February 23rd

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back after the half term. I hope you enjoyed the rest and kept warm!

This half term, we say good-bye to Catarina who has moved back to Brazil with her family, and a big hello to Emil who joins our class.

Over the break, Mrs Dye and I came in and improved our outside provision. We have made a mud kitchen area, a literacy area, a water play area and a creative arts area. We hope the children will enjoy playing and learning more outside this half term. I plan to take them on many spring walks in Sylvia's Garden; looking at growth, change and patterns/shapes.

Please provide a pair of NAMED wellies for your child to keep at school. This will help keep your child's school shoes clean when they play in the mud kitchen, when it's wet/snowy weather and when we go for weekly walks around muddy areas. Thank you.

This week, the children will be learning more about Chinese New Year and partake in related activities, if they choose. Phonic groups remain unchanged this half term. All children are doing so well in their perspective groups.

Next week, the learning weeks start again. Please remember to return your completed feedback forms by Friday, AT THE LATEST. It is really important to gain your perspectives and your child's interests into their learning week. Please also remember to add 3-4 objects in the chatter boxes; preferably including a couple of books and photos.

We will keep you informed on the upcoming events, such as Mother's Day, book day and a 'stay and play' parents session! More on all that soon.....

Thanks, as always, for your continued help and support

Kind Regards

Mrs Jennings

Tuesday 6^th Jan 2015

Dear Parents / Carers,

Firstly, may I wish you a very happy new year! I hope you enjoyed your Christmas break. I certainly did! Thank you for all your cards and gifts. Your kindness and generosity were very much appreciated.

We look forward to another great term. We will continue to incorporate your ideas for planning for your child’s development. Please watch out for the form to complete. This week is a settling-in week, so the rota starts again next week. PLEASE remember to return your completed form before or on the Friday. We cannot plan accordingly otherwise.

We would like to welcome 3 new starters: Jamie, Liam and Lily who all join Foundation One this week. We say a partial ‘good-bye’ to Ryan who moves into F2. We will continue to combine F1 and F2 in the afternoons and for an hour on Friday mornings as this has many benefits and means we will still play and learn with Ryan and the F2 children.

We have made a slight change to the timetable. On Tuesday mornings, we will now have an Early Years structured music session following the ‘jolly music’ program. The afternoon sessions will also incorporate a short structured time for phonics. We are splitting our daily phonic session into 2 ability groups (red and green groups). Our class will consist of new children and children who have a secure understanding of phonics so this will ensure we cater for everyone’s needs. Please remember to check the notice board to see what the phonic sound(s) for the week is/are. That way you can help secure your child’s knowledge at home too.

I will be holding a short presentation for parents/carers very soon (the date will be communicated later this week). I will be discussing the classroom procedures and phonics, so if you are a new parent please make a special effort to attend. It will be a great opportunity to ask any questions.

 As always, we welcome your feedback and enjoy working in partnership with you.

Best Regards

Mrs Jennings 

Christmas fun !!!

Newsletter - December 2014

                                                                                                                                December 2014

Dear Parents / Carers,

Well, we have nearly come to the end of the first term in this academic year. What a busy and exciting term it has been. These last few weeks have been especially exciting as we have been doing lots of Christmas activities. We’ve also been practicing being ‘twinkling stars’ for the Newbold Christmas play. We hope you enjoy watching it on Monday morning and/or Tuesday evening.

Wednesday was the Christmas party afternoon. It was an enjoyable (and slightly hectic) afternoon of fun, eating lots of delicious food, party games and dancing. 

As always, we continually reflect on how the practice works and look for ways to improve it. We feel that working closely with you to discuss ideas for your child’s learning week as well as the chatter box is going really well. The children benefit from this, as do you and us. It helps us keep a better track of your child’s progress and development. Please  remember to bring in the completed form for your child’s learning week, by the FRIDAY. We will continue to discuss your child’s development every time their learning week is over. There is a rolling rota that we work with. As always, please remember we are here to chat to you at any time. My email work address is a great way to confidentially contact me.

I have noticed that many children are not arriving for school on time, despite living within close proximity of the school. Please make every effort to arrive on time. It is less stressful for your child to arrive along with everyone else and less disruptive for us. I thank you in advance for your support.

We have been most impressed with every single child in Foundation One this term. They have all had a great term. They have settled into the class routine very well, worked extremely hard in learning all the phonic sounds and display all the Christian attributes that we at Newbold School are proud of. They are a blessing and you should feel very proud of your child.

All that’s left to say, is we wish you a very merry and peaceful Christmas and new year. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to January 2013. We will welcome 3 new starters in the New year.

Best Wishes,

Mrs Jennings and the Foundation team. 

Dear Parents / Carers,

We want to welcome you all back after half term.

This is an exciting half term leading up to Christmas. We will continue to use your ideas to incorporate into your child’s planning and will meet with you to discuss your child’s progress. Nearer to Christmas we will enjoy Christmas related activities. Of course, we will also be learning songs for our annual nativity play.

This last half term was a busy one. Our new short daily phonic sessions have proven extremely effective. Most children have learnt all the phonics that have been covered so far. Please keep looking at the notice board outside the classroom for the weekly phonic sounds so you can support your child at home too.

We enjoyed learning all about Harvest and Diwali last half term. We also learnt more about ourselves; how we are different and about friendship. This week, we will learn about fireworks and safety.

We want to thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Jennings and Mrs Elliott.

Here are some photos take this last half term. Enjoy!

 ICT activities

 Fixing the baby

 Exploring water

 Exploring sand

Showing an interest in books

Exploring numbers

Creating Diwali candles

Firework creations

Get well soon Mr Bear

Tapping to the beat using drums

September 2014

Dear Parents / Carers,

We want to welcome you all to the start of a fresh new academic year. We welcome 4 new children to our class: Ben, Sean, Gabriell and Jamie as well as welcoming back Catarina. We are starting off the year with a smaller number of children.

We will continue to incorporate your ideas for planning for your child’s development. Please watch out for the form to complete.

I will be holding a short presentation for parents after the whole school presentation on Tues 16th Sept. I plan you inform you on how it all works in F1 and alert you to a few changes involving sessions promoting language development and ‘chatter boxes’. Please can everyone make a special effort to attend. I am also holding a parents phonics workshop on 25th September. Thank you.

Please note: PE is on Wednesday mornings. Please wear PE kit to school on this day. Assemblies in the hall are on Thursdays and Friday mornings so indoor shoes must be changed into on arrival on these days. Unless it is wet outside, outdoor shoes can be worn on Mondays-Wednesdays. Please remember to read the F1 notice board outside the classroom every week for important information, including phonic sounds of the week.

So, welcome and remember our door is always open. Working in partnership with you is so beneficial for everyone.

Best Regards

Mrs Jennings and Mrs Elliott