AWARDS

Well done to our award winners this week!                                                                

Phonics

The children are settling well to phase 3 phonic sounds and  have enjoyed the learning the new sounds. Please keep sending in on Seesaw examples of the children practising their new sounds at home. They have had the chance to applying the new sounds in a word or as a part of a sentence. 

Practise the sounds we have learnt this week.

Sounds: ai, ee,igh, oo, ar, or.

Tricky words: and, was, they, she, you.

Reading

Please remember to read regular with your child, this term especially is important as we delve deeper into their phonetic knowledge for building reading and comprehension skills.

Also please can you ensure only one key ring is hanging from your child's book bag. This will help us fit them in the class box. Thank you.

Please send into school the reading book and reading record book each day as we hear the children read aswell. We change the books twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays. Books will only be changed if the reading record has been written in. If you have any questions please ask.

There has been some amazing reading happening thank you and the children have loved to see them. Take a photo of your child reading in the funniest of places. This will encourage the fun and excitement of bringing stories alive. I will then share them next week and in future with the children in class.

Maths

We have been learning to use the part, part whole method to develop our addition skills. We have explored identifying the parts and the whole of a number up to 10.

Literacy

This week we have continued to read the book 'Owl Babies', we have applied our knowledge about the story, it's plot, it's characters and the emotions reflected in the story.

Light and Dark

The children have been exploring light and dark. We have had a wonderful time finding out why light is so important.

 We also created a light in the darkness picture using paints and marbles.

Library Session 

We have continued to attend the school library on a Friday morning. The children will have the opportunity to choose and take home a book to read over the weekend. This book must be returned on the Thursday so we can change it the following Friday.

Please can we ask if you didn't return your child's book to send it in as soon as possible. A new book cannot be issued until returned.

Storytelling Week

Next week will be a fabulous opportunity to encourage and engage your child in reading for pleasure. Please see image for more information. Through the week different school members will be reading to different classes. I wonder who will be coming to Reception.

Safety in PE

We would like to remind all parents that for the safety of all children and following guidance from Chorley SSP, jewellery is not to be worn during PE. This includes earrings, bracelets and watches. All children will be asked to remove their jewellery at the start of every PE lesson. This will ensure their own safety during the lesson and the safety of others. If a child is unable to take out their own earrings, adults in school will not be able to do it for them. This will mean they will have to take another role in the lesson such as observing, coaching or officiating.

For this reason, if your child is not confident taking out earrings, please do not put them in on our PE days. This year, our PE lessons are on Monday and Friday, however we may also have extra lessons on other days throughout the year.

Thank you for your support in keeping our children safe.

Tennis Sessions

This is our Tennis lesson today and we had such fun learning how to control and strike a ball using a racket. 

End of Day Routine

• Children will only be allowed to go home with adults listed on the safeguarding form, unless school has been contacted to state otherwise. ​

• Children will be dismissed one at a time. Please let the adult on the gate know who you are picking up and they will then call the child.

• We kindly request that all children are dismissed prior to teachers/ Teaching Assistants being approached by parents. ​

• Should any child need to come back into the classroom, we will allow them back into the room after all of the children have been dismissed.​

Show and Tell!

Please send us a photo of your child's sharing their bedtime routine and their special bedtime storybook.

Please can we ask that children only bring in items/photos for show and tell based on what we have asked for on the blog.