Welcome to Year R!

2025-26

In Year R, our teachers are Mrs Jandula (Class 1), Mrs Baker (Class 2), and Mr Tagarsi (Class 3). We are also supported by our dedicated Learning Support Assistants (LSAs): Miss Cameron, Miss Drury, Miss Speller, Miss Croft, Mrs Eldridge, Miss Wheeler and Mrs Howlett. 

If you have any questions, please get in touch with your child's teacher. If they are not around at pick-up, you can speak to them by phoning the school office and requesting an appointment.

Keep referring back to this page for regular updates about the children's learning. 

Curriculum Newsletters

Year R Autumn1 - Curriculum Newsletter

Update - Thursday 25th September 2025

This week in phonics, we looked at the new phonemes i, n, m and d. We also revisited s , a, t and p. The children then had a go at orally blending words such as: sat, pin and tip. We also had a go at reading words such as tap, sat and sit. The children segmented and then blended these words. 

Our Topic Time focus was around the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? We talked about how we can be bucket fillers (being nice) and what it means to be a bucket dipper (being unkind). The children had a go at sorting pictures into the right place, whether it was showing someone being a bucket filler or a dipper. 

In maths, we had a look at matching and creating sets of different objects. The children explored through our enhanced provision around this theme. 

In the creative area, the children created their own buckets out of toilet roll tubes, mixed blue and yellow to make green buckets and cut out stars to fill their buckets. 

The children did some more name writing, making sure they were forming their letters correctly, whether this was by copying their name, going over highlighted letters or by memory. 

Update - Friday 19th September 2025

This week in phonics, we looked at the phonemes s, t, a and p. We also practised being able to orally blend words like sit and pat. 

In maths, we began counting objects, matching numerals to pictorial representations and singing various number songs. 

The children had a go at writing their names and practising their letter formation. 

Our Topic Time focus was the book Colour Monster. We looked at the different emotions that we may experience. We spoke about how we can share our emotions by using our feelings display or talking to a friend or adult. We completed various activities, including sorting, matching, cutting and sticking, around the theme of the colour monster. 

In our creative area, the children have been creating a collage of the different colour monsters, making colour monster headbands and creating their own drawings around this theme. 

Year R also had their first PE session this week. We were pleased to see so many children being independent in getting changed into their kits. Just as a reminder, please could we encourage children to learn to change themselves, so the transition in the morning can run as smoothly as possible. PE kits need to be left in school as the children have it every Wednesday. The children can keep this on their peg along with their outdoor learning kits. 

Well done for an amazing week. Feel free to share what you get up to at the weekend. We love to see it!

Update – Friday 12th September 2025

Our first week has been a combination of fun and learning new rules and routines.

We have learnt and have been following the ‘Rainbow Rules’, which are important rules that are followed throughout the infant and junior school. I wonder if your child can remember any of them.

We have been learning about each other, and the children have been making new friendships. We used plastic knives and forks, and play-dough to practise our cutting skills to help us at lunchtime.

We have shared lots of stories, and the children have demonstrated good sitting and good listening.  The children have been practising writing their names and their scissor skills. If you are going to help your child write their name at home, please remember to write only the first letter as a capital and the rest in lowercase.

We have been playing games together, practising sharing and our social skills. We introduced the feelings display, and everyone had a chance to tell and show us how they were feeling and why.

Have a lovely weekend. Please don’t forget to send in reading diaries on Monday.

Thank you for your patience this week.