Your class teacher is: Miss Ellams. 

Class teacher Miss Owens will also be visiting us throughout the week. 

Your class teaching assistant is: Mrs McHale and Mrs Collings.  

A warm welcome to our childen and parents. We hope you have had a super summer break. We look forward to welcoming all nursery and reception children to school on Monday 5th September. 

Autumn One: Should Goldilocks say sorry?

During our first half term at school we will be exploring many intriguing fairy tales. During this unit of work, we will be designing a new chair for Baby Bear, comparing and contrasting characters from different faiy tales and constructing maps of the different journeys that characters take. We will also be exploring a variety of fairy tales through our musical movement sessions each Tuesday morning. 

Reception children will be starting phonics as soon as they arrive in school. As a school we follow the  'Read, Write, Inc.' phonics programme. This half term will focus on the learning of single sounds. 

Our class text for our English unit of work is 'The Gingerbread Man' written by Mara Alperin- a firm favourite down in early years!

In maths, children will be mastering the numbers 1-3. They will be working on their counting skills and working hard on their 1:1 correspondence. They will start to subitise small amounts and will also be exploring shapes, pattern and capacity. 

Please see the topic map below for a more in depth coverage of the whole curriculum. 

Key Information 

• PE will take place on a Monday afternoon each week. Please ensure your child has the correct kit available in school. Please write your child's name in all of their kit. 
• Your child's teacher will be reading with your child on a daily basis. Please ensure you are reading daily with your child at home and signing their reading diary. Book bags and reading books need to be brought to school each day. Reading books and reading for pleasure books are changed every Friday. 
  
  
• Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school each day. 
• Homework for reception children will be set on a Monday and will need to be returned by Friday.
• STAY AND LEARN   We love to share your child's learning with you. You are invited to join us in school every Thursday morning to come and join in with a range of activities with your child. Not just parents- grandparents, aunties, uncles, older brothers and sisters are all welcome if parents are unable to attend. 

Class Trips

Autumn One- Visit to School

Thursday 20th October

The children will be taking part in a StoryBarn 'on the road' workshop. 

Price of visit: £4.50 per child. 

Autumn Two- Class Trip 

Thursday 17th November

The children will be going on a trip to Chester Zoo. 

Price of trip: £10 per child (Please note there may be an additional charge for transport).  

Useful Websites

Top Marks Maths: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting 

Phonics Play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ 

Numberblocks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks 

Alphablocks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01cz0p1/alphablocks 

Oxford Owl: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/