Week Beginning 18th November 2024

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READING CHAMPION

Our first  Reading Champion

A massive congratulations to Billie (6HM) who is our first pupil at Coundon Primary School to complete our ‘100 Books to Read Before Leaving Year 6’  challenge. A reading superstar! Well done! ⭐????

Billie was presented with our ‘100 book challenge’ school trophy during the Head Teacher’s Awards assembly and received a keepsake trophy, certificate and a £10 ‘Love to Shop’ voucher for her fantastic achievement.

Billie’s photograph sits alongside the trophy in our school trophy cabinet to inspire others to follow in her footsteps.

Who will be next? 

Week Beginning 23rd October 2023

This week we will be looking at rhyming words. The children have struggled to recognise words that rhyme. We will be playing a range of rhyming games and activities to develop the children’s understanding of the end of the words having to sound the same. See if your child can carry on a rhyming string i.e. rat, cat, sat, mat . . . . made up words are fine as long as they containing the rhyming sound at the end of the word. Story books are a great place to find rhyming words. Choose a bed time story that rhymes and see if your child can help you find which words rhyme.

This week we will be assessing the children to see if they have retained the sounds learned so far and are able to aurally and orally blend simple cvc words. Continue to practise the sounds sent home every night and combining the sounds to read simple words. Your child could also practise writing the letters and even have a go at writing simple cvc words.

This week we will be continuing to work with the numbers 1,2 and 3. We will be focusing on the language of more and identifying what one more is as well as recognising which group has more. We will finish he week playing a game with 3 beanbags and seeing how many we get into the hoop, identifying who scored more.

The weather has now got significantly colder. Please be reminded that the children spend a large portion of the day outside even when it is raining. It is essential that your child has a warm waterproof coat with a hood in school every day. We encourage children to put their gloves in their coat pocket when they are not wearing them and hats to be put into the sleeve of their coat when they take them off. This allows them to be easily accessible for when your child needs them and doesn’t require them to search through bags or drawers. Please encourage this at home also so that the children are receiving the same message.

We would like to say a big thank you to those parents that have contributed to our weekly 50p collection. The money is helping us to purchase resources to help enhance our provision. We were recently able to buy pumpkins for the children to bash and dissect and a range of vegetable for our Harvest shop which helped the children learn about different types of vegetable. Your support is very much appreciated. If you would rather send in a donation for the year rather than weekly then please send it in with your child in an envelope and we can add it to the collection.

The children break up for the half term holidays on Friday 27th October. Have a lovely half term break and enjoy any Halloween celebrations you may be having.

The Reception Team

Week Beginning 16th October 2023

This week we will be continuing on with our Autumn topic with a focus on hibernation. We will be looking at both fiction and non-fiction texts and will be finding out about different animals that hibernate and what they do. The children have been very excited this week at our resident squirrels who have been coming in to the Reception outdoor area and stealing our conkers and acorns. If out and about at the weekend talk to your children about Autumn and what they know. Ask them about hibernating animals and maybe you could make a den for your garden to encourage any wildlife that may need a home for the winter.

In phonics this week the children will be learning the sounds b, f, e, l, h. They will be learning how to say the sound correctly and will be learning how to form the letter. They will also start to read the sounds in simple words. On Friday your child should have brought home their next set of sounds. Remember to practise these each day and help your child to start to blend the sounds together to read simple words. Below are some videos that you could watch with your child and they will show you how to blend the sounds together.

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This week in Maths we will be looking at the numbers 1, 2 and 3. We will be delving deep into the number so that the children can subitise (recognise amounts without the need to count). We will be looking at how the numbers are made up which will prepare the children for the work that comes later on number bonds and fully understanding number. When at home with your child, get them to look for items in groups of 1, 2 or 3. Use the language ‘what can you see?’ and ‘how do you see it?’ See if they can identify groups of 1, 2 or 3 in their every day life.

We are currently talking to the children about kindness and respect. A number of children are not showing kindness towards others or respect for the resources, the environment or each other. Please take the time to talk to your child about being kind and about how they should look after the equipment both in school and at home. Our budget is extremely tight and we will not be able to replace toys and equipment if they are not looked after. Our Rules in Reception are:

  1. To use kind hands, feet and words.
  2. Always listen to the grown ups.
  3. Look after the equipment
  4. Walk inside.

A large number of children are still struggling to put on and take off their own jumpers and coats. If your child still struggles please work with them to dress and undress themselves so that they are not always relying on an adult to help. We also have a lot of jumpers and cardigans without names. It is very important that all clothing is named so that we can return them when children leave them around the setting.

We are looking forward to meeting you all at Parents evening this week. Your child should have come home with a slip confirming your appointment time.

Have a lovely week,

The Reception Team

January 2023

Up coming events 2023

Taking place from 30 January to 5 February 2023

December 2022

Congratulations to the following pupils who were awarded certificates at the end of the autumn term, for reaching the next milestone on their 100 book challenge:

Pavan S: Bronze Certificate

Billie F: Bronze Certificate

Amelia Lusk: Silver Certificate

Ben Lusk: Silver Certificate

Welcome to a new reading year! 2022-2023

It has been wonderful to see so many children take up our very own, Whole School, Reading Challenge:     ‘100 Books to Read Before Leaving Year 6’.

At the end of the Summer Term, the following children received their Bronze Certificate for reading 10 books:  Lewis Scott,  Sophie Scott, Ben Lusk, Amelia Lusk, Miles Court, Arlo Grant, Finley Grant, Grace Pegley and Elodie Grisdale.

The following children also received their Silver Certificate for reading 25 books: Arlo Grant and Finley Grant.

In addition, a £10 book token was awarded to the children in each key phase who had read the most books by the end of the summer term:

Ria Kaur Dosanjh, Arlo Grant, Grace Pegley,  Finley Grant, Amelia Lusk, Billie Farrell, Sophie Scott, and Safeenah Jamil.

Well done all! We can’t wait to see how many books you will have all read by the end of this term! ?

If you would like to join in with the ‘100 Books to Read Before Leaving Year 6’ Whole School Reading Challenge, then please then click on the information at the top of the blog for more information or speak to your class teacher. 

AFTER SCHOOL LIBRARY SESSIONS March 14.3.22

This week has seen the launch of our after-school library sessions for pupils whose year group do not already have an allocated lunchtime library session. It has been wonderful to see the children come into the school, choose a book to borrow and it take home to read. Our library is open after school 3:30p.m. – 4:00p.m. Please collect your child as normal from their classroom door and walk around to the front entrance of the school to gain entry into the library. The allocated sessions are:

Mondays – Reception Groups

Tuesdays- Year One

Thursdays – Year Two

Fridays – Year Three

If you are unsure which day your year group’s lunchtime session is on, then take a look at the library class timetable below.

Library Class Timetable.doc

WORLD BOOK DAY 3.3.22

Take part in our newest event: The Who’s Who? Quiz, for a chance to win a £10 book gift voucher. Your child will have been sent home with the recording sheet today. All you need to do is look at the World Book Day Staff Photo sheet attached, look at each numbered photograph, identify the staff member and the character that they are and hand your completed sheets back to your teacher with £1 to enter on Monday 7th March. Unfortunately, any entries after Tuesday 8th March will not be counted. 

WBD Competition Photos.pdf

Who’s Who Quiz sheet.docx

WORLD BOOK DAY THURSDAY 3rd MARCH 2022

Just a reminder that we will celebrating World Book Day in school on Thursday 3rd March. 
For a donation of £1, children can come into school dressed as a well-known children’s story book character. There will also be a ‘free to enter’ poster competition to promote children’s favourite book titles. Posters will be displayed in our school library and there will be a small prize for the winning entries. There will also be a family ‘guess the staff and story character’ competition. This will be a photo competition where you will need to identify the members of staff and the story character that they are dressed up as. This competition will be sent home after World Book Day and will cost £1 to enter. The first correct winning entry pulled out of the hat for each key stage will win a £10 book voucher.