Dear Parents                                                                                                                           29.10.18

The children and staff of St Peters are very sad to see Mrs Light go this week. It will be very strange not to have her in Early Years after such a long time being at the centre of it. She has been a much loved teacher to all those that have been through seahorse class and her vibrancy and enthusiasm will be missed by us all. We wish her well in her next adventure.

Next week we will be learning…

Maths: In maths this week we will be thinking about estimating or ‘guessing’! We will be asking the children to estimate how many of something there is and then counting to find out. Can they find the numeral to match?

Literacy: In literacy this week we will be introducing the children to our new pirate theme by reading stories about pirates and writing labels to go in our role play areas. We will also be focusing on children writing their names. If you could practise this with your child at home that would be great. Remember to encourage using our non-cursive lowercase script.

Phonics: Next week we will be looking at the sounds ‘g,o,c and k’, learning the synthetic sound and the matching grapheme (written letter).

Some useful information!

• A parents meeting about phonics will take place at30 on Tuesday 20^th November. Please come along so that you can hear how we will be teaching phonics in the coming weeks.
• We will be going to the library on 21^st November. We would be really grateful for some parent helpers. There is lots of time to get your DBS check if you would like to support us. Please go and see the office to discuss it with them. Thank you to all those of you who have already returned this paperwork.
• Please remember to return any news orders for photos and Christmas card pictures and orders as soon as possible.
• Please let us know as soon as possible if you have still not received the Tapestry notification. We would really like to move over to this form of communication after half term. Thank you for you cooperation. This will be our last letter in the book bags/via parent mail before they are sent out every week only on the blog or Tapestry.
• The PE kits have been sent home to you. Please return washed PE kits on the first day of the new half term.
• We welcome Miss Deacon to Seahorses after half term. Please help us in making her feel welcome!

Happy half term to you all and we look forward to seeing you all on the 29^th October.

Thank you

The Early Years team

Dear Parents                                                                                                                12.10.18

Next week we will be learning…

Maths: we are using cooking as a hook for maths, looking at capacity and the language which goes with it such as ‘full’, ‘empty’ and ‘half-full’. We will be making (and eating) porridge with the children!

Literacy: In literacy we will be developing our ideas of the structure of story and sequencing from last week. We will be getting the children to develop their own stories, thinking of beginning, middle and end of the story as well as character and setting. See if your child can make up their own stories at home. We will be scribing the story for them and then acting some of them out!

Phonics: Next week we will be looking at the sounds ‘i,n,m and d’, learning the synthetic sound and actions to go with them. We hope that you have found the action sheet and sound cards useful in supporting your child at home. We are also sending home handwriting sheets. Don’t worry if your child is not yet ready for these. They act as a guide for you as to how we will be teaching the children to write the letters and for those who are ready/want to have a go!

Some useful information!!

• A parents meeting about phonics will take place at30 on Tuesday 20^th November. Please come along so that you can hear how we will be teaching phonics in the coming weeks.
• We will be going to the library on 21^st November. Please see the letter enclosed. We would be really grateful for some parent helpers. There is lots of time to get your DBS check if you would like to support us. Please go and see the office to discuss it with them.
• Please remember to return any news orders for photos and Christmas card pictures and orders as soon as possible.
• Please let us know as soon as possible if you have still not received the Tapestry notification. We would really like to move over to this form of communication after half term. Thank you for you cooperation.

Thank you

The Early Years team

Dear Parents                                                                                                                05.10.18

Next week we will be learning….

Maths: In maths next week we will be focusing on 2D shape. We will be talking about the different properties of the shapes e.g how many straight or curved sides or points each shape has and their names. We will be making pictures from shapes etc. To support this learning we will be making sandwiches and cutting them into rectangles, squares, circles and triangles. If there is anything we need to know re allergies that you have not already told us please let us know. We will be using dairy free spread, jam or marmite with a  choice of white or brown bread.

Literacy: In literacy we will be looking at sequencing, linking to this weeks ‘Going on a bear hunt’ story and to this weeks maths theme of making a sandwich. What did we do first, next and last? How about making some sandwiches at home and talking to the children about the shapes and sequence of actions?

Phonics: Next week we will be starting to learn the letter sounds. In the welcome meeting we will talk a little more about this. We will be looking at the sounds ‘s,a,t and p’, learning the synthetic sound and actions to go with them. The children will come home with the sounds we are learning in an A5 wallet so that you can support them in what they are learning in school, and this will be added to each week.

Some useful information!!

• As a reminder the welcome meeting for parents is on Monday 8^th Miss Deacon, the new teacher for Seahorses class is looking forward to meeting you all.
• A parents meeting about phonics will take place at30 on Monday 8^th October. Please come along so that you can hear how we will be teaching phonics in the coming weeks.
• Please can we remind you that the school has a no nuts policy as we have some severely allergic children and staff. Thank you for your cooperation.
• You may be interested to know that you can organise a birthday lunch for your child at school. The catering staff serve pizza and ice cream or similar and your child can invite 7 friends to share the lunch at a specially laid table. Please enquire at the office if you are interested.

Thank you

The Early Years team