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 4th May 2026
This week the children have listened to the not-so-well known story of Pinocchio. The moral of telling the truth has linked perfectly to this half-term's school value of Honesty and we have been discussing the consequences of not being honest.
In Maths we have been exploring 3D shapes and the children have been using the terminology of points, edges and faces to identify and describe spheres, cones, cylinders, pyramid, triangular prisms, cubes and cuboids. See what they can remember!
Our Personal Development Learning has continued around the theme of keeping ourselves safe and this week we thought about different scenarios, whether they were safe or not and how we can help ourselves to minimise risk and what to do if something unexpected happens.
In Art we have looked at portraits by different artists and focused on the work of Pablo Picasso. We thought about what we liked or didn't like about the art work and then made observational sketches of our own face before making ourselves into a piece of work in the style of Picasso. We also looked at different puppets and created our own spoon puppet!
How you can help:
Please do remember to try and complete your Maths Toolkits which contribute to the skills your child needs to achieve the Early Learning Goal at the end of the year.
Another skill to practise is getting your child to retell a story once it has been read. To begin with you could use their school reading book and they can retell each page using the pictures. Then they could try and make the retelling shorter by recalling just the key events.
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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