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?
Week Commencing Monday 6th July 2026
"Oh we do like to be beside the seaside"....... our final theme of Year R is seasides and it began wit this song.
The children have thoroughly enjoyed talking about going to the beach and their holidays this week. The focus of our learning has been comparing seaside holidays now and in the past. The children have looked at old photographs, watched videos and read books about what the Victorians did when they went to the seaside. Can you remember how they got there? what entertainment did they have? Do you think you'd like to have some hockey pokey from a penny lick???
The children have written lists of things to pack for a seaside holiday and some have said where they would like to go. In maths we have been revising essential skills such as ordering numbers, pairs of numbers with different totals and missing number sequences. These all help us to have a deep understanding of numbers and the number system.
Next week we continue our seaside theme and have lots of fun things planned!
How you can help:
We have, once again, survived the heat but we still have a number of children coming to school without a sun hat or water bottle. Whilst lots of our school grounds are shady we would like all children to be wearing a hat when they are outside in Year R and at lunchtime so please ensure your child has a hat in school everyday. We are taking regular water breaks and cooling down time so please ensure your child has their water bottle too.
Thank you for your support.
Number Formation Guide
Practise numerals at home with this printable number formation guide. All numbers are formed by starting at the top.
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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