Welcome to Pinocchio Class – Reception Year.
Named after Pinocchio (and exploring the value of TRUTH)– a wooden puppet/ boy from the 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1883 Italian children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The plot involves an old Italian woodcarver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio. The puppet is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be “brave, truthful, and unselfish”
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What a busy and exciting week we have ahead of us! This week we will be welcoming a mother, baby and nurse visiting our class as we will be looking at how we have changed and will change over time.
The children are really looking forward to our trip to Nettlecombe Farm. Please ensure you have returned your child’s permission slip to the office. We are hoping for good weather on Thursday! The children will need to wear sensible clothing (not school uniform). I would recommend that pupils wear trainers and dress in an appropriate way for the weather on the day. They will need sun cream to be put on before school. Please provide your child with a sun hat and a raincoat in case the weather is variable. Please remember drinks and packed lunches. If you have ordered a school packed lunch you will still need to provide your child with a drink. Please pack a light coat, sun hat, bottle of water and packed lunch or space for the pre-ordered lunch in a backpack that your child will carry.
On Thursday please drop off your child as usual to school at 9am and collect your child from school at 2.45pm. We will walk to Nettlecombe Farm and then transfer the children back to school a group at a time on our school minibus. Thank you.
On Tuesday 13th July your child’s Tapestry account will be closing . Please ensure you have added any parental contributions or comments you may like to have by then. More details will follow about how you can save your child’s journal. Thank you.
Stikins name labels
Easy to apply labels, no sewing or ironing. Just stick them on clothing labels, shoes, lunch boxes, water bottles, books, the list is endless!
Every order will generate funds of 30% commission directly to FONS!
To place an order, visit – www.stikins.co.uk or call 01270 668076
Please remember to quote School fundraising number 14399 when ordering.
Thank you!
Please feel free to discuss any questions with Mrs.Tapper, Mrs. Reddecliff or Mrs. Nugent.
Information for Lacey Class – Reception 2020
Dear Parents,
Congratulations for a fantastic start to school! The children have amazed us already and we are very excited about the year ahead. We are delighted with how well prepared the children are.
Thank you for your support with all the stay and play visits and the timetable of half days. We feel it has been very beneficial.
The EYFS
Children in Reception continue the learning journey that they began in Pre-School and at home with you. They follow the EYFS (Early Years and Foundation Stage) Curriculum, which is designed to help children develop from birth until they go into Year One at School.
What do the children do?
Just as in Pre-School, the day at school is broken into different parts. During some of the day, your child can choose what they would like to do and some of the day will require your child to work with an adult.
What do the adults do?
Staff at school play alongside your child and help to teach them the next step in their learning. They also demonstrate and model things to small groups or the whole class and set up games or activities to practise the key skills they need to learn.
Staff at school observe your children daily in lots of different activities – some chosen by themselves and some which are taught or guided by adults. The information that the observations tell us enable us to plan for the next steps in your child’s learning.
Autumn Term Topics
This term is all about settling into school and joining in with the routines of the school day. The children will begin to learn the key sounds that letters make and how to write them and how to recognise, count and write numbers to 10. If your child already knows these, we will adapt what they need to be taught to help them learn the next steps in their learning journey. The Reception Curriculum is focussed on individual learning through play and challenge and we aim to provide opportunities to ensure that all children make great progress.
The topic for this term in Reception is ‘Into the Woods’. We will be looking at lots of Traditional Tales and songs, including: Little Red Riding Hood, The Enormous Turnip, Ten Green Bottles, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs. We will also do topics about the festivals of Divali and Christmas and learn about the Seasons of the Year. Learning in Reception is very much led by your child’s interests, so we might deviate from this list if we need to!
What does your child need every day?
- Water bottle
- Fruit (1 piece of named fruit provided by you if you wish your child to have two portions of fruit a day)
- Weather appropriate clothing (sun hat/warm hat/raincoat – bear in mind the changeable weather that we have in England and that your child may spend up to half the day outside)
- Welly boots and wet weather gear
- Reading folder
PE
PE lessons will be on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please make sure your child is wearing their PE kit when they come in to school on these days.
Labels
Please clearly label all your child’s belongings so we can return them to you quickly if they get lost!
STIKINS labels are great and by purchasing them, you raise money for our school too. Click here and enter school fundraising number 14399 when ordering. Theses labels stick to everything!
Spare Clothes
Most children have the odd ‘wetting’ accident in school at some point. If you think your child is likely to have frequent accidents, please put a spare set of ‘bottoms’ (including socks or tights) in their bag. If your child borrows some spare clothes from school, please return them as soon as possible (nice and clean please!)
Messy Play
Learning through play can be a messy experience – so please be prepared for this!
Reading Books
Your child has been given a book bag so they can choose a new book each morning from the book box. When we feel they are ready we will start giving them a book to practise their reading skills with a reading diary. They may also receive Games or Activities to support their learning in School. Please support them as much as you can.
Check your Book Bag
Please check your child’s Reading Folder each day for letters. If your child has had an ‘accident’, there may also be some wet clothing in their bag. Please wash and return as soon as possible.
School Toys.
Small children like to bring small toys from school home in their pockets – if this happens please could you return them and talk to your child about who they belong to. Please can you help us by not sending any toys in from home unless you are informed that it is okay for your child to do so.
Mrs. Reddecliff and Mrs. Wickens
Teachers are given time for planning, preparation and assessment each week and as you may be aware, Mrs Tapper is out of class on Friday. In order to cause the least disruption to the children each Friday Mrs. Reddecliff will be teaching the class. When Mrs. Nugent is unavailable on Wednesday Mrs. Wickens will be the class TA.
Tapestry
Children often do things at home that they wouldn’t perhaps do at school, (and vice versa). We need you to share with us the special things that they are able to do, so that we can build up a really accurate picture of your child. We use Tapestry to share evidence of your child’s learning at school with you – we love it when you share their learning at home with us. Please have a go at logging in so that we can sort out any issues for you.
Helpers
In Reception we appreciate any offer of help, no matter how small. You could help us by:
- Sharpening pencils
- Sharing stories/hearing children read
- Playing games/cooking
- Helping with woodwork
- Cleaning/sorting out indoor and outdoor Play equipment.
- Coming in to school to talk to the children about something that you do
- Coming with us for trips out of school
Your junk….our treasure!
Small children are like magpies…everything shiny or new to them is exciting. If you have any unwanted ribbons/envelopes/stickers/glitter/flower petals/nuts and bolts/guttering/wrapping paper rolls/small cardboard boxes/enormous boxes/carpet rolls/treated and sanded planks/ropes/shells/stones…….etc your children would love to play with it! We are always extremely happy to receive donations of the above.
Spare or out of date lentils?
If you are going through your kitchen cupboards and find any spare or out of date:
- Flour
- Bicarb of soda/baking powder/cream of tartar
- Oil
- Lentils/dried beans
- Cake decorations
- Vinegar
- Cornflour
- Washing up liquid/shampoo/conditioner
- Baby bubble bath
- Clear pickling vinegar
- Salt
If you wish to donate any of the above items to school, they will be very gratefully received. We make playdough and potions regularly and need lots of ingredients! It doesn’t matter if they are not edible.
Key Children
Each week, we will be focusing our observations on 5 or 6 particular children. We will use this as an opportunity to find out as much about the child and their development and plan for their next steps. If you have any questions, concerns or just want to have a chat about your child- please telephone or email the school or catch Mrs. Tapper at the end of the day. We also have termly Parents Evenings to discuss your child’s development.
Thank you for your support and for taking the time to read this lengthy letter!
Best wishes
Louise Tapper
EYFS Leader
PS If you haven’t taken your child’s birth certificate to the office, please do so at your earliest opportunity.
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