Bike to School week and Let’s ride
Biking and scooting are one of the ways we encourage children to actively travel to and from school and next week we’ll be taking part in Bike to School Week (with Sustrans and the Bikeability Trust). We are pleased to be part of this UK-wide event, encouraging families to cycle, or scoot, to school. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate active school journeys and the positive impact it has on children’s health and wellbeing – as well as the environment.
Bike and scooter storage facilities are available by the side of the Year 4 classroom.
Also, taking place this weekend is the free Let’s Ride session held locally at the Brownlee Centre.
This free family community event is ideal for the whole family to enjoy cycling in a safe and friendly space. At the Leeds Brownlee Centre, Bodington Playing Fields, you can ride at your own pace as many times as you like with volunteers on hand to chat all things cycling.
Sign up for the event here.
A fantastic start!
We have had a fantastic start to the year with all the children settling really well into their new school. There have been lots of smiles and laughter and very few tears!
Thank you for helping with this and preparing your child for this exciting time.
Workshops
Thank you to everyone who has attended our recent Zoom sessions to help you support your child at home. Watch the phonics session and the Early Years introduction. (And apologies for the distracting cursor in the latter – maybe that’s a nervous habit of Mr Roundtree!
The next workshop will be on Tuesday 28 September at 6pm. This reading workshop will explain how we teach reading in Reception and how you can help at home.
PE
PE will begin the week beginning 20 September. Your child should come to school in their PE kit on Wednesday and Friday.
Isolation learning
This will be emailed to you each week and is only for those children who are having to isolate because of COVID.
A few other things
Please make sure your child brings a water bottle and bookbag to school every day. You may want to send a change of clothes for your child which can be left at school.
If you have any questions or concerns please let us know. We are also keen to hear of any ‘wow’ moments, achievements and interests your child has.
moortownreception@spherefederation.org
Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA)
The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is statutory for all schools from September 2021.
It is a short, interactive and practical assessment of your child’s early
literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills when they begin
school, using materials that most children of your child’s age will be familiar with.
All Reception children will be participating in the reception baseline assessment (RBA) within the first 6 weeks of starting school.
The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a new measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between reception and year 6 / the end of key stage 2.
For further information about the RBA, please see this guide.
Introduction to Reception – Zoom session
We’d like to welcome new Reception parents to our school by inviting you to a short Zoom session on Wednesday 15 September at 6pm. This session will be a 30 minute introduction to Reception at our Sphere Federation schools.
The sessions will outline the recent changes to the EY’s Framework and the introduction of a Reception Baseline Assessment. It’ll also offer you a few top tips on how you can support your child at home.
The session starts at 6pm. It will last around 20-25 minutes, plus there will be a questions and answer session at the end of around 5-10 minutes.
If you’re interested in attending this Zoom session, please either send us a message on the School Gateway app or email the school office. We’ll then email the Zoom joining details out to all those who have expressed an interest.
Watch out for further workshops relating to both English and Maths on your child’s class website page in the coming weeks.
Welcome!
Welcome to Reception Class.
We hope you and your child are as excited as we are about this new chapter in your child’s life. We hope you have been provided with all the information you need, but please ask if you are not sure about anything.
The First Week
After your child’s transition days, school will begin at 8.50 and finish at 3.15.
Please wait by the gate to our outdoor area and one of us will come to greet you.
At the end of the day, please wait at the gate of the Reception outdoor area. In order to ensure your child’s safety we only let the children out as we see the parent /carer who is collecting them at the end of the day. As we are still getting to know you, this may take a little time at the beginning of the term so please bear with us.
If your child is being collected by somebody else please tell us or phone the office. We will ask whoever is collecting your child for the password you chose.
Dates for your diary
There will be a series of Zoom workshops to help you support your child at home:
EYFS Overview-Wednesday 15 September
Early Reading Workshop –Tuesday 28 September
Maths mastery workshop -Tuesday 9 November
Details for joining these will be sent nearer the time.
What to bring
- Book bag- please bring this every day
- Water bottle –only water is allowed
- Packed lunch if needed
The Reception Team
Teacher – Mrs Burke
Teaching Assistants-
Mrs Bharath
Miss Gaunt
If you have any questions or worries please do not hesitate to ask.
Thursday 22 July 2021: Home learning
Good morning!
Our last day of learning at home.
Thank you for joining the zoom sessions everyday. You are all superstars!
Here are today’s home learning activities.
Phonics
Write the ‘er’ words.
Maths
Making 10
Can you complete the number sentences.
Extra activities
Here is today’s story read by Miss Gaunt.
We are all looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Don’t forget it’s non-uniform day!
Tennis opportunities
If your child enjoys tennis or wants to try it out, tennis camps are taking place locally at these clubs over the summer holidays.
Wednesday 21 July 2021 : Home learning
Good morning!
I hope you are enjoying the hot weather and managing to keep cool!
Here are todays learning activities.
Phonics
- Write the ‘air’ words.
Maths
Play this game outside.
Ask a helper to hide 10 objects.
Make a giant 10 frame on the ground. You could use sticks or chalk.
Go on a hunt to find the objects and put them in your 10 frame.
How many have you found so far? How many more do you need to find?
Today’s story.
Have a go at a science experiment with Professor Myers.
Reading
There are free e-reading books at www.oxfordowl.co.uk .
You will need to register as a parent/carer to access these.
Don’t forget to send me any pictures/writing for Mr McGriffiths and I will send them on.
Thanks to Roundhegians
We are very grateful to Roundhegians Rugby Club for hosting our sports days once again this year and allowing us to use their excellent facilities.
Roundhegians have a variety of rugby training sessions, from under 6 through to under 17, and these sessions will resume on Sunday 5th September.
For more information, please contact their chair of junior rugby, Chris Fongwah (fongers.cfw@gmail.com).
Tuesday 20 July 2021: Home learning
Hello, everyone!
Thank you for sending photos of your learning last week.
Here are today’s activities.
Phonics
Can you match the words and pictures?
Maths
Gather together some bean bags and two buckets.
If you don’t have any bean bags you could use rolled up pairs of socks.
throw the bean bags towards the buckets
How many bean bags can you see?
How many beanbags must be hidden inside the two buckets?
How many could be inside each?
Handwriting
Practise your long ladder letters.
Storytime
Here is today’s story.