Your term

Week –

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Term ends

Your teaching team

Updated by Miss Gilbert, Monday 14 September

  • Miss Gilbert Class Teacher
  • Mrs Watson Teaching Assistant

Your term

Week –

– weeks to go

Term ends

Your teaching team

Updated by Miss Gilbert, Monday 14 September

  • Miss Gilbert Class Teacher
  • Mrs Watson Teaching Assistant

Today

Normal uniform. Book bag every day.

Nothing extra needed today.

Tomorrow

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PE kit worn to school

Sturdy trainers, no jewellery please.

Updated by Miss Gilbert, Monday 14 September

Celebrating this week

Stars and stories

Star of the week

Amara

For sharing the pencils without being asked once, and for looking after a friend who was upset at playtime.

Your term ahead

Dates for your diary

  1. Phonics Meeting at School

This week

What your child needs

Print this week

PE days

Tuesday and Wednesday

Kit worn to school both days

Reading

Tuesdays and Fridays

Books checked and changed

PHONICS

Phonics at home

This week we are practising Phase 2 sounds

      Say the sound, then find it in a book together.

      Multiplication

        Making Maps

        What we are learning

        Autumn learning map Autumn learning map Tap to open full size
        As Mathematicians we are...

        Matching objects and pictures, sorting and comparing amount, size, mass and capacity, exploring patterns and working on numbers 1 to 3.

        As Readers and Writers we are...

        Reading 'The Something', focusing on phase 1 to 2 phonics. Listening, discussing, retelling with pictures and prompts, and beginning to write labels and captions.

        As Investigators we are...

        Science: I am a Scientist. Investigating push and pull, loud and quiet, light and dark, float and sink, freeze and melt, using all five senses to observe closely.

        As Enquirers we are...

        Geography: Making Maps, recognising that maps represent real places. History: Me in the Past, comparing old and new toys. RE: I Am Special, and Harvest.

        As Creators we are...

        Art: Marvellous marks and self portraits, using wax crayons, felt tips and chalk. PE: Fundamental movement skills based on The Hungry Caterpillar.

        As Communicators we are...

        Computing: All about instructions. Following a sequence, giving instructions to others and exploring buttons and switches.

        As Young People we are...

        Building friendships, taking turns in conversation, using sentences to communicate ideas and asking questions to further our curiosity.

        How you can help us

        Help at home

        Phonics Play Free games for Phase 2 sounds Open → Oxford Owl Free e-books for Reception Open → Open → Open → Open →

        This term's reading

        • The Something
        • Pumpkin Soup
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        What we have been up to

        Class diary

        • Sep 12 2026 00:00

          Our first autumn walk

          We found conkers, three different kinds of leaf and one very brave worm. Everyone managed the whole walk without a single carry.

        • Sep 01 2026 00:00

          Welcome to Reception

          Nine new children, nine new pegs, and a lot of very proud faces. We are so pleased to have you all with us.