Class Assembly

Just a reminder that our first Class Assembly will be on Friday 16th November at 9.20am.  We look forward to seeing many of you there.

Holiday!

We hope that you all have a safe and happy half-term and look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 5th November.

Have fun and enjoy!

Handwriting

We have sent home the next two handwriting booklets.  These cover g  o  c   k   e   u   r. Please encourage your children to practice these as much as possible!  Thank you.

Tesco Trip

On Monday we had a really succesful trip to Tesco's.  We saw how the bread was made, how the jam was put in doughnuts, where the food was kept before it went on the shelves.  We all had a drink and a doughnut for snack which was yummy! 

We then all became checkout operators having a go at scanning the goods through the tills which was great fun.

We'd like to thank all the parents who volunteered to come with us as without your help we couldn't do these trips.

We would also like to thank Tesco for allowing the children to visit.

SCHOOL NURSE TOMORROW

The School Nurse will be running a drop in from 8:45am tomorrow morning (Monday 22nd October). Want to know more about what the School Nurse does please see this useful web link from Dorset HealthCare University NHS Trust: http://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/services/children-and-families/school-nursing-dorset.htm

Copy of the letter from Parents Evening re Tricky Words

Dear Parents.

Tricky words are words that cannot be sounded out and blended together. We teach the children that these are words that we just need to learn by sight. I suggest you put these words on the fridge and keep reading them. When you think they have got it, move the position of the words on the fridge or put them round the doors in the house.

You can also teach your child to write these words too. This is another good way to remember, as it involves “doing” and is a powerful tool for learning. Writing them will also contribute to their writing skills.

I always appreciate your help with these core skills of learning. It will help your child to progress further quicker with “parent power” behind them.

Could I also ask you to consider purchasing a cursive writing board, perhaps as a Christmas present. Although I send out booklets, really the children need continual practice at this difficult skill. Again it will help them to embed writing skills quicker, if they are confident about having ago at writing the letters. 

This is the writing target for mid June when assessments are sent to the government.

ELG: Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some tricky common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.

This is a very high level of attainment and not all children will achieve this, however with your help we can do it together.

Thank you for your support.

Reading and phonically blending words also continues to be a high priority as well so please continue in this learning to. As you can see the two come together as one target by the end of the year.

Thank you for your support.

Wendy Birbeck

Reminder!

Please note that Friday 26th if a Staff Training Day so the school will be closed.

Sounds and Letters

So far this term we have been learning the following sounds:

s   a   t   p   i   n   g  o  c  k   ck

We are also going to be thinking about the following tricky words:

I    no    go    to     into

Please encourage your child to think about these sounds and words at every possible opportunity.  Thank you for your continued support.

Trip to Tesco

Don't forget that on Monday morning (22nd) we shall be walking to Tesco for what we hope will be a fantastic and informative trip!  The community manager came to tell us what we shall be seeing and it sounds great! 

Tesco's have asked us if they can use some photos of our trip on the Community Board and unless we hear otherwise we will assume that your child's image can be used for this purpose.

Thanks to all the parents who have volunteered to help us on the day, your help is greatly appreciated.

Outside Classroom

The children have been making the most of the weather between the rain by using our outside classroom.  You may have noticed the stack of milk crates and various pieces of guttering strewn about, the children have been constructing some wonderful structures out of this along with bits of wood and any other junk we can find.   They have been showing some great imaginative play, a few budding foremen we think!

Parents Evenings

Thank you to all the parents who came along to our first Parents Evenings in Reception.  We hope that you found it helpful and you now have an insight into what's happening in our classroom.

Thank you for all the positive comments and we are so pleased to hear that your children want to come into school even on a Saturday and Sunday! 

POWSA Blog - Non ICT Day

I have this little sister Lola, she is small and very funny.  Next Wednesday (the 24^th of October) will be a non-ICT day.  That means all the children, including Lola and all the teachers cannot use computers or other technology in school! There will be no blogging, no typing, no googling, no surfing. There will certainly be no interactive white boarding, no tweeting, no ipadding, no videoing and certainly no tomatoes! Lola is looking forward to catching out her teachers, if they use some ICT, they have to pay a 50p fine!  Hopefully all the children will help Lola and raise funds for the school. Thank you - Charlie (and the POWSA Committee) - PS donations to POWSA for school equipment will be welcomed (as always!!)

POWSA Blog - Book Fair!

Just a quick reminder that the scholastic book fair starts today.  The books are available to browse by both children and parents after school Wed-Mon and at the parents evening tonight. Why not stock up on a few Christmas presents, or introduce your kids to another fantastic author? Once our target has been reached, the school receive 60% of the profit back to spend on books for school.  This has proven a very profitable venture in the past and we hope to replicate the success again this year!

Class Assembly

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY..........

Dont miss our class assembly

Friday 16th November

9.20am

Farm Trip

Many thanks to the parents and grandparents that helped on the farm trip we had a fantastic trip.

Thank you

Learning

The children are learning the sounds

's  a  t  p  i  n'

blending simple cvc words such as

pin    pat   tap  etc

please help your child at home with this

Thank you 

Learning Journal

Friday 12th October

The childrens Learning Journal will be out in the classroom for you to look at and see how much work they have done and the progress they are making.

Could we ask that you only look at YOUR childs Learning Journal .

Thank you

Tescos!!

On the 22nd October we will be taking the children to Tescos (not to help Mrs Birbeck with her weekly shop!!!)

We are hoping to go behind the scenes of a supermarket so the children can see how the food just appears on the shelves!!

We will need alot of parent helpers on this day as we will be walking.

Please see a member of Reception Team if you can help

Thank you

Parent consultation times

Please see on the Parent Board outside the classroom the dates and times for the Parent Consultation evenings.

This is a time for you to come in and speak to
Mrs Birbeck and the Reception Team about your childs progress.

Thank you

Reception Team

Harvest Assembly

We hope you all enjoyed the Harvest Assembly this morning.

A big thank you for all the food that the children brought in .

It was a lovely assembly and the children worked hard and we hope you agree that Reception stole the show!!!!

School Website

Dear Parents

We have set up some links on our school website for your children to access at home.

To do this:

• Log on to the school website
• Look for the yellow box marked Pupil Links
• Click on the box for Reception
• Pick one of the boxes, eg Games, Maths, Literacy
• And have fun!!!!

Thank you for supporting your childs learning

Reception Team

Travel to school forms

To those parents who have not yet returned the 'travel to school forms'

The information is important to us and we do need the forms back , if you are not sure if you have returned the form please see Miss Bates in the office.

Thank you

Harvest Assembly

Dont forget our Harvest Assembly

9.10am in the Hall

Hope to see you there

Farm Trip

Please dont forget our farm trip tommorow.

The children will need wellies, rain coat drink and snack in a bag to carry on their back.

We will be back in time for lunch

Fingers crossed for no rain!!!!!