Calipso EYFS
Welcome to Reception
Teacher: Miss Palmer-Smith
Teaching Assistant: Miss Smith
Autumn Term 2 Key Reminders:
PE - PE will be on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Please come into school wearing your PE kit every Tuesday and Wednesday
There have been some minor updates to activities and events for Calipso over the following term, this is different to the physical letter previously sent home. Please see updated sections in red. Please check back here regularly for the most recent updates and information.
Book Bags
Please send your child’s book bag in with them every day. This will allow us to send home letters and prevent them from losing things from the classroom to home. Replacement book bags can be bought from the PTA for £7.
Reading Books
Your child will bring home a new reading practice book every Monday. This will be a fully decodable book. We encourage you to listen to your child read at least 3 times a week and record it in their reading record. Your child will also bring home a sharing book that they have chosen themselves from our library; this is a book we would like you to enjoy reading to your child.
Homework
Homework will be set at the start of every term, this will be stuck in their homework book. There will be 6-8 activities to complete throughout the term. Each term will have a specific date to have them completed by. The children will also have a phonics book for you to practice their phonics together at home.
Water Bottles
Please can you provide your child with a labelled water bottle at the start of the year. It will need to be named. We will send the water bottle home daily to be washed. Only water should be provided. We will fill the bottles with fresh water throughout the day.
Milk and Fruit
The children will receive a piece of free fruit in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. They will also receive a carton of milk until they turn 5. You can order milk for them when they are 5 so that they can continue to enjoy it. Please speak to the office if you would like to order milk following your child’s 5th birthday. If your child does not like a variety of fruit, then you are welcome to send in a piece of fruit that you know they will enjoy. We are a healthy school so no crisps, chocolate or junk food please.
PE Kits
The children will be doing PE on Tuesday and Wednesday. Children can come into school wearing the correct PE kit. We are hoping that most PE will happen outside therefore they will need to appropriate clothing according to the weather – jumpers and leggings when it is cold and hats and sun cream when it is sunny. The children will be staying in their kit all day so being safe and comfortable all day is important! Please can you remove your child’s earrings on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
In line with Health and Safety no jewellery should be worn on any given school day. Stud earrings are allowed but these must be covered or removed for PE lessons.
Family Woodland Walk and Story Time
We will be inviting Calipso parents/carers to join us on a weekly woodland walk during Autumn Term 2. When we arrive back at school, you will be invited in to class for a story time. Details of the day and time for this will be provided in due course.
Forest School
Calipso class will be lucky enough to experience off site Forest School sessions with Follow my Lead during Spring Term 1 only. Children will need to be appropriately dressed for this, weather depending. Forest School will take place on Wednesday AM’s for Calipso children. Parents are not required for these sessions.
Family Friday’s
Family Friday’s will begin on Friday 18th October from 8.40am. We ask parents to leave school site by 9.00am in order for us to start the school day. We would love to see parents, carers, grandparents and other family members join us for some Friday fun in Calispo class with your children. Please don’t worry if you can’t make every week as this will continue until the end of Summer Term 1 so there is plenty of time to join us all.
Bike Ability
Bike ability sessions for Calipso class will be during Summer Term 1 only. The children will NOT need to bring their own bikes for this as age appropriate bikes and helmets are provided.
Maths Games
On a Wednesday your child will be given a maths games to play at home. We encourage you to play the game with your child to practice essential maths skills. The game must be return to school on the following Wednesday, when it will be swapped for a different game. Please ensure a prompt return of the game to ensure all children get a new game each week.
Attendance
Attendance matters for doing well in school: academically, socially, and emotionally. As a parent/carer you are responsible for making sure your child develops the habit of regular attendance – every day counts! Punctuality is also highly important. Pupils who arrive late to school are not only losing out on learning but disrupt the learning of others when they arrive late into the learning that has already started. Thank you for your continued support with this matter.
Thank you
Miss Palmer-Smith & Miss Smith
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