We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy new year. The children have come back to school with smiles on their faces and settled back in to school life very well. We are very proud of all of them!

Phonics

This week we have continued our Read, Write, Inc lessons in small groups. Each group will focus on the sounds and the skills suited to them. To support at home, you can continue to use the pink sounds books (which can now be kept at home) to make sure that they can speedily recall the sounds. Children can also use the space on the pages to practise writing the sounds. If your child has a reading book from school, please listen to them read regularly at home. Books are changed on a Tuesday and a Friday in school. If your child has a lilac book (no words), please encourage your child to say what they can see on the page, can they make up their own story to match the pictures?

Maths

This week we have been learning to count beyond 20 and looked at the patterns which we can hear in the number system. We have also been learning to estimate how many there are in a group of objects and used counting to check. You could play an estimating game at home: put some objects on a plate/tray/table, ask children to look but do not count and ask them how many they think are there. You can then count them to see how close the estimate was!

Thematic Curriculum

In the afternoons this week the whole school have been focusing on different ‘Champions of Courage’. For Reception, we have been learning about Mo Farah. We learned about his early life in Somalia and about what he achieved in his running career. We have also learned about what Somalia is like and compared it to England.

Next week we will start our learning around ‘Superheroes’.

Love to Learn

The Love to Learn task over the Christmas holidays was:

At the start of next term our topic will be superheroes!  Your challenge over the holidays is to create your very own superhero, deciding what your outfit would look like and what your superpowers would be.  We would like you to draw your super hero in your love to learn book with labels and maybe a brief description of what your super hero is like.  For example, Mrs Cotton could be Goggle Girl, with the super power of making all children like swimming.  Her cape could be blue with a pair of goggles drawn on the back. On Monday 8^th January we will be asking the children to come to school dressed as the superhero they have created (the staff will all be dressing up as well). The costume can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like (we would like you to use resources which you have at home, rather than spending money). We hope you all have a wonderful break and we look forward to seeing your designs. 

Reminders

• PE kits need to be worn in to school each Friday please.

• Please ensure that children have a named water bottle which is already filled with water at the start of each day.

• All clothing to be named please!

• Please complete the WOW moment sheets regularly so that we can add these to the children’s learning journey books.

Term 3 dates:

8/1/24 – Children to come dressed as their very own superhero (see information about in Love to Learn section)

2/2/24 – NSPCC Number day: Reception and KS1 to dress in anything related to number and Ks2 to dress as rock stars. £1 voluntary contribution for NSPCC. 

2/2/24 – Number Day School Disco:  

Reception and KS1 3.15-4.15 – Children who wish to attend will be taken by their teachers straight to the disco at 3.15 and can be collected from their classrooms at 4.15.  

Ks2 – 4.30.5.30 drop off and collection from front of school.

More details will be sent out by the Chilton Fundraisers later in the term. 

5/2/24 – Chinese food tasting for Reception children

6/2/24 – Online safety day Children dress to express, meaning they come in whatever they like, bright clothes, sportswear, club uniforms…. whatever makes them feel happy! 

6/2/24 Curry and Quiz school fundraiser for adults (details to arrive in the New Year)  

9/2/24 - Last day of term  

19/02/24 - Term 4 starts for children  

e-mail addresses

nicki.cotton@chiltonprimary.co.uk

emma.dudley-smith@chiltonprimary.co.uk

kirby.walker@chiltonprimary.co.uk

 

Many thanks for all your continued support,

EYFS team