Croeso Little Lambs!                                                                  

What a wonderful start to the new school year, we have all had great fun learning together.

We have a lovely large classroom with access to our garden area. It is so important that we are dressed appropriatley for the weather - every day. 

Attendance - It is wonderful to see our 'Little Lambs' every day, on time. Please try to arrive at school on time - we open the door at 8:40am and it closes at 8:50am. Our session ends at 11:20am.

Class Dojo - Class Dojo is our main form of communication. We post lots of updates and messages. We also send some wonderful photographs to show our families all of the fun we have been having. 

Fruit/Snack - Every day we all sit together to enjoy a healthy snack. The children are welcome to bring in their own health snack and water or to pay 30p a day for fruit from school. 

School Uniform - School uniform is not compulsory. However, it does save the 'what to wear question' each morning. You are able to purchase school uniform from our school office or we allow plain blue jumpers and white polo shirts, available in most supermarkets. 

Label - Please label EVERYTHING with your child's name - coats, bags, bottles, jumpers, cardigans - it really does help us. 

Monster Phonics 

Monster Phonics is an enhanced systematic synthetic phonics scheme. It teaches phonics in a comprehensive structured progression but provides additional multi-sensory support to make learning more memorable and engaging. It uses colour coding and monster sound cues to support learning when children encounter long vowels, silent letters, and tricky letters. This additional support is used consistently and then cleverly phased out, creating confident independent readers. And, it’s not just about the colours; the monsters themselves each represent a sound which brings phonics to life. This creates engagement, and speeds up the learning process for everyone.

https://monsterphonics.com/

 Useful links to support our learning; 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oazoG4t-JX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8NMPlwwWW0&t=2s

Stories and Rhymes

Stories and Rhymes are a vital part of the time in school - we learn lots of rhymes and songs and sing them every day - in English and in Welsh. 

More information can be found here; 

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/programmes-and-campaigns/poridrwystori/

 Pori Drwy Stori

Pori Drwy Stori is an exciting bilingual programme for Nursery and Reception aged children in Wales, aimed at developing their literacy, numeracy, speaking and listening skills to support Foundation Learning.

Each week we will send home a rhyme, a number rhyme and an activity to accompany the rhymes. Please try to share and practice the rhyme together. We will also practice in school. 

Dough Disco                                                             

We use 'Dough Disco' to help strengthen our fingers and to develop our fine and gross motor skills.

You can practice at home. We enjoy the songs below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9D5lfqZF3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLR3pQt8zg

We have a lovely time with our 'Little Lambs' - we are busy bees but have lots of fun together!

Useful Video's to help our Little Lambs

Useful Websites

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

https://eric.org.uk/potty-training/

https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/