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Welcome to the Early Years Foundation Stage!
Your teacher is Mrs Mitchell and your teaching assistants are Mrs Regan and Miss Holmes.
Every day we have lots of fun in class, painting, exploring outside and reading stories. As we explore each topic, you will have lots of opportunities to learn, investigate and get messy!
We welcome you into our St Edmund’s family. We can’t wait to watch you grow this year.
If you have any questions or would like to know more then please contact school directly and we will be happy to help.
Reading:
Reading books will be changed twice weekly on a Friday. Please ensure book bags are in school every day so your children can read with their teachers.
Every time you read at home and comment within your child’s reading record book. We strongly encourage you to read with your child every day. Phonic information, sound mats and letter formation cards will also be included within your child’s book bag along with information about how best to support reading at home.
PE:
PE will take place every Thursday morning. Can children please have a full P.E kit in school wearing their PE kits every Thursday.
Our FSU garden:
We are fortunate to have a wonderful outdoor area which we use every day rain or shine. Could you please ensure that your children are sent to school with appropriate footwear and warm clothing on our wet and windy days and have spare clothing and wellies in school contained in a backpack for those unpredictable weather days.
SEESAW:
To keep you up to date with messages, photographs and videos, we use a great app called Seesaw, which you can download on your phone and receive notifications instantly about your child. You will receive a letter detailing how to access this at the beginning of the year so please set this up as soon as possible. If you need any assistance, then our FSU staff will be more than willing to help.
Useful websites:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-bedtime-stories
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01cz0p1/alphablocks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-early-years/z6bgnrd
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAtBtQnvCE
Youtube: Singing Walrus and Super Simple songs for mathematical development.
Brilliant Book List:
Below is a list of books recommended for children in Reception and Nursery. They make perfect presents for Christmas and birthdays and help to develop a huge variety of skills including vocabulary development, listening skills, social and emotional skills and your children’s mathematical development.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
Elmer by David McKee
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
Meg and Mog by Helen Nicholl
Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivien French
Peace At Last by Jill Murphy
Peepo! by Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson
Argh Spider by Lydia Monks
Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale
Ten Little Dinosaurs by Mike Brownlow
The Duck and the Truck by Jez Alborough
The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson
The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson
The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
The Scarecrows' Wedding by Julia Donaldson
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Pam Adams
Tiddler by Julia Donaldson
Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Kipper by Mick Inkpen
