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We would like to take this opportunity to wish you well for the upcoming end of term holiday season and to thank you for all your patience and understanding during this very challenging term.

 We look forward to a wonderfully festive final week with the children. Here are some of the important dates to note for the week ahead:

•  Monday 14^th December: Children will bring home the Christmas cards delivered on Friday. Please DO NOT send in anymore cards. The deadline for sending cards was Friday 11th December.
• Tuesday 15^th December: Children will watch an online pantomime in the afternoon
• Tuesday 15^th December: Christmas lunch will be served as per your menu choices.
• Friday 18^th December: Last day of term. Mufti day (The children may wear their own clothes to school. No school uniform and no donation required)
• Friday 18^th December: Class celebration. Please DO NOT send in any food from home. Light snacks will be provided for the children
• Monday 4^th January 2021: Children return to school for the start of Spring Term 1

 Wishing you a wonderful festive season.

Kind Regards,

The Reception Team

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AUTUMN TERM TOPIC: Autumn 2 -Light and Dark

Phonics: Monday– Friday: Review of all Set 1 single letter sounds and Word Time lessons focusing on oral blending. To learn strategies for segmenting sounds in words to spell 3 letter CVC words eg hat, pot, sit, bun

Maths Focus: To explore comparing quantities of identical and non-identical objects and finding one more or one less than a quantity within 5

EAD: To present a group festive musical performance

HOMEWORK: Please note that we do not set homework during holidays as we want you and the children to rest and enjoy the festive season. However, if you would like the children to practice some learning, please feel free to use the many video resources on Google Classroom under the following headings:

• Practice videos for children
• Remote learning: You do not have to submit any of the tasks, use the videos for the children to practice their learning.

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It is hard to believe that we have only two weeks to go until the end of term. There is already a festive buzz in the air. The children have enjoyed decorating their class Christmas trees and will be very busy with many seasonal activities over the remaining weeks of this term.

 At this time of year, children enjoy sending cards to their friends. However due to the challenges within which we have to work this December, we kindly ask that the last day for children bringing cards into school is Friday 11th December.  The cards will be posted into the class post box and will be ‘quarantined’ until Monday(14^th) when they will be handed out. Please note that you are under no obligation to send cards. We understand if you choose not to have your child bring in cards. Please ask your child’s class teacher for a class list of names if you would like to send cards.

Please take note of these IMPORTANT DATES over the next 2 weeks:

• Friday 11^th December:  Christmas jumper day.  Children wear their school uniform but instead of their school jumper, they may wear a Christmas jumper for a  £1 donation
• Friday 11^th December: Last day to bring in Christmas cards
• Tuesday 15^th December: Children will watch an online pantomime
• Tuesday 15^th December: Christmas lunch will be served
• Friday 18^th December: Last day of term. Mufti day (The children may wear their own clothes to school. No school uniform and no donation required)

 Kind Regards,

The Reception Team

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AUTUMN TERM TOPIC: Light and Dark

Phonics: Monday– Friday: Review of all Set 1 single letter sounds and Word Time lessons focusing on oral blending

PE focus: To observe and take notice of their movements, talking about what they and others have done

Maths Focus: To explore sorting objects into groups and comparing groups of objects using the vocabulary: same, different, more or fewer to explain their thinking.

UW: To talk about significant celebrations in December and how these are celebrated around the world

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