Dear Parents,

We have been looking at roles and responsibilities this week and how we look after our environment: both in school and outside. In phonics, they have now been introduced to m, a, s, t, d, n and p and many are starting to recognise these sounds around them. In maths, we are continuing to introduce the characters from Ten Town and children should all now have the log in details to access the activities at home. The children have enjoyed activities such as : designing superhero masks; making a range of paraphernalia with junk modelling (including super hero outfits, superhero lairs and we even had a Ten Town Sir 7 helmet!); retelling the Little Red Hen in little books, creating posters to save our environment (after the story ‘Clean Up’); making potions in the mud kitchen; creating mini superheroes of themselves and making apple turnovers! Only one class managed PE this week due to Henley Standard taking their yearly photo, therefore the other class will get to participate next week for a longer session. They all had a lovely long break on the bikes and trikes to make up for it!

Next week, we will continue being superheroes inside and outside. Children will be given responsibilities for their classroom in the form of superhero monitor jobs. Some of the books we will be reading will include: Supertato, Superworm, A little Respectful spot, The bad seed, Be a Tree by Maria Gianferrari, Interrupting Chicken, and other super duper books about being responsible. In Phonics, we will continue with Set 1 sounds and start doing some blending activities with the children to help them to use their sounds to start forming words. In Maths, we will continue with our numbers and recognition of these as well as activities associated with number value around the classroom.

Key vocabulary: superhero, power, roles, responsibility, respect, doing your best, kindness, politeness, teamwork, helpful, tidying, environment, litter, recycling

Reminders:

Harvest Festival 3rd October– DONATIONS WELCOME in the form of tinned and dried food stuffs for our celebration. All donations will be given to Sonning Common Food Bank – please check their website or the Food bank app for items most needed.

Open Days 3rd and 13th October- please spread the word. We will be sending flyers home with the children and would greatly appreciate your help in letting your friends and family know about out wonderful school.

Challenge: 

Who is your superhero? What makes you super? Can you draw a picture or make a model of your super hero? Can you draw a picture or make a model of yourself and be able to explain what makes you SUPER?

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Kites Team