We have welcomed all the children into class this week and we are so proud of how everyone is settling in, getting to know their new classroom and making new friends. There are lots of routines to learn and things to remember at this stage, but we’ve been amazed at how quickly children are settling in.
PE Day
PE will start on Monday 22nd September. Please send your child to school in their PE kit every Monday. ( plain white t-shirt, navy blue shorts, school jumper/cardigan and trainers they can fasten themselves.)
Bags, Wellies and Spare Clothes
Don’t forget to bring in your school wellies and a draw string or small bag of spare cloths/underwear to keep in school. Thank you to the parents and carers who have already provided these.
Family Photo
We will soon be talking and learning about different families. Next week we will introduce out first focus book The Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith.
To support our learning, please send in a photo of your child with their family. You can send in a copy of your photo or email it to:
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org
Poetry Picnic
Each week we will be learning a new poem. We will recite this poem each day. By saying the poem out loud, we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line. We talk to the children about how this can help us become better readers. This week we introduced our first poem called Chop Chop.
Chop, Chop, Choppity Chop.
Cut off the bottom and cut off the top.
What there is left, we put in the pot.
Chop, Chop, Choppity Chop.
Help at home– Ask your child to recite the poem to you, can they remember the action as they perform it to you?
Phonics
This week, we have learnt our first four phonemes (the sounds a letter makes) s,a,t and p.
During our phonics learning, we listened carefully to the initial sound in a word and sorted objects by the sounds they begin with.
Help at home: Look out for a ‘learn at home’ sheet which recaps the phonics learning from the week. Please look at this with your child and complete the activities.
Have a happy and healthy weekend.
Mrs. Kendrew, Mrs. Rippon, Miss. Feldman, Mrs Linton, Mrs Cairnes and Mrs Small