes on independently. This will help with our Wednesday PE lessons.

Please check your child’s book bag daily and empty it.  

Look out for ‘The Helping Hands’ on Monday morning! These were talked about at the phonics & reading evening. If you are unsure what they are, please ask us at the gate.

Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please speak to one of the Year R staff.

Year R Phonics and Reading presentation

Thank you to the parents who took time out of their evening to attend the presentation.

Please find the presentation slides below. The videos shown during the evening can be found under the 'For Parents' tab on the Little Wandle website. Please remind yourself of the key points that Mrs Chapman shared a few weeks ago. These can also be found below in the Home Reading handout.

If you have any questions, please pop in and see the class teacher. 

Thank you for your support.

Year R Curriculum Presentation

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

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.

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.