Welcome to Tawny Owls!

We are looking forward to welcoming you all into Year One at the beginning of September! We hope you are all having a wonderful summer and are ready for some fantastic learning opportunities this year. 

This term we will be consolidating our Reception Phonics and begin to learn alternative graphemes for sounds we already know. To help us at home, encourage us to spot different digraphs and trigraphs in signs when we are out and packaging in our cupboards or on shop shelves.

• Staffing -  This term, Mrs Pearce will teach on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Mrs Pinto will teach on Tuesdays. Mrs Sansom will teach on Thursdays. Miss B, Mrs Harris, Mrs Fairfax and Mrs Sansom will support our learning throughout the week. 
• Each morning the children need to arrive at school between 8:45 am and 9:00 am. The blue gate will open at 8:45 am and close at 9:00 am. 
• Home time is at 3:30 pm and the children will walk round to the gate at the top of the playground where they will be dismissed by a member of staff.
• The children will need to bring in a named water bottle each day.
• PE this term will take place on Thursdays with Mr Pearce. 
  • Children will need to come into school wearing their PE kit. Please make sure that all of your children's items are NAMED so they can easily be recognised. We all know how unpredictable the British weather can be and the children will be doing PE both inside and outside, so send them in with layers and a waterproof. The children will need to be wearing the following items:
    • A plain white PE top
    • Navy or black bottoms. These could include:
      • shorts
      • joggers
      • leggings 
    • A plain blue or black PE jumper
    • A pair of trainers 
• Reading Books - each Friday the children will bring home a Monster Phonics book, plus another book of their choice. The children will read the Monster Phonics book during our Guided Reading sessions before bringing it home to share with you. Please continue to sign the reading diaries each time you read at home. The reading diaries should be in school every day. The children have a zipped plastic wallet to keep their diary and reading books in. This must be with the books each day. .