Robin - YR

Welcome to Robin Class!

Robin is an FS2 (Reception) class. You will find us in the room known as The Nest.

Our teacher is Miss Howlin and our teaching assistants are Mrs Watson and Miss Challinor.

FOREST SCHOOLS

This year Robins will be doing Forest Schools on a Tuesday morning during term 1 and term 6.

ITV News Report on Intergenerational Project

As some of you may know, some children from the Nest have been having sessions on Tuesday mornings with visitors from Wiltshire Heights Care Home as part of a project called ‘The Intergenerational Project’ where people from different generations join together and share their experiences. We were approached by ITV West Country News who recently visited the school to film part of a session and speak to some of the children and residents. You can read the article and watch the video using the following link: https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2019-05-09/wiltshire-care-home-residents-go-back-to-school-to-read-with-4-year-olds/

We are now doing cursive writing in the Foundation Stage

To show cursive letter formation to your child please follow this link,

Here is the YouTube link for the pronunciation of the sounds heard during the Phase 2 Workshop and a Phase 3 sounds video.

Here are some links to free phonics websites where you can find lots of online games in each phase.

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

There is also a good website called Topmarks where you can find phonics and maths games for your child to play.

We also really recommend Cbeebies Numberblocks - catch it on bbc iplayer but it is also available on DVD which means you can view it in order. It is very good at developing early maths skills - so much so that experts in teaching maths have created a set of teaching materials for teachers to use alongside each episode. It also links really well to work that your children will do in Year One.