Noticeboard

• Children will start having lunches at school from week 3. Please find the menu here.
• Please look out for an email from Tapestry (online learning diary) in the coming weeks.
• Please use the school calendar to find up-coming dates. Reception parents are invited to watch a phonics lesson in their child’s class on Wednesday 16th October 2024.
• If you have you have any pick up arrangements (besides parents collecting), please email your child’s class teacher at least 48 hours in advance or speak to them on the door in the morning. If it is an emergency and you have a change of collection arrangements within the school day, please phone the school office as teachers do not access their emails within the school day.
• Daisy Class email – daisy@henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk
• Buttercup Class email – buttercup@henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk
• Please make sure your child has a coat in school every day. We will go outside even when it is cold and raining.
• Please do not allow your child to play with the resources that are on the Reception patio in the morning. These have been carefully positioned and are there to support your child’s learning during the school day.

Celebrations

The children who have been coming in both the mornings and afternoons have settled into school well. We are looking forward to Monday morning when the two groups will meet. The children will be staying for lunch 4 times next week. Each group (A and B) will each get a ‘quiet’ first lunchtime with just half a class, before they all stay for lunches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

This week’s learning

We will be learning about the ELLI animals for Term 1 and 2. The first ELLI animal we will be learning about is the Owl. You can find out more about the ELLI animals on the page ‘Our Curriculum’.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

The children will have their second PSHE lesson this week where they will be using the Colour Monster story to help them talk about their feelings.

Communication and Language

This week, we will be reading Owl Babies and talking about the story.  

Literacy

This week we will start to learn Phase 2 phonics. They will learn the phonemes (sounds) s, a, t, and p. 

Maths

We will be counting and singing number songs, as well as starting to assess what the children already know about numbers. This will enable us to plan a curriculum building on their prior knowledge. 

Religion and Worldviews

This week the children will talk about who is special to them.