Just a quick post to let you know about our topic for this week. Today the children have been on an autumn walk looking for signs of autumn around our school grounds. The children made lovely collections of conkers, leaves and acorns! We are also going to make bread in preparation for our harvest festival. The children have been busy learning 'Squeak boogie woogie' to sing to the rest of the school on Friday. We will also be drawing autumn leaves and colour mixing shades of orange. Phew! What a busy week we are going to have!
Thank you to all who have paid their snack money for this half term!
Don't forget the school photographer is coming on Thursday morning!
Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday and Wednesday evening.
Monday, 18 October 2010
Friday, 15 October 2010
Here Comes The Tiger!!
We have written our own book called `Here comes the tiger!". Tiger is so hungry in the jungle that he goes looking for an animal to eat. All the animals manage to fool tiger into not eating them.
Come and read our story and see our wonderful tiger pictures that we drew on the computer.
Come and read our story and see our wonderful tiger pictures that we drew on the computer.
Monday, 27 September 2010
Visit from a vet
We were very lucky to enjoy a visit from our vet's nurse. The children all sat and listened nicely as she told us all about her job, especially how she helps all the poorly animals. We also had some unexpected visitors when the nurse brought her pet hamsters in and Mrs Kinsey brought 'Tinsel' the rabbit in for an examination! We were also supplied with lots of equipment for our role play vet's surgery that has now been set up in our department. On behalf of all the children and staff we would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Wilkenson for teaching us all about her job. She has even promised to bring in a puppy when he is old enough for the children to see!
If you are interested in your child going to see 'Room On a Broom' then please send in the consent form as soon as possible.
Monday, 13 September 2010
Reception update
We have been busy planning our topic for this term 'Jaws, Paws and Claws'. We are keen to get as many visitors and real life experiences for the children as possible. If you have any interesting pets or have a specialised knowledge about a particular animal and would be willing to come and speak to some curious children, then please let me know.
We have invitied a veternary nurse to come and speak to the children and she has already donated some posters, bandages and x-rays which we will use in our role play vets surgery.
The children are very interested in jungle animals and want to know why crocodiles go under water. This is our challenge for this week's learning!
All children have settled well and are on their best behaviour and thank you to all who have paid their snack money.
We have noticed an increase in juice or squash being put in the children's water bottles. We have been advised by health officials that water is best for the children especially if they are drinking it at regular intervals throughout the day (lowers the risk of tooth decay and obesity).
As always, any problems or queries please come and see me.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Welcome back to school
Dear Parents/Carers,
Just a quick note to welcome you all back to school after the summer holidays and to remind you of a few things that you will need to bring to school for your child.
I was really impressed by how well the children lined up at the beginning of the school day and how independent they were at coming into class. We had a lovely day on Friday, all children contributing about what they did during the holidays and enjoying seeing their friends again after the break and also loving the fact that they are now the ‘big’ children in the department! I am going to spend the coming week getting to know the children as well as assessing their needs for targets over the coming term. Our topic this term is ‘Paws, Claws and Jaws’, which is an animal based topic. We will be commencing this on the week beginning 13th September. I will also be planning with the children this week, to see which view they would like to take on this topic e.g. pets, jungle animals, endangered animals etc. I will keep you informed on this.
Mrs O’Connell and Mrs Nurton will be our main Additional Practitioners this term, although your child may be working with other adults within the school from time to time.
Could you please provide a PE kit for your child ( t-shirt and shorts), in a bag that can be hung on their coat peg. Please ensure that all items, bag, t-shirt and shorts are clearly labelled with your child’s name, the same goes for all items of uniform.
As you are already aware, we use all the environment for learning, so could you please provide your child with a pair of wellies and appropriate clothing depending on the weather i.e. warm coat and hat as the weather gets colder.
We will also be continuing with our healthy morning snack. This consists of fruit, toast, cheese and crackers, bread sticks and cereal. Could you please send in a £2.50 contribution at the start of every half term to help fund this, it works out at less than 10p a day. The children also get a drink of milk.
I am really looking forward to working with your children over the coming year, as well as getting to know their families. I run an open door policy, so if you have any queries or concerns, please come and see me, a convenient time will be arranged as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Susan Drysdale
Just a quick note to welcome you all back to school after the summer holidays and to remind you of a few things that you will need to bring to school for your child.
I was really impressed by how well the children lined up at the beginning of the school day and how independent they were at coming into class. We had a lovely day on Friday, all children contributing about what they did during the holidays and enjoying seeing their friends again after the break and also loving the fact that they are now the ‘big’ children in the department! I am going to spend the coming week getting to know the children as well as assessing their needs for targets over the coming term. Our topic this term is ‘Paws, Claws and Jaws’, which is an animal based topic. We will be commencing this on the week beginning 13th September. I will also be planning with the children this week, to see which view they would like to take on this topic e.g. pets, jungle animals, endangered animals etc. I will keep you informed on this.
Mrs O’Connell and Mrs Nurton will be our main Additional Practitioners this term, although your child may be working with other adults within the school from time to time.
Could you please provide a PE kit for your child ( t-shirt and shorts), in a bag that can be hung on their coat peg. Please ensure that all items, bag, t-shirt and shorts are clearly labelled with your child’s name, the same goes for all items of uniform.
As you are already aware, we use all the environment for learning, so could you please provide your child with a pair of wellies and appropriate clothing depending on the weather i.e. warm coat and hat as the weather gets colder.
We will also be continuing with our healthy morning snack. This consists of fruit, toast, cheese and crackers, bread sticks and cereal. Could you please send in a £2.50 contribution at the start of every half term to help fund this, it works out at less than 10p a day. The children also get a drink of milk.
I am really looking forward to working with your children over the coming year, as well as getting to know their families. I run an open door policy, so if you have any queries or concerns, please come and see me, a convenient time will be arranged as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Susan Drysdale
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
It's hot, hot, hot!
I have been asked by several parents about applying suncream. We have been advised not to do this, so we suggest that you apply a long lasting protection cream to your child during the summer months. If your child has exceptional circumstances then please come and see me and we will come to some arrangement. As the hot weather continues, it is important to provide your child with a sun hat and water bottle to keep the children hydrated.
Thank you for providing the children with trainers for sports day practise. The sprint is going well and we will be working on our obstacle course later on in the week. I will let you know about your child's team colour soon as it is nice if the children could wear something of their house colour on the day.
Thank you for providing the children with trainers for sports day practise. The sprint is going well and we will be working on our obstacle course later on in the week. I will let you know about your child's team colour soon as it is nice if the children could wear something of their house colour on the day.
Sunday, 13 June 2010
The children are enjoying the start of our topic 'All about me'. They are developing an interest into the functioning of the human body and many can name the main internal organs! We made 'Mr Skellybones'last week who is on display, proudly showing his bones and organs for all to see! It would be wonderful if we could have a medic of some description to come and talk to the children about their job (e.g. a doctor, nurse, paramedic etc), if you know someone who will be willing to spend some time with some curious children then please let us know. The children also enjoyed a healthy cheese and lettuce sandwich at snack time, delicious lettuce from our school garden! Some were brave enough to taste radish!
We will be looking at ways of recording information about ourselves this week e.g. producing simple graphs to show eye and hair colour. We will be using a simple computer programme to do this. Could I also thank those parents who have brought in baby photos of their children for a class book, I have just dug mine out of the attic which will no doubt amuse the children!
Could I please ask for the children's sound books in for undating. I am also on the lookout for the board game 'Operation', if anyone has one that they want to get rid of or are willing for us to borrow, then please let me know.
We will be looking at ways of recording information about ourselves this week e.g. producing simple graphs to show eye and hair colour. We will be using a simple computer programme to do this. Could I also thank those parents who have brought in baby photos of their children for a class book, I have just dug mine out of the attic which will no doubt amuse the children!
Could I please ask for the children's sound books in for undating. I am also on the lookout for the board game 'Operation', if anyone has one that they want to get rid of or are willing for us to borrow, then please let me know.
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