Find out what TURTLE CLASS have been learning

Welcome!

A warm welcome to Turtle Class from Mrs Tribe, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Williams and Mr Luckhurst.

P.E. days

Our PE day is Wednesday. Please send your children to school wearing their PE clothes on this day.

Our timetable

This is what Turtle Class learn and when:

Upcoming events

We continue to try and be as open, supportive and welcoming to parents and carers as possible. As part of this ethos, we hold numerous events for parents and carers throughout the school year but you may wish to note these key dates:

Thursday 4th September – First day of school for years 1 to 6.

Wednesday 24th September – 2:30pm to 3:10pm, New Turtle Class parents and carers are invited to a parent workshop to learn how we teach literacy at Coombe Road.

Wednesday 1st October – 2:30pm to 3:10pm, New Turtle Class parents and carers are invited to a parent workshop to learn how we teach maths at Coombe Road.

Friday 3rd October – 8:55am to 9:25am, EYFS, year 1 and year 2 parents and carers are invited to come and read with their children.

Tuesday 7th October – 3:15pm to 4:00pm, Meet the teacher and celebrate learning session.

Planned trips

There will be a farm workshop at school on Friday 17th October.

Turtle Class will visit Moulsecoomb library on Tuesday 21st October.

You can discuss the curriculum with your child

The overview for our learning this half-term is ‘MY WORLD’. This will focus around a number of books: Jack and the Beanstalk (fiction story) and Growing and The Bean and Seasons (non-fiction texts). These will help the children learn about the all things that grow and change, and what things they need to grow healthily. We will learn about plants, growth and changes of over time.

Please spend a few minutes chatting with your child and ask them some questions, such as: What helps us to grow? What things do plants need to grow? What season are we in now…can you remember and talk about the other seasons? Have you planted a seed or bean? What happened? Do you know the names of any flowers or have a favourite flower?

Please write your child’s ideas, questions and comments in the speech bubble that we will give you and return it back to the Turtle Class team, so we can continue the conversation in school.

Click here to find out how you can support your child at home.

The overview for our spring term learning is here:

The Early Learning Goals

Our curriculum supports our children to meet the Early Learning Goals. You can find out more below:

The Reception Baseline Assessment

Children in reception will be participating in the reception baseline assessment within the first 6 weeks of them starting. The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a progress measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between reception and year 6.

The reception baseline assessment 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. You can find an information leaflet below: