Dear Parents/Guardians,
A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and it wasn’t too hectic. The children have been busy this week telling us about the wonderful presents Santa left. A very big thank you for all of your generous gifts, cards and well wishes, they were very much appreciated.
Well done to the children who have made a very good start back this week and have settled in quickly with our class routines (despite being a little tired and having to get up in the mornings again!). There have been a few changes to our timetable. Firstly, the children have been put into different phonics groups to cater for the different stages that the children are at in their phonics learning so some Reception children may now have myself, Mrs Atwal, Mrs McGovern or Mrs Cowley each day for phonics. Also when the children come into school on Thursday mornings they get dressed for P.E straight away – they get themselves dressed and undressed very quickly and efficiently now ( although there are still a few reversals and missed button holes etc!). Thank you for returning P.E kits this week. If your child needs new pumps could you please make sure they have them for P.E next Thursday.
In Maths this week we have been learning to say the number that comes after a given number either mentally or by using a number line – next week we will be concentrating on numbers that come before/is one less than a given number. For the next couple of weeks we will be basing our learning around toys – I will send a separate letter out about this on Monday. Our Termly News Letter will be sent out next Friday outlining the topics we will be covering in each area of learning and what our themes will be. Once again Happy New Year and have a good weekend!
Miss Burns
