Welcome to Ruby Class!

Reception

Term 1

This week in Ruby Class;

Friday 4th October 2024

This week in Ruby Class the children have been working very hard! We have introduced two new codes, 't' and 'i', explored the composition of numbers to four and have been practising retelling both our class story of The Little Red Hen and the poem we will be reciting at next week's Harvest Festival. This week we were also able to look at the results of the bread experiment we set up two weeks ago. The results were really rather disgusting, with the bread we had handled before washing our hands being covered in mould! However, we were able to see the importance of properly washing our hands as the other slice of bread, the one we handled after washing our hands well, had no mould growing on it at all. 

Thank you to all of you who have sent in photos of your children for our topic work. This week we had a very cute time looking at them before the children made their own timelines. 

We were very proud of the children on Friday, when they joined the whole school for the 10K challenge in support of Read With Me. Not only did they do fantastically well with the running and walking on the field, Ruby Class were impeccably well behaved walking to and from the site - well done!

It was wonderful to see so many parents at the Motor Skills Workshop on Tuesday. If you were unable to make it but would like a copy of the handouts from the session, please let me know. It has also been great to see so many parents signing up for the parents evening next week. If you are yet to do this, there are still slots available. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Fieldhouse 

Friday 20th September 2024

Ruby Class have been learning about keeping ourselves clean and healthy this week. They have had fun learning about the importance of washing our hands using an experiment to show how germs or bacteria can be passed from our hands to others and onto the foods we eat. They also enjoyed learning about brushing our teeth and had a great deal of fun in our 'Dentist's Surgery'.

Thursday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day and shiver me timbers, these landlubbers made an excellent crew for Captain Tiny Squid Legs (Mrs Fieldhouse) and First Mate Mad-Eyed Sharp Sword (Mrs Kirby). We made pirate hats, practising our scissor skills, and treasure maps so we didn't forget where we had buried our booty. All children received a certificate with their pirate names on them and I hope parents have also had fun working out their pirate names. 

Please remember we will be holding our parents phonic information sessions next week. Thank you to all those who have returned your slips. There is still time to join us if you are yet to reply. We will be introducing the phonic and maths home packs during these sessions. Next week will also see the introduction of the first codes (phonemes); very exciting!

Next Friday will also be our open afternoon for perspective parents. I will be in class that afternoon and will be opening the doors at 3pm if you would like to come and have a look around our newly decorated classroom and view some of your children's work. The KSA will be running events in the playground, weather permitting, so it should be a lovely occasion. 

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Fieldhouse 

Friday 13th September 2024

I want to start this week's update by saying a huge WELL DONE to all the children in Ruby Class for completing their first full week in school. The children are settling into the class routines well, and we have been delighted to see them coming into school so confidently in the mornings. 

Earlier in the week you should have received information about the parent workshops we will be running this term. Thank you to all who have responded already. If you would like to attend, please return the slip indicating the sessions you wish to attend. Please let me or Mrs Kirby know if you require an additional letter. 

We are seeing a pattern form with the children's lunch choices with many of them choosing jacket potato every day. While this is not a problem in itself, we do worry that the children are just choosing the option they are most familiar with. On the classroom door we post the weekly lunch choices accompanied by a photograph. Please discuss the menus with your child in the mornings. While we do like to give the children the freedom to select their lunch, should you want to order for them, or want us to try and gently guide them towards a particular choice, please let us know in the morning. I will also be displaying the photographs of the day's menu on the interactive screen while we are doing the register as an extra reminder for the children. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Fieldhouse 

Friday 6th September 2024

It was lovely to welcome the new children and their families on Wednesday. We are happy to say that the children already appear to be settling in very well, and I am sure we are going to have a lot of fun learning together this year. 

The children have brought home a book to share with you, along with a folder full of fun activities designed to support your child's development. Below you will find attached the Knowledge Organiser and Home Fun Grid for the first part of the term. 

Have a lovely weekend. We look forward to seeing you on Monday when the children will be attending school full-time. 

Mrs Fieldhouse