Head Teachers Award
WB: 5th October 2020
This week in Phonics we are learning the phonemes i, n, m and d. The children will learn the name of each letter and the sound that the letter makes. We will focus on the formation of each letter, starting at the top of each letter and keeping our pen/ pencil on the page until the letter is formed.
In Maths we are looking at comparing size, mass and capacity and comparing amounts. You could make towers of Lego of different amounts, find things of different sizes and containers that hold different amounts. Can you put them in order?
We will continue with our learning on Autumn, looking at the other seasons and talking about the changes and the differences between the seasons.
Don’t forget to read your reading book each day. This week you will have a picture book that you should talk about with a grown up. Try to use the pictures to tell the story. Can you retell the story without the picture? talk about what you liked and disliked about the story. Have you done what is in the story or what would you have done if you were the character?
Keep practising writing your name at home please.
Headteachers awards
WB: 28th September 2020
This week we have started to do some of our weekly learning. We have had lots of fun and have learned new sounds as well as exploring matching and sorting and have started to learn about the season of Autumn.
In Phonics we have learned the phonemes s, a, t and p. We have learned the letter name and the sound of the letter. We have identified items beginning with each letter and have formed each letter. Please practise writing these letters at home as you say the sound. You could write on paper, in paint, in flour, in shaving foam, in chalk inside or outside or any way you can think.
In Maths we have been matching items that are the same and have been sorting to different criteria such as colour, pattern or shape. Can you find different items at home that you can sort? Maybe you could go on an Autumn walk and collect some foliage – how can you sort them? Maybe colour of leaves, type of item etc.
From Next week all children will be coming home with a reading book on Monday. They are to keep this book at home and return to school on Friday so it can be quarantined over the weekend and a new book given the following week. Please go through the book several times and talk about what is happening. Model how to tell the story in a narrative if it is a picture book. There are lots of ideas at the front of the reading diary to help you. Please fill in the reading diary each time you hear your child read. They should read every day.
If you have any problems or would like to send a photo of any activities to your teacher please send to either:
Full Time Start
We would just like to remind you all that from Monday the children will come into school at the new times stated in the letter sent out this week. If you haven’t received the letter then please contact the school office or look below.
Can we also remind parents that they will be required to wear a face covering while on the school site from Monday.
Hello
We would all like to say a big welcome to all of our new Reception children. It has been lovely seeing you all on Zoom this week and we can’t wait to meet you all next week for your settling in sessions.
Children across the school have been back for three days now and it that time we have been able to identify some of the difficulties with drop off and collection for those families with more than one child attending school. From Monday the drop off and collection arrangements are changing for the rest of the school. Mrs Maude is currently looking at the drop off and collection arrangements for Reception and if there is going to be any changes she will email a letter to you. Please keep an eye on your emails over the next few days for any changes.
We all can’t wait to meet you all properly. Remember to bring a named bottle with only water in and if bringing a packed lunch make sure it is in a named disposable bag or lunchbox that can be cleaned. Please remember all paperwork for Tuesday.
The Reception Team
PE at Coundon… a few changes!
From September and in line with Government Guidance, we will be getting outside a lot more (in all sorts of weather conditions), this will include our PE lessons.
We will be asking the children to come into school on their PE days IN THEIR PE UNIFORM. (They will find out their PE days during the first week back). They will then stay in this for the day, so a change of clothes will not be needed in school. The main reason for this change is for safety reasons; it has been advised that we reduce the amount of belongings that are coming to and from each home and onto the school site.
For the older children, this change also comes about as there will be reduced space for them to change separately (boys and girls) due to them being in their class bubbles.
To make sure that the children are suitably dressed once the cooler weather sets in, we would like the children to have black jogging bottoms, a black hoody or sweatshirt and suitable outdoor footwear to wear alongside their usual white t-shirt and black shorts.
We thank you for your support with this.
Miss Kelly Perrett and Mrs Victoria Gray
Induction sessions and start date
Please find below the induction sessions for all of the new Reception children. These will last for two hours each day to give the children a chance to settle into their new environment and meet the staff following the school risk assessment. Unfortunately parents will not be able to accompany their child inside of the school building. Children to be brought to the main school office to enter that way. A member of staff will meet them at the door.
RHB
Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September 8.40am – 10.40 am and Wednesday 9th September and Friday 11th September 12.30pm – 2.30pm Azaan, Kiannah, Maimoonah, Lovia, Mason, Sarah, Emily-Jayne, Edward, Keira-Mai, Aizah, Luke, Tulisa.
Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September 12.30pm – 2.30 pm and Wednesday 9th September and Friday 11th September 8.40 am – 10.40 am. Jagroop, Palvit, Amrita, Lennox, Dominic, Lewis, George, Harrison, Elodie, Esme, Nova
RSP
Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September 8.50am – 10.50 am and Wednesday 9th September and Friday 11th September 12.40pm – 2.40pm. Kiann, Isabella, Miles, Jackson, Lucie, Ria, Pavan, Scarlett, Reggie, Jack,
Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September 12.40pm – 2.40 pm and Wednesday 9th September and Friday 11th September 8.50 am – 10.50 am Violet, Cassidy, Amir, Michael, Sofia, Amelia, Jay, Theo, Orla Wes, Orla Wet, Charlotte.
RMT
Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September 9.00am – 11.00 am and Wednesday 9th September and Friday 11th September 12.50pm – 2.50pm. Neyla, Preeya, Elliot, Kayla, Willow, Linthusan, Darcie, Ruby-Ann, Arlo, Amaia, Ronnie.
Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September 12.50pm – 2.50 pm and Wednesday 9th September and Friday 11th September 9.00 am – 11.00 am. Ivy, Huxley, Ben, Ayda, Jenna, Ella, Hugo, Ethan, Teddy, Sophie.
All children will start full time 5 days a week from Monday 14th September
RHB – 8.40 – 3.00
RSP – 8.50 – 3.10
RMT – 9.00 – 3.20
Please try to be prompt for drop off and collection and all start times for the school have been staggered to allow for limited mixing and to try and keep the amount of people passing and in contact with each other as minimal as possible.
Lunch to be provided in a disposable bag that can be thrown away or a plastic lunch box that can please be washed thoroughly each day. Please do not send in lunch bags. Reception children will not need any P.E kit till after Christmas.
We look forward to meeting you all. You should receive your zoom meeting invitation this week. If you havent received it by the end of the week please email your child’s class teacher
WELCOME
Welcome to Reception for all those children starting with us in September. We are all so excited to meet you. Sorry we haven’t got to meet you yet but hopefully we will get to chat with you and your parents before you start in September. Please find below some welcome messages from the Reception staff so that you can see our faces and find out a little about us.
Have a wonderful summer. To help when you start in Reception work with your grown up to learn how to dress yourself, how to open your lunch items, how to put your shoes on and how to go to the toilet by yourself. We will see you all soon for lots of fun!
Week commencing 13th July
Well done everyone for all your hard work with home schooling! We understand it has been difficult and times and are very appreciative of all your efforts. We urge you to continue with the home schooling in this final week.
We would like you to continue with the phonics scheme this week. Miss Plimmer’s, Miss Warsop’s and Mrs Hollingsworth’s groups should carry on with the Reception learning for the week beginning 22nd June.
Miss Jones’ and Mrs Johnson’s groups should continue with the Reception tab from the 18th May.
Mrs Towner’s group should follow the Year 1 tab for the 22nd June.
We have attached the Oxford reading link below also to continue reading as much as possible.
This week’s maths is based on the story ‘how many legs’. It has some really nice sorting and grouping activities to have a go at and also activities consolidating ‘more and less than’ concepts using tens frames. We have attached the story on Youtube too.
We have also attached the link to the maths games site ‘top marks’ for a fun way to practice some skills.
This week we would like you to focus on the transition from Reception to Year 1. The Cautious caterpillar story is attached and some activities that refer to the story to help aid discussion and hopefully ease any anxieties about starting Year 1.
Thank you for being a wonderful Reception Year group. We are very sad that we didn’t get to finish the year with you. Have a fantastic summer break. We will come and see you all when you are in year 1. Sending you all big virtual hugs.
Mrs Towner, Miss Warsop, Miss Jones, Mrs Johnson, Miss Plimmer and Mrs Hollingsworth X X X X X X X X X X X