Welcome to Reception

  Mrs Falconer, Mrs Carr and Miss Green

Mrs Featherstone, Mrs Barclay, Miss Stanfield, Miss Hallett, Miss Extance and Miss Hodges 

On Friday 2nd October at 9.10am we are holding a reading meeting for parents to attend. The children will join you in the hall for some reading based activities. Following this meeting your child will be given a Book Bag which they use to carry their reading folder and therefore a backpack will no longer be required. 

For some support with phonics at home, a link to the Little Wandle website is below. Here you can find information on the Little Wandle phonics scheme, How To videos and more information on reading at home. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. 

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/ 

Year Group Information:

PE

PE lessons for both classes will be on a  Friday. If your child wears earrings, please remember to remove these before they come to school on their PE day. We also request that hair is tied back. Please make sure your child come to school in the correct PE kit on PE day.

HOMELEARNING

Home learning tasks will be sent out on a Friday and we require them back by the following Wednesday.  Birchfield’s expectation for reading with your child is a minimum of 3 times a week.  Please make sure you record your comments in your child’s reading diary.  Thank you for all your support in your child's learning and development.  

UNIFORM and BOOK BAGS

A big thank you to those who have named all items of their child’s uniform. This helps tremendously in returning any lost items quickly. Unnamed items unfortunately may not always get back to their original owner!

Please ensure that children are wearing correct uniform each day, this includes footwear and appropriate coat – we go outside and they could get cold and wet!

A quick reminder that any earrings worn must be studs or small hoops, no other jewellery is permitted, and book bags are required to be in school every day once they have been handed out at the reading meeting on Friday 2nd October. 

HELPING HANDS

We have noticed there are a number of children who cannot put on and fasten their coats independently – please could this skill be practised at home, as they will be able to get outside much more quickly if they can do this.

Please note that Birchfield is a No Mobile Phone School, therefore phones are not to be used whilst on the school site; please put them in pockets or bags.