Find out what TURTLE CLASS have been learning
Welcome!
A warm welcome to Turtle Class from Mrs Tribe, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Williams and Mr Luckhurst.
P.E. days
Our PE day is Wednesday. Please send your children to school wearing their PE clothes on this day.
Our phonics session for parents
Thank you to everyone who came to Mrs Tribe's phonics session for parents. It was brilliant to see so many of you. The resources discussed are attached below:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Letter-Formation-Alphabet-Handwriting-Sheet-Lowercase.pdf | Download |
| Level-2-and-3-actions-mat-desk-mat.pdf | Download |
| level-2-phonics-letter-formation-handwriting mat.pdf | Download |
| Literacy - phonics - reading and writing.pptx | Download |
| Llevels-2-3-and-4-tricky-word-mat.pdf | Download |
| Upper-case-and-lower-case-letter-formation-strip.pdf | Download |
| Ways to help your child at home.pdf | Download |
Our timetable
This is what Turtle Class learn and when:
Upcoming events
We continue to try and be as open, supportive and welcoming to parents and carers as possible. As part of this ethos, we hold numerous events for parents and carers throughout the school year but you may wish to note these key dates:
Monday 1st June - Children return to school
Monday 1st June to Friday 12th June - Year 4 Multiplication Check
Tuesday 2nd June - First swimming session for year 6
Tuesday 2nd June - Selected year 3 & year 4 Racket Festival at the Withdean Stadium Sports Complex
Tuesday 2nd June - ‘IntoUniversity’ in school to work with year 6 (Transition to secondary school)
Wednesday 3rd June - Year 6 trip to Chessington World of Adventure
Wednesday 3rd June - Year 2 trip to Stanmer Park
Thursday 4th June - Our last Donate Day of the year
Friday 5th June - 8:55am to 9:25am, EYFS, year 1 & year 2 reading with parents and carers
Monday 8th June to Friday 12th June - Phonics screening checks for year 1 and some children in year 2
Tuesday 9th June - 3:15pm to 4:00pm, Meet the teacher and celebrate learning session for parents and carers (All years except year 6)
Thursday 11th June - Year 1 trip to Stanmer Park
Wednesday 17th June - ‘IntoUniversity’ in school to work with year 6 (Transition to secondary school)
Thursday 18th June - 9:30am to 10:45am, Infant Sports Day
Friday 19th June - ‘IntoUniversity’ in school to work with year 5
Monday 22nd June - 9:30am to 11:00am, Junior Sports Day (At Moulsecoomb Primary School)
Monday 22nd June – Year 2 music trip to the Brighton Dome
Tuesday 23rd June - Turtle Class trip to Brighton Beach
Tuesday 30th June - Year 5 trip to Stanmer Park
Wednesday 1st July - 2:30pm to 3:00pm, Parents and carers are invited to find out about and see OPAL play
Thursday 2nd July - Year 3 & 4 trip to the Royal Pavilion
Friday 3rd July - 8:55am to 9:25am, EYFS, year 1 & year 2 reading with parents and carers
Wednesday 8th July - 2.30pm to 3:10pm, Parents and carers are invited to our annual dance festival
Monday 13th July - School reports are sent home
Monday 13th July – Our special transition assembly to support the children moving classes
Monday 13th July – 3:50pm, Parents and carers of KS2 drama club are invited to see their mini-plays
Wednesday 15th July – 2:00pm, Montyz Music performance to the children and parents and carers of children who have lessons or are in a club with Montyz Music
Wednesday 15th July – 3:55pm, Parents and carers of KS1 drama club are invited to see their mini-plays
Friday 17th July - 2:15pm to 3:15pm, Parents and carers of year 6 children are invited to our leavers’ assembly
Friday 17th July - Last day of school
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Thursday 3rd September - Children return to school
You can discuss the curriculum with your child
The overview for our learning this half-term is ‘SUPER HEROES’. This will focus around three books: 'Look Up' by Nathan Byron, 'Super Duper You' by Sophy Henn and 'Super Worm' by Julia Donaldson. These will help the children learn about the being super and resilient in different ways, and will also help them to learn that we all have super hero qualities, such as being super kind, super helpful, super brave, super strong and super clever! This will stimulate our circle time session around 'we are special and unique in our own individual way’, and we will use and say the sentence ‘I am super because ….’
Please spend a few minutes chatting with your child and ask them some simple questions such as: Do they know any Super Heroes? What super hero magic would like to have and why? Who are the super heroes that help us every day? What might you like to be when you are grown up? Would you like to be an astronaut and visit space? What might you see there?
Write your child’s ideas, questions and comments in the speech bubble below and return this back to the Turtle Class team.
Click here to find out how you can support your child at home.
The overview for our summer term learning is here:
You can also help children with their learning at home using the guidance below:
The Early Learning Goals
Our curriculum supports our children to meet the Early Learning Goals. You can find out more below:
The Reception Baseline Assessment
Children in reception will be participating in the reception baseline assessment within the first 6 weeks of them starting. The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a progress measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between reception and year 6.
The reception baseline assessment is a short, interactive and practical assessment of your child’s early literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills when they begin school, using materials that most children of your child’s age will be familiar with. You can find an information leaflet below:
