Welcome Early Years Unit Autumn Term 2019
THE EARLY YEARS TEAM • Mrs Buck ckle ley y Teacher • Miss s Hint nton Early Years Practitioner (full time) • Miss s Clark arke e (Miss ss Katy ty) Early Years Practitioner (mornings only) • Mrs Allnu nut Volunteer helper (Mondays only) • Mrs Gooch Principal (Teaching Wednesday mornings)
CLASS ORGANISATION We currently have 31 children in the Early Years Unit. • 21 children in Reception and • 10 children in Nursery (this number will hopefully increase as the year goes by), 5 of whom are entitled to the 30 hours funding and so join the Reception children in the afternoon. Miss Hinton & Miss Katy will each have a key group of 5 nursery children and take the lead in Nursery on alternate weeks.
START OF THE DAY • Gates and classroom doors open at 8.30am. • Children in Nursery come in and settle to an activity • Children in Reception need to put their things away and complete their ‘Start of the Day Activity’ • Registration will be at 8.40 – 8.45am (we ask all parents to leave before this time – if doors are opening and closing we can’t ensure the safety of the children in class) • If you arrive after this time and the gate has been shut you must go to the main reception for your child to be signed in.
NURSERY ROUTINE • Free choice of activi vities ties in Nurser ery y classroom for about 30 minutes • Doors open to Recepti tion on and outdoor r area ea at about 9.15am to provide a broader selection of activities. • Snack of ‘Fruit or vegetable of the Day’ along with a drink of milk or water. • Tidy-up Time me at about 11am – when we ask the children to ‘ put things back where they belong ’ • Sho hort t focused ed acti tivity ity (Circle time / Dough Disco / Jigsaw / Show & Tell) then maybe a story or some singing before getting ready to go home / go to lunch.
RECEPTION ROUTINE • Narrativ rative e Activit tivity y – based on a book of the week • Whole group input / discussion • Writing activity in small groups • Continuous s Prov ovisi ision (free choice of activities in Reception Nursery & outside) • Snack – as for nursery, available during most of the morning • Tidy dy up – Put things back where they belong • Phonic ics s – a different letter each day, will keep recapping letters • Lunch - in hall, then playtime on big playground with Year 1 • Maths - focused teach and maths based activities during the afternoon • Tidy dy up - Put things back where they belong • Other focused ed activ ivit ity y – PE/Dough Disco/Jigsaw/Show & Tell • Whole le school ol assembl bly y in the hall ll • Home time
WHAT DO THEY NEED? • Change ge of clothes es – all sorts of accidents can happen! • Warm layers ers – Jumper / cardigan – ALL NAMED PLEASE!!!! • Warm waterpr erproof coat as we will be outside in all weathers (NAMED PLEASE!) • Welli lies to keep in school please (Named please) • Book bag g or good sized rucksack to carry letters and reading books etc (Clearly named please) • PE Kit – white T-shirt, black/navy shorts or trousers and trainers/plimpsolls (all named and in a clearly named bag) • Sun cream am and nd sunh nhat t during summer months • Donation on Duck money
BEHAVIOUR AND REWARDS • Our Rainb nbow w Rules : Be Kind Be Safe Be Ready • Bucket t Fill llers ers and Bucket t Dipper pers (once we have filled our bucket, with ping pong balls, the children can choose a reward) • Awards ds Assemb mbly ly on Thurs rsday day
EYFS - EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE • You will need a password to access your account - these will be issued soon. • We will endeavour to upload at least one observation a week for each child • We would really encourage you to add your own comments and observations too.
EYFS - EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE
PHONICS AND READING • This is the scheme we use to teach phonics on a daily basis • Once we have assessed the children we will start to send home reading books for those who a ready. • Try to find a time to listen to your child read every night. We ask that all books s are read three times as this really helps children to develop as confident readers – rushing forward will not help in the long run. • We will send home sets of ‘Rotten Red’ words. These are words that cannot be decoded phonetically and just need to be learnt by sight. • We will try to listen to every Reception child read each week. • Remember we want children to learn to love reading so don’t push too hard (little & often is the key) and it’s important to share the joy of books by reading to / with your child every day, at bedtime or anytime of the day.
UP COMING DATES • Thurs 10 th October - School photographer • Fri 11 th October – Harvest Festival (Parents welcome) 8.45am • Wed 16 th October – PTA meeting 7.30pm • Mon 21 Oct & Tues 22 Oct – Parents evenings • Thurs 24 th October – PTA School Disco • 28 Oct – 1 Nov Nov – HALF TERM HOLIDAY • Fri 15 th November – Children in Need • Fri 13 th December – Christmas Jumper Day • Thurs 19 th December – Last day of term,
COMMUNICATION • Please feel free to come and talk to me if you have • anything you would like to ask about • any concerns you’d like to discuss, • anything you would like to make me aware of etc • You are always welcome to pop in for a quick chat at the end of the day (the morning can be quite hectic) or contact the school office to arrange a time to meet. • Nursery – you can also speak to your child’s Key Worker (Miss Hinton or Miss Katy) • We are planning to use the nursery window as a notice board, please keep an eye out for information. • If there is anything else we can do to help, please just let us know.
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