Ducklings
We are the Ducklings!
Mrs Catterall teaches the Yellow Ducklings and Miss Lees teaches the Brown Ducklings.
Mrs Davis and Mrs Stock teach in both classes when the teachers have their time out of class for planning, preparation and assessment.
Miss Watmough, Mrs Richardson, Mrs Strickland and Miss Wilson are our lovely Learning Support Assistants.
Mrs Donnelly is one of our SEND Support Assistants.
Our mini topics for the Autumn Term will be Starting School and Settling in, Amazing Me, Seasonal changes - Autumn and Winter, Harvest Time and other Special Celebrations, People Who Help Us as well as other class child-led interests.
Our P.E. day will be will be on Friday each week and the children will leave their P.E kits in school. We will continue to get dressed for P.E. at school as this is a valuable part of their physical and personal and social development and learning.
Once settled in, the children will each bring home a 'choosy' book from our school library, to share with you at home. They can return it to school and change it as often as they wish. We will also be introducing our class book swap basket. The children can bring in a book from home that they no longer want and swap it for a new book. We hope that his will encourage them to develop and widen their love for reading. These will be additional books to their school reading books.
We will use our class story on ClassDojo to keep you informed of our most current learning and news each week. Our weekly 'homework' activities and suggestions of how you can further support learning will be found here too.
Look below for important and useful information which will be added to throughout the year.
Fine Motor Skills Development Activities and Information
Here is some information, as well as ideas and activities, to help support your child's fine motor development.
40 Fine Motor Skills Activities
Busy Finger Box
Fine Motor Activities
Busy Bodies
Dough Disco for Parents/Carers
Funky Fingers Booklet
Fine Motor Skills Information
Phonics and Reading
Here are some useful, informative videos about phonics to help you.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/phonics/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCI2mu7URBc
Time to Talk
Take One Book
Phonemes
Letters and sounds Leaflet
How we write our cursive letters
Meet the Teacher Information
Editable WOW moment slips for parents and carers
These slips are for you to complete and send in or email to your child's class teacher when your child makes a special achievement at home. Thank you.
Parent/Carer WOW moment slips
WOW Moments
Reception Baseline Assessment Information for Parents
RBA
A Parents/Carers guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
This is a guide for how we teach and learn in the early years, written especially for parents and carers.
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