Reception - Mrs Dindorp - Penyrheol Primary School

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Welcome to Mrs Dindorp's Reception Class Webpage

Presenting the 'Reception class Team'.....

Miss Thomas Thurs-Fri

Miss Macey 11.10-3.10

Mrs Dindorp Class Teacher

Mrs Bell Mornings only

Mrs Devoy Mon-Weds

Mrs Dindorp and her early years team plan small focused tasks during the day and then the children are given the opportunity to use the enhanced provision to follow up this work independently.

Our aim is for all our children to flourish as young learners and grow as confident individuals in a safe, secure learning environment.

We want our children to grow as individuals and recognise the contribution they can make to society. We want our children to take increasing responsibility for their own learning, make informed choices and solve problems.

During the autumn term, we have a big focus on phonics. This will help your child read, write and spell.

Learning to read… Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds!

More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners.

We can achieve this together through:

Read Write Inc, a program to help your child read at school

Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home.

Please remember that your child will need to know their Hwb Log in user name and password. If you need a little reminder then please email me, Mrs Dindorp with Hwb log in request. Many thanks for your continued support.

Click here to go to the Hwb webpage

Fruit and Snack Information
Each day the children will be offered milk/water, cereal, toast, rasins and a selection of fruit. They may bring in their own water bottle from home if desired. No sugary juices please. The cost of the fresh fruit and sancks is £1 a week. This can be paid 'Half-Termly' via their Squid account.

How You Can Help Your Child at Home?

As a parent you can significantly influence your child’s learning by contributing as much as you can before they begin school and once they have started.
Parent involvement is essential if children are to flourish and reach their full potential.
Below is a list of suggested activities that would greatly help your child in the learning
process.

You can support by working at these with your child at home.

Language / Literacy / Communication Skills:
• read your child stories and poems
• talk about stories and poems
• get your child to retell stories
• get your child to make up their own stories
• make your child aware of text around them and that it has
  meaning
• make your child aware of the alphabet, sounds, names, order
• if they wish to write, please encourage your child to use the
  correct letter formation (see Read write inc sheet) starting and
  finishing letters correctly.
• if copying underneath, ensure the correct letter formation is used
as bad habits are very hard to kick once a child has acquired
them.

Please do not teach your child to print in capital letters. Capital
  letters are to be used for initial letters only.

Mathematical Skills:
• count with your child at every convenient opportunity e.g. when
laying the table, going upstairs, doing up buttons
• play games involving counting
• teach your child their colours and shape names
• make them aware of numbers around them
• talk about size, length, weight etc. as part of everyday activities.

Physical Skills:
• encourage your child to dress themselves and be independent
• encourage your child to use mark-making equipment to draw
• encourage your child to use 2 or 3 fingers [thumb, index and
middle fingers] to grip crayons/pencils when drawing
• encourage your child to practice fine manipulative skills EG.
  Locking together jigsaw puzzles, threading beads, building towers from construction kits, cutting out with scissors.

Outdoor Exploring and Learning

In Reception, we spend a lot of time having fun and learning outside, so it is important that the children bring in a suitable coat every day.

We ask if you can provide us with a pair of wellies that we can keep in school for the children to use when needed.

Please ensure all clothes are labelled clearly to help us locate any lost items!

Our Topic for this Autumn Term was 'Happiness'

We have been sharing a selection of amazing story books based around Happiness, sharing, patients, understanding ourselves and others, feeling loved and talking about emotions using both english and welsh languages.

The Invisible String story is the perfect book for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic where a mother tells her two children that they're all connected by an invisible string no matter where they go, near or far!

Generous Mr. Panda is giving away presents to all his animal friends, including a mouse, an octopus, an elephant, and a lemur, but they aren't being very grateful about the gifts they receive.

"This sensitive book encourages young children to open up and discuss how they feel, even when their thoughts are confusing." We teach children to identify colors, numbers, shapes, and letters--but what about their feelings?

Mr. Panda's black-and-white animal friends are curious what he's making, but only one has the patience to stick around.

The Postive Panda introduces children to meditation,she helps them to relax with breathing exercises and visualisations, before sharing twelve inspiring and uplifting journeys. Each one focusing on positive attributes such as self-belief, perseverance, independence and curiosity.

Lemur is happy and Swan is scared. But how is Mr Panda is feeling? The children find out and help themselves to express their own emotions with this sbeautifully illustarted story book.

"Children are not the only ones that need to learn how to be truly happy. It's all in the bucket, that invisible bucket that follows you everywhere... teaches young readers valuable lessons about giving, sharing, and caring. This guide to daily happiness, though, is not just for kids. We all need reminders of the benefits of positive thinking and positive behavior. It's an important lesson to teach and remind us all . . . that showing kindness and appreciation of others goes a long way to making this world a happier place for everyone, including ourselves