Miss Macaulay works 3 days a week
Mrs Bowditch works 3 days a week
Miss Crimp works 3 days a week (currently on Maternity Leave)
Teaching Assistants
In our
class we have Mrs Bullock who helps to support the children and works every day.
Water bottles & dinners
The
children need to bring in a labelled water bottle. This will be sent home to
be cleaned and refilled each day.
As many children will be have hot dinners with us, we practise using a knife
and fork in our playdoh and messy play and would very much appreciate it if you
could continue to practise this at home
Wellies & clothing
We make
use of the outside area and the field, and it would be very helpful if children
could bring in a pair of named wellies to
leave in school as the field can get muddy. We also ask for all children's
clothes to be named as it helps us if anything goes missing! .
Bookbags
Please bring book bags in each
day so we can hear the children read, pass on any paper communication and the
children can share work they have done during the day. Most school letters are
shared through text message links and on our school website. If you require
messages to be sent to parents who do not live in the same household please
contact the office
PE kits
The children will have PE sessions twice a week, these are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. PE sessions will be both outside and inside.
On a Tuesday, please send your child to school wearing their PE kit. Please refer to the PE letter for more
information about PE kits. We appreciate that getting changed is tricky, but we
do encourage the children to begin to get changed independently, so practising
at home will help this run more smoothly.
Reading
with the Children
Each week the children will bring home a decodable reading book (with words that can be sounded out) as well as a story from our class library. We give the children decodable books so that they can practise their phonics skills and the same book is read 3 times at home so that the children can read the book aloud confidently. We will begin by sending a book home without words for you to share together. The library book is for you to read and enjoy with your child. These books are changed weekly. Please write in the reading record to acknowledge when your child has read at home. The children receive raffle tickets for reading 5 times a week. The raffle is drawn at the end of each half term and one child from each class will receive a prize!
Phonics
This video will help you help your child with producing some of the trickier letters and sounds Phonics Phase 4 Video
Home time
Sending the children home is a busy time of the
day, please make yourself obvious to the teacher as we do not dismiss the
children until both child and teacher have seen you. This will also help to
speed up the process. Also please inform us of any changes in home time routine
as we are unable to send your child home without prior knowledge of change.