We will begin to send reading folders home each evening. These will contain a reading

book, sound cards -that will be added to on a weekly basis and ‘tricky words’ for your child to recognise. Please return this

folder to School every day. The children will read individually to myself or Miss Williams twice a week and we will be assessing

their progress regularly.

Dear Parents

Welcome to an exciting Autumn Term . The Reception staff are pleased with the way the children are settling in at school. However, we do appreciate that attending school full-time is a big change for all children and some may adapt quicker than others. It is important that staff and parents work together so should you have any worries or concerns about your child, please come and talk to any member of the Reception staff. Thank you. Detailed below is some key information that will help this term run smoothly.

Detailed

We will continue to use the topic approach to our learning and will be planning from the children's

questions and interests.

Our topics this term are.....

Autumn One Keeping Safe

Autumn Two

Light

PE- Our P.E session will be on Wednesdays, so can you please ensure your child has a named P.E kit in school

for the entire week.

Water bottles- It is important that your child has a water bottle in school

every day. We talk to the children about how drinking water regularly is

important in keeping them healthy so access to water is crucial to this

learning.

Home Learning folders will be given to your child on a Tuesday and will need to be returned the

following Monday. All home learning will be linked to an area of the curriculum and will be a topic that has been covered within the

class.

Please encourage your child to complete this using a writing pencil and keep all completed

sheets within the folder. Thank you for your support.

The children will continue to learn new sounds every

week at school and these will be inserted into your child’s reading folder. Will

you please ensure you practise these every night

with your child. We are also encouraging the children to

know the letter name of each sound and would

appreciate your support in reinforcing this as well.

Monday 21st September Meet & Greet

Friday 25th September

New to Homerswood – coffee morning

Wednesday 7th October Harvest Festival – St Johns

Friday 16th OctoberIndividual photographs

Monday 26th OctoberHalf Term

Friday 27th November

INSET – school closed

Monday 30h NovemberOccasional Day – school closed

Tuesday 1st DecemberParent consultations – 3.30 –

5.30pm

Thursday 3rd DecemberParent consultations – 4.30 –

7.00pm

Wednesday 9th DecemberFoundation Christmas production

Friday 11th DecemberCarol Concert – St Johns

Friday 18th DecemberEnd of Term

If you have any problems or questions please do not hesitate to talk to any member of the Reception Staff. We are always available at the end of the school day and will also arrange a convenient time to suit you.

May we thank you for your continued support as this is greatly appreciated.

Mrs Manly, Miss Williams, Miss Dring, Mrs Henry,

Miss Cooper, Mrs Wiedenstriet

We always welcome parents into the classroom to play with the children and help them with their learning. If you would like to

do this please can you talk to a member of the Reception Staff so we can organise a rota and

plan appropriate activities.