Rainbow
Welcome back!
We hope you have all had a wonderful and relaxing half term (despite some of the weather) and that the children are excited to return to school.
This term our topic is ‘Welcome to the World’ – please remember our Wow Day on Monday 24th February where the children are invited to wear something Spring/animal/farm related or simply their own mufti clothes if they wish. You can find a link below to this term’s topic web.
Our PE session with Mrs Cook is Tuesday afternoon and we shall start on the first day so please bring in your child’s PE kit. The children will also have tennis with Blaze the same afternoon.
Last term we noticed that many of the children are still finding the school letter formation tricky so we shall put in lots of extra support to help them with this. We would be grateful for your support by modeling the school script and encouraging your child to use it at home when they choose to write.
If you are looking for ways to help support your child at home, there are two documents below you can download. These are the high frequency words for the phonics phase 2 and 3. You can practise both reading and writing these words with your child. To make it more engaging the children could use chalk on the patio, or wet paintbrushes….. or they could use a whiteboard/laptop!
Phase 2 High Frequency Word Mat
Phase 3 High Frequency Word Mat
Welcome to Rainbow Classes 2019/2020!
This year our team are:
Rainbow 1: Mrs Mehta (Class Teacher), Ms Booth, Mrs Kirby, Mrs Dean, Miss Hawes and Mrs Tombs-Gallagher (Teaching Assistants)
Rainbow 2: Mrs Smith (Class Teacher), Ms Ladyman and Ms Owen (Teaching Assistants), Mrs Lewis will be joining us on Thursday mornings.
Please feel free to speak to any of the team if you have any concerns or worries, we want to ensure as smooth a transition as possible for you and your children!
General Information:
The children will need to bring a water bottle and small snack with them for each day (no nuts please), you can send the whole week’s worth of snacks in on a Monday if easier in a small named container. Please don’t send in items which need refrigerating as we are unable to do this. Please ensure that the children have weather appropriate clothing with them at all times as we spend a lot of our time outside!
Please could you also ensure the children have their PE kit in school at all times. We will be doing PE on Tuesdays and Fridays but sometimes there is a change in timetable so we ask that it is please kept in school for the whole week. It would be super if the children can practice changing at home as it can take quite a while for us to change 30 children! We will of course help them should they need it, especially with tights, buttons etc.
Best wishes
Mrs Smith and Mrs Mehta
LEARNING within the EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE is fun!
Children in our Foundation class experience learning through the EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE framework.
The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum is organised into seven areas of learning:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Communication, and Language
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding of the World
Physical Development
Creative Development
We aim to provide children with a balanced range of activities to achieve active learning through play.
The Seven Areas of Learning help Reception staff plan the learning environment, activities and experiences. The classroom environments, including outside, are designed to enable your child to become a social and confident learner through interaction, exploration and enjoyment in all areas of learning.
Throughout the Early Years Foundation Stage the children work towards EARLY LEARNING GOALS. The EARLY LEARNING GOALS establish expectations for most children to reach by the end of their Foundation Stage. The goals are also organised into the Seven areas of learning. Your child will experience a vast range of activities to ensure they are working towards the Early Learning goals.
Please feel free to come to any of us with any questions or concerns. We are in the playground before school and we are around after school, or do ask to make a time to come and see us if it is something that you would like a bit more time for.
Useful documents and websites:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
