Week Beginning 26.9.16

We hope you all had a good weekend and the children weren't too tired after their first week of full days!

This week we are reading the story 'A Squash and a Squeeze' as we are sticking with the Julia Donaldson theme. The children are also going to watch The Gruffalo and we are going to have a discussion about how it is similar or different to the book.

We are starting something called 'Marvellous Me' where we choose a child to be 'Marvelous Me' for the week. They get to wear a medal, sit in a special chair, be at the front of the line and take the register every day. We have a class discussion about what makes the child who has been chosen marvellous, this is to encourage positive self esteem and it helps to build confidence. All the children will get a turn at this throughout the year.

We are continuing to assess the children to see what stage they are at in EYFS. While we are doing this the children have free flow play both inside and in both classrooms.

There is an open afternoon on Thursday from 2:00 until 3:30 - this is a chance for you to drop into school and see the children in the classrooms or in the outside area. There is no 'work' as such to show you yet so it's just an informal afternoon where you can spend time in school and chat to the children and adults. Home time is the same as normal

Have a good week!

Week Beginning 19.9.16

Well done - we all made it through the first week of half days! It went remarkably well as first weeks go and the children all seemed to enjoy the week and were keen to come back!

All the children came round nicely on their own this morning and happily sat on the carpet ready to tell us what they were having for their lunch. Please remember to go through the lunch choices with your child so that they know what they are meant to be having. If it's vital that your child makes a certain choice on a particular day, please have a word with one of the adults in your child's class so that we get it right!

This week the story we are focussing on is The Gruffalo and the children are going to do their first piece of writing so that we can see what stage they are at.

We are starting dough disco this morning. This is an activity which helps to develop fine motor skills in preparation for writing. You will find out a little bit more about this at the parents' meetings - if you haven't signed up for one yet please see one of the adults in your child's class.

This week we are mainly assessing what stage your child is in all of the areas of the foundation stage. This is vital so that we can tailor our teaching to meet the children's needs. You will find out more about this at the parents' meetings

We will be doing some discussion times so that the children become more confident at speaking in their class and so that we are able to find out a bit more about them.

Please remember that we are available to talk to at the end of the day if you need us - just hang around until the children have been sent off to their parents so that we are free to chat.

We hope to have another good week!