Clover Hill Primary School

Autumn 2 – 2024 – Reception Class

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you all enjoyed your half term break, we have had a very busy and successful start to the new half term!

Reading - Reading books will be changed each Friday if your child has shared their book with you at least three times, please add a brief dated comment in your child's “Home Links” each time your child reads.

Thank you very much for the support you give your child in learning their Tricky Words and in supporting the development of their phonic knowledge. We are really pleased with how the children are getting on. Please ensure the Home Links book, reading book and Early Reading Pack come into school each day.  Thank you!

Seesaw - We hope you are all enjoying the Seesaw app that we are using to show you a little snap shot of school life.  Please remember you can always send us a photo of your child learning at home too, they may be learning to ride their bike, exploring the local area on a walk, completing a jigsaw, playing a family game or anything else that you would like to share with us!  We love to see what the children enjoy doing at home!

P.E. - Everyone has embraced our P.E. sessions and seem to be really enjoying them!  P.E sessions continue to be each Wednesday, please send your child into school dressed in their kit.

Jumpers and Cardigans - To enable the children to choose whether they work outside or inside during our ‘Busy Jobs’ time, the classroom doors are open all day. Consequently, our classroom can get a bit chilly at this time of year. Please ensure that your children wear a school jumper or cardigan to school each day and that they bring a coat.  As the weather gets cooler please send hats and mittens or gloves.  (A plea, if your child finds putting gloves on difficult could you opt to send mittens, putting on 30 pairs of gloves can be rather time consuming!)

Lunches - Menus will continue to be sent home each Friday for you to complete and return each Monday.

Many thanks for your continued support, please catch one of the team if you have any queries or email us receptionclass@cloverhill.school

Mrs. Gamble, & Mrs. Johnson - Early Years Team

Bonfire Night 

Week 1

Firework safety, firework captions, firework pictures, using instruments to represent fireworks

All about 5, counting objects, recognising and ordering numbers, pairs of numbers that make 5, writing numbers to 5

Daily phonics

Parties and Celebrations

Weeks 2, 3 and 4

Reading stories about parties and celebrations, writing lists, making and writing cards and invitations, creating party decorations, party role play

Comparing and ordering quantities using mathematical vocabulary, 1 more than / 1 less than

Daily phonics 

Christmas

Weeks 5, 6 and 7

Christmas lists, letter to Santa, Christmas story, Santa’s Workshop role play, cards & calendars

Sorting by different criteria, time—sequencing familiar activities, using a one-minute timer

Daily phonics 

Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 13th November —Flu vaccinations

 Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27thNovember —Parents’ Evenings, book appointments via Arbor

 Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th December—Christmas Nativity - more information to follow (all shows @ 2.00pm)

 Wednesday 11th December—Whole school visit to the panto! Cinderella at The Empire Theatre, Consett—more information to follow.

 Last week—Take it Outside Day—wear own clothes and bring wellies—date to be confirmed nearer the time

 Tuesday 17th December—Christmas party—Children are invited to wear their party clothes / Christmas jumpers all day.  School will provide juice and a party snack