Friday 17th October

We cannot believe that we only have one week left of Term 1! Where has the time gone? We have had another exciting week at school and have begun a new activity called 'Squiggle While You Wiggle'. This is a fun, active session which focuses on making big body movements (such as up and down, side to side) with fabric to mimic letter writing. The children have thoroughly enjoyed Squiggle!

In Phonics our next 4 sounds have been h, b, f and l. In Maths we have been looking at repeating patterns and one more and one less. As part of our topic we have been looking at body parts and what they do! Please see the slideshow below for some pictures of the fun we've been having this week!

As a reminder, parent consultations are now live via Arbor. Please ensure you have booked a meeting with your child's class teaching to discuss how they settled at school and an update on their progress. If you cannot attend, please speak to a member of the EYFS team and we will work together to find an alternative.

Next week has some key dates to remember:

Tuesday - parent consultations evening 1

Wednesday - individual professional school photos

Thursday - last day of term, early reading phonics workshop pyjama day (please donate some chocolate for our Christmas fair) and parent consultation evening 2

Friday - we are not in school on Friday as this is a staff INSET day.

Have a lovely weekend.

The EYFS Team

Friday 10th October

This week we have been reading the story 'Pumpkin Soup', which is a lovely story about sharing and being kind friends. It has also lead nicely to discuss the season we have just entered, Autumn. Some of our afternoon sessions have been spent in the wooded area, observing and collecting autumnal objects such as acorns and conkers. We have created some autumnal art to support our learning. Please see the pictures below for an insight to our learning this week.

Our sounds in Phonics this week have been ck, e, u and r and we have been recapping all of Phase 2 sounds in our 'Colour Splat' game. In Maths we have started looking at patterns such as spotty, stripes, flowery and have been noticing these patterns in our environment!

Some parents/carers have been asking about phonics reading books. To clarify, phonics books will be changed once the book has been read (and recorded in the reading record) 3 times. We check reading records twice a week and will change once the book has been read 3 times. Library books will be changed once a week. Please keep both phonics and library books in your child's bookbag all week. Sorry for the confusion this has caused. 

Thank you for your continued support and we wish you a restful weekend.

The EYFS Team

Friday 3rd October 

This week our Drawing Club focus was on 'The Three Little Pigs'. Owls and Hedgehogs have been busy creating their own paper plate pigs and have been retelling the story using puppets and story spoons. We have also been constructing our own houses for the big bad wolf to try and blow down!

In maths we have been comparing size, using words such as big, medium and small to differentiate between the size of objects. Our phonics sounds this week have been g, o, c and k. We have also been creating some autumnal artwork ready to go on display too and will be creating even more next week! Please see the photos below for a summary of our learning this week.

We were so impressed with all of the children during the Church service and the walk back to school. A really big well done for walking so sensibly and sitting so well for the Harvest service. We hope you enjoyed listening to our Harvest song.

Next week we will be reading to story 'Pumpkin Soup' as part of our topic, All About Me. This is a lovely story all about friendships and will allow us to discuss the new friendships the children have made at school. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

The EYFS Team

Friday 26th September

What a wonderful week of learning! This week we started Drawing Club which the children really enjoyed! We had a go at creating our own colour monsters and making them do some really silly things with our codes! Our Drawing Club book next week is 'The Three Little Pigs".

In Maths we have been looking at sorting and creating sets. Next week we will be explore capacity! Please see some of the pictures for an insight into our learning this week!

We have also been busy practising our song for our Harvest festival on Thursday 2nd October. We would love to see you all there! Your children will need to be dropped off at All Saints Church between 8:45-55 and then their Year 6 buddy will walk them back to school.

We have updated the 'Home Learning' section of our newsletter with the parent newsletter from our phonics scheme, Supersonic Phonic Friends. This is to inform you of the sounds and words we have been learning at school. As a challenge, can you see if your child can say the sounds?

Other ways to help your child at home, especially as we enter the colder seasons, is to ensure they can put on their own coat and do the zip up independently. 

We wish you a restful weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Friday 19th September

Welcome to our first full week newsletter update! We are so proud of how well the children have settled and cannot wait to share some of our learning this week.

This week some of our challenges have been:

Literacy: listening to stories and recalling what has happened

Maths: learning how to match objects and sorting objects into different categories.

Phonics: learning the sounds s, a, t and p.

Fine motor: using a knife and fork to cut up playdough dinners, using tweezers to sort and match pom poms.

Gross motor: exploring our bikes, trikes, sports trolley equipment and large scale construction blocks.

Please view the photos below to see some more amazing learning!

The children have been exploring our environments during Discovery Time (child-led learning). We have had great fun making boats out of the large wooden blocks to take us to France and South America! We have also explored our middle area where some children have been junk modelling and making birthday cake crafts! 

On Friday afternoon we met our Year 6 buddies and had a lovely time together, sharing stories and learning about each other.

Next week, we will begin Drawing Club as part of our Literacy curriculum and our first story is 'The Colour Monster'. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

The EYFS Team

Friday 12th September

Welcome to the Early Years newsletter! Here we post updates about the learning we have done at school, alongside some photos for you to look at! We also post reminders and important dates, so please make sure to check back regularly!

This week the children have made an excellent start to school! They have been enjoying exploring all of our learning areas and have been showing us how fabulous they are at tidying! We have enjoyed sharing our 'All About Me' boxes as a class, meeting our class pets (Hetty and Owlee), as well as exploring paint, playdoh, skittles, footballs, lego and so much more!

Each child has now been sent home with their first picture book and reading record. Please ensure these are kept inside the bookbags as we will be changing them weekly. 

We hope your children have had a great first few days at school. We look forward to welcoming them back on Monday.

Have a restful weekend,

The EYFS Team