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 10th November 2025
This week, the children were challenged to think about a story they knew using the following clues in the clue container - a crown, a tape measure, a needle and thread and a hand mirror. We had some great suggestions and eventually the children worked out that our focus story was The Emperor's New Clothes. We have enjoyed sorting sets of clothes and comparing which sets have more, the same or less. As his servants, we have written a list of the Emperor's clothes to show him what he has in his wardrobe. We have also made crowns and made our own name labels and place cards for the Emperor's dinner party. In Phonics, we have been learning how to correctly write the letters i, n, m and d and in Whizzy Maths we have been looking at different 2D shapes and talking about their properties.
How you can help:
Essential skills to support your child's progress in Number are counting forwards and backwards in ones from 0 to 10 and 10 to 0 and then starting at different numbers; counting one object and saying one number name, moving each object to the side or putting in a line to be accurate and knowing the answers for double 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 - please encourage your child to work on these skills and understand the importance of being careful and accurate.
Just a reminder that you don't need to send the paper copy of your child's home learning into school – please upload an image of the completed task to Google Classroom. Thank you!
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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