Teacher Contact Information
Your teachers are: Miss Parker, Mrs Reay and Mrs Harris
You can email them at:
Miss Parker (Sweet Chestnut)
cherylparker@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
Mrs Reay (Horse Chestnut)
naomireay@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
Mrs Harris (Horse Chestnut)
merrynharris@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
This week we have been learning about the story of The Little Red Hen. We have been practising retelling the story by memory, performing the story with actions. Keep an eye out on Tapestry for the video of our performance!
Next week, we will be learning about the Harvest Festival.
Parent Meetings
We are very much looking forward to meeting you for individual parent/teacher meetings in the first week after half term. Soon, you will receive a link to book an appointment with us.
Please arrive five minutes before your meeting so you can look through your child’s phonics and writing books before the meeting. They will be outside the chestnut classroom. Please come into school through the main entrance.
Phonics/Reading:
We have introduced 5 new sounds in phonics this week; c, k, u, b and f. The new sounds will be in your child’s book bag ready for you to cut up and put into their phonics envelope. Thank you for cutting the sounds up into individual flashcards and practising these regularly at home. Don’t forget to write in your child’s reading log when they have practised their sounds or shared their lilac book with you.
Just before half term, your child will have their first ‘Read Write Inc’ assessment, which will inform groupings. Please ensure to keep up the practise at home, it makes a huge difference, and we can really see the impact it is having in school.
Please make sure your child has a bookbag that is brought to school every day with their reading record and lilac book. We are unable to give out reading books if the previous one has not been returned. Thank you for your help with this.
Maths:
This week in Maths, we have been focussing on number four. We have been using multilink cubes to create as many different ‘shapes’ with 4 as possible. We have discussed the composition of 4, such as; 1 and 1 and 1 and 1, 2 and 2 and 1 and 3. For your home learning challenge this week, using small parts such as lego or pasta pieces, make as many different arrangements of 4 as you can.
Halloween Disco:
A much-loved event! Children are welcome in fancy dress or party clothes – whatever they feel comfortable in. Tickets are available to purchase on the Gateway app. You will have to pay on the app to guarantee your space as spaces are limited.
The disco is on Thursday 22nd October: YR, Y1 & Y2 – 4.00 -4.45pm
One adult can accompany their Reception child, if their child would like them to stay. If your child is happy to come without you, they are welcome to. There will be Reception staff attending the disco.
Church Trip:
Our trip to the Church for our Countdown to Christmas event is on Tuesday 8th December, during the morning. We always need lots of parent volunteers to help walk the children to and from the church, so please put the date in your diary and let your child’s teacher know if you are able to volunteer to help with the walk.
Tapestry
Please check regularly to see photos of your child’s learning experiences. To access Tapestry, please ensure that you have activated your parent account via the link that was sent to your email account, this was sent during the children’s first week of school, it may have gone into your junk folder. If you are having any trouble accessing Tapestry, please let a member of the Reception team know.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Miss Parker, Mrs Harris and Mrs Reay
Dates for the diary
Thursday 22nd October – Halloween Disco
Friday 23rd October – Last day of half term
26th – 30th October – Half Term
2nd & 3rd November – INSET Days
Wednesday 4th November – Back at school
4th – 6th November – Reception Parents Evening
Thursday 12th November – Individual School Photos
Tuesday 8th December – Countdown to Christmas at Stratton Church
Weekly Reading Homework
With your child, please carry out a variety of the following tasks at least 5 times a week, recording in their reading log each time.
Practise recognising letter sounds using flashcards daily – this is essential practise to get your child reading.
Engage in 'Fred Talk Games'. These are games that support your child to orally blend sounds into words. For example, "Fred says, tap your h-ea-d... your head!" Please see the PDF document in the 'Read Write Inc. Phonics' section below for further 'Fred Talk Games' that you can play at home.
If your child is consistently recognising most of the single letter sounds from their flashcards, make simple words out of the flashcards for them to practise reading. For example, sat, tap, dog, bed. Encourage your child to point to each letter as they say the sounds. Once they have said each sound, they need to blend them together to say the whole word. For example, s – a –t, sat. They may need you to demonstrate this initially before they have a try.
Share your child’s lilac book. This book has no words. Your child needs to look closely at the picture and talk about what they think is happening to tell a story. This develops their oracy comprehension and inference skills.
Based on your child’s most recent phonics assessment, the may also bring home a 'blending book' or a 'ditty sheet' to read at home.
Please keep all of the above in your child’s book bag. They need to bring their book bag to school every day.
Homework tasks need to be recorded in your child's reading log at least 5 times a week so that we know that your child is practising their reading at home. Reading logs are checked every Friday to see how your child is getting on at home. Please make sure that you date and initial each time you record in your child's reading log to show that your child has read their lilac book/blending book/flash cards.
Please speak to any member of the Reception team if you have any questions.
Thank you for your continued support in helping your child learn to read.
The YR Team