Squirrel HQ - Mrs Browne

Key dates and information:

There will be a 'Meet the Teacher' on Friday 25th September at 2:30pm in the school hall. It is a chance to share with you what has been happening in Squirrel HQ so far, what comes next and home learning expectations. Bring along any questions you have! Look forward to seeing you there!

PE is on Thursday – please come to school in PE kit.

Forest School is on Friday - please come to school in PE kit.

Children will need a forest school bag containing:

• Wellington boots - they can stay at school
• Waterproof trousers
• Spare socks and spare trousers/skirt.

Forest school bags will be returned weekly to be refreshed. 

Library day is Thursday. Please return all library books each Thursday to exchange it for a new one.

Home learning:

We will have a 'meet the teacher' on Friday 25th September at 2:30pm in the school hall. I will share with you all the information regarding reading wallets and home learning for Year R. Until then, keep sharing books together and building their independence.

A taste of our learning:

11.9.26

The children have loved listening to and playing with rhyme. We have learnt that when the ending sound is the same they rhyme. We have been playing a game to bake a cake by mixing the correct rhymes together to make the perfect ingredients! It was also the perfect opportunity to read all the 'Oi Cat' books... The class favourite was definitely 'Oi Duck Billed Platypus!' See if your child can remember or make new rhymes up with these words: cat, frog, queen, tap, crown, mug, zip, ring.

We have also been recognising and ordering numbers to 10. We have used numicon, dinosaur feet with dots to show the quantity and numbers to make a number line up to 10. I was extremely impressed with what they knew! 

The children are really getting to know their new school routine. They have had to remember so much! We are learning more and more about each other day by day. It has been great watching the children talk with confidence about their bear's adventures over the summer. Do bring them in if you want to share your adventures too! 

On Monday 14th September there will be a celebration assembly of the library reading challenge. Please bring in your child's certificate if you have one for Monday's assembly so we can celebrate them (this is a whole school assembly for children only). Many thanks! 

4.9.26

Well done for completing your first day at Langrish! I am so proud of all of you! I was definitely bursting with pride and enjoying lots of stories and hugs today. We learnt where our pegs were and how to choose our lunch. We even shared our names with the class and learnt about each other's favourite foods during circle time. We have a lot of ice cream and chocolate lovers in Squirrel HQ and conveniently fish and chips (luckily it was what they chose for lunch!) Have a brilliant weekend and I will see you again Monday! I will be at the gate at 8:25am. If I am not there, I will be dropping off children to the classroom and be straight back if they need me!