Welcome to Term 6 in Year R

We hope you have had an enjoyable and relaxing break!

 

This term we will be…

This term’s topic is ‘Under the Sea’ – an exciting opportunity to dive into learning about sea life, habitats and caring for the ocean. Through stories and role play, the children will begin to name different sea creatures, talk about how they move and explore where they live. As part of our learning, we will also be thinking about the season of summer and discussing how to stay safe in the sun. In the classroom, your child will be supported by Miss Harding, our full-time teacher, and Mrs Walls, our dedicated Teaching Assistant. On Tuesday mornings, we welcome Mr Cross from PH ActiveEd, who will lead the children in engaging PE sessions.

 

Home Learning in Year R

Home learning will be set on Tapestry each week. Children will receive a reading book to enjoy for the week, along with a ‘word of the week’ to investigate and either a phonic or number activity. Home learning will be set on Thursdays and should be handed in the following Wednesday. There is no need to return paper copies as photographs of your child’s home learning can be uploaded directly to Tapestry. If you are unable to access Tapestry, please let us know so that we can provide your child with a paper copy.

 

Phonics – early reading and writing

This term, we begin Phase 4 Mastery. Within this phase, the children will continue to blend and segment words containing adjacent consonants (for example, the fr in frog) as well as longer, polysyllabic words (e.g. lunchbox). Our teaching follows Unlocking Letters and Sounds, with an adjacent consonant being revisited on most days. Reading books will be changed every Monday, but we ask that children bring their book to school each day so we can enjoy hearing them read throughout the week. Please remember to sign the reading record whenever you read together at home. With regards to writing, children continue to access a range of fine motor activities throughout the day. We are working towards writing simple sentences that can be read by others, remembering to use finger spaces, full stops, and capital letters. Our handwriting sessions focus on correct letter formation and developing a secure tripod grasp.

 

Maths

This term, the children will continue to explore numbers to twenty and beyond. Through practical activities and counting games, they will deepen their awareness of how numbers grow and how the pattern of the counting system repeats. Alongside this new learning, we will keep revisiting our number bonds to ten to ensure children can recall them confidently and use them to support early addition and subtraction. Maths lessons will also focus on shapes, repeating patterns and measure. Children will name common 2D and 3D shapes, create and continue repeating patterns, and investigate early measure by comparing length, height, weight and capacity. Families can support at home by spotting numbers in the environment, counting past twenty during everyday routines, taking part in shape hunts around the house, and creating simple patterns with toys.

Snack / Lunch / Water Bottles

Please ensure your child brings a named bottle to school every day, filled with water. The children are allowed to fill their water bottles up during the day if they run out. Please ensure water bottles are taken home regularly and washed. Every day at 10am, children are offered a fruit or vegetable for snack time. Since we don’t always know in advance what will be delivered, some children choose to bring their own fruit or vegetable to school with them. At lunch time, the children eat in the school hall. Please ensure your child is either registered for school meals or provided with a well-balanced and healthy lunch box.

 

Timetable of things to remember!

Day	I need to remember...
Monday	Wear school uniform
Tuesday	Wear PE uniform
Wednesday	Wear school uniform Home Learning handed in
Thursday	Wear school uniform Home Learning given out
Friday	Wear school uniform

 

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange to speak with Miss Harding.

Kind regards, 

The Year R Team