Over the first half-term, our most important focus is settling the children… Getting to know them and making sure they are happy and confident to come to school.

We will be getting used to routines, making friends, learning our teachers’ and friends’ names, exploring the ‘Keyworth Code’, sharing lots of stories and songs, discovering the toys and resources in our unit, and most importantly… Having lots of fun!

Here is an overview of the big idea questions that we will be exploring with the children over the first half-term. Each week, we will focus on a couple of questions and link them to the stories and vocabulary we share. Please see the poster below…

Supporting your child at home

  • Share our ‘Big Ideas’ resource – discussing the key question’s and vocabulary.
  • Talk about school – What have they enjoyed doing today?
  • Talk about who is in your family and what you like doing together.
  • Visit the local library and see if there are any storybooks about starting school, exploring feelings or superheroes!
  • Check out our regular blog posts to find out what we are learning in school/what stories we are sharing/ideas you could try at home.

Key dates for this half-term:

Friday 19th September- INSET DAY, school closed to pupils.

Week beginning 29th September- National poetry week

Monday 13th October – 2:00pm – 3:00pm EYFS Library Visit – this visit is dependent on parent helpers – please let a member of the EYFS Team know if you can support this visit (big thank you in advance!)

Monday 13th October and Thursday 16th October- Parents’ evening

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to ask a member of the Early Years team or pass on a message to the office.

Other useful information…

  • School dinners are currently free for children from Reception (F2) until the end of Year 2. We will put a weekly menu up on the external door to the F2 classroom, so that you can see the meal choices should your child wish to try school dinners 🙂
  • Reading diaries are making their way home in book bags this week – we will make a more detailed post on tapestry of how to use these.
  • We use tapestry to share messages and photos, as well as you being able to send photos in from home. Please speak to a member of staff if you are struggling to login.
  • (F2) – Inside the front page of your reading diaries is your log in for doodlemaths – a fun maths app to use at home. Please speak to a member of staff if having any troubles logging in.
  • EYFS PE will be on Thursdays – please could children keep a PE kit in school with black PE shorts and a red top. We will keep these in school and send them home every half term to be washed. Please make sure everything is labelled.
    Don’t worry about rushing to sort PE kits, we are unlikely to get changed for the first couple of weeks – drop it in when it’s ready and we’ll keep them on the children’s pegs.

Thank you for your continued support, any question’s please speak to a member of the EYFS team, pop a note on tapestry or email the office to pass on to us 🙂