Well that’s week one complete and what a success it has been! The children have been absolutely fantastic – it has been so lovely getting to know them all properly.

Here are a few things you could ask your child to reflect on their first week at school:

• Which group/house are you in? (Rowling (Blue), Donaldson (Yellow), Dahl (Red) or Jeffers (Green)?
• Can you show me the Makaton signing for ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon’?
• Can you remember where Pete the Cat went whilst rocking in his school shoes?
• What prayer do you say at the end of the day? (We fold our hands and softly say, thank you for our lovely day)
• We have spoken about initial sounds a little bit this week, why not give your child a word and see if they can identify what sound it starts with?

Next week:

• We will be doing Forest School every Wednesday afternoon starting next week (as long as there are no more thunder storms!). Please bring your child into school in suitable clothing (not uniform) that you don’t mind getting dirty and provide them with a named bag of spare clothes and wellies if you have not already done so. Waterproofs too please! We do have some spares in school so just let us know if your child needs to use these.
• PE will be every Thursday afternoon and you can bring your child in to school in their PE kit.

I hope you have a lovely, relaxed weekend and I’ll see you next week.

Miss Ockenden

2022_Information_for_parents_reception_baseline_assessment

Please find attached the ‘Information for parents: Reception Baseline Assessment’ provided by the Department for Education. We aim to carry out the assessment during the weeks commencing 19.9.2022 and 26.9.2022 on a 1:1 basis. If you have any queries regarding the assessment then please do not hesitate to ask a member of the Reception team.

Miss Ockenden

Dear parents/carers,

You will notice that we have started to post observations of the children’s learning and adventures on to Tapestry. This is just a polite reminder to please not share any of these photos on social media as they may have other children in them. If you have any questions regarding Tapestry, please do not hesitate to ask.

On a side note, we have been hugely impressed with how the children have settled in to school life so far! It is a big transition and they are doing so well.

Warm wishes,

Miss Ockenden

Dear parents/carers,

We are really looking forward to officially welcoming your child into Pontesbury Primary tomorrow!

Just to let you know, you may see that other year groups have or will be sharing a termly overview outlining the learning they will be covering for each area of the curriculum.

In EYFS, we follow the children’s interests so our planning reflects this and is more flexible. Instead, we will post a ‘Things to ask me’ document each Friday on to the Room 4 section of our website. Here you will find suggestions of things to ask your child to prompt conversation about what they have learned that week.

See you all tomorrow!

Miss Ockenden and Mrs Davies x