Green Dragon Primary School

• Monday 24^th December – Friday 4^thJanuary : Christmas Holidays
• Monday 7^th January: INSET day School closed for children
• Tuesday 8^thJanuary: Start of the Spring term 8.45am
• Tuesday 8th January : Year 5 (Phoenix 2) Swimming starts
• Monday 14^th January: Clubs start
• Tuesday 15^th January : Closing date for Reception Applications
• Tuesday 15^th January : Education Governors Meeting
• Thursday 17^th January : Year 6 Trip to The National History Museum
• Monday 21^st January : Height and weight checks – Reception and Year 6
• Thursday 31^st January : Prospective Parent Tour
• Tuesday 5^th February : Year 4 trip to The Science Museum
• Tuesday 12^th February : Strategic Development Governors Meeting
• Friday 15^th February :Chinese New Year
• Monday 18^th  - Friday 22^nd February : Half Term Holiday
• Monday 25^th  February : School reopens for staff and children
• Tuesday 5^th March : Full Governing Body meeting 
• Wednesday 6^th March : School closing @2.00pm today
• Wednesday 6^th March : Parents’ Evening 2.30 – 5.00pm
• Thursday 7^th March : Parents’ Evening 3.40 – 6.00pm 
• Thursday 7^th March : World Book Day
• Wednesday 13^th March : Year 2 (Sphinx 1) trip to The National Portrait Gallery
• Thursday 14^th March : Year 2 (Sphinx 2) trip to The National Portrait Gallery
• Thursday 14^th March : Prospective Parent Tour
• Monday 25^th March : Last week of swimming
• Monday 25^th March : Last week of clubs
• Monday 1^st April : E-Safety Workshop for children
• Monday 1^st April : Club registration – open online via Parentpay from 10am
• Monday 8^th - Friday 22^nd April : Easter Holidays
• Tuesday 23^rd April : INSET day – school closed for children
• Wednesday 24^th April : School reopens for children 

• Using language of SIZE and TIME
• Counting out loud to 10, 20 or beyond, and touch counting to 5 or beyond
• Matching numerals to quantities
• Opposites and prepositions - on/under, in/out, back/front, behind/in front
• Naming and describing some 2D and 3D shapes

•  Core book - The Discovery, Dinosaur Roar, Meg's Eggs, Mad about Dinosaurs and non-fiction books about Dinosaurs. Re-writing "Dear Zoo" (Dear Dino-Park)
• Phase 1 phonics: Alliteration (e.g. Silly Stegosaurus), Clapping + Stomping rhythms (Steg - a - saur - us = 4 claps) and noticing Rhyme.
• Phase 2 sounds: s (snake)  a (apple)  t (tower)   m (mountain)   d (dinosaur)

• Keep reading with your child at home and encourage them to talk about what is happening in the pictures.  It’s great if you point out when YOU are reading too – books, magazines, your mail, e-mails…  
• Remember your child can change their book any day and as often as you like, not just on their set days with their teacher (Penguins–Tuesdays.    Pandas–Wednesdays.     Puffins–Thursdays)

• We will start to have P.E in the hall. The children only take off socks and shoes for this.  
• Please remember your child has to change their own socks and shoes. Please help your child to practise at home.
• Also, leggings and socks are better than tights!

Everywhere books will be sent home on a Friday. Please help your child to complete the task set and return them by the following Wednesday. As well as this – don’t forget to make EVERY opportunity you can for your child to learn through the everyday things you do – count everything, go outdoors as much as you can, listen for and point out sounds all around you…..  

Perhaps you have some resources about our project?

• You could send in “treasure” for the children to dig up (fossils, interesting stones, old unwanted or broken jewellery, postcards or photos of “long ago”)
• You can still sign up to come in and help in a session. (Only one parent per session! Sign-up sheet at the window)
• Don’t forget to keep looking at our “Learning Journey” on the window to see some of the things we are doing and learning.

Arrive on time!

Remember that the children come straight to our big carpet when they arrive, so if your child is late, they miss an important part of the learning for the session.

If you go to the Cbeebies website, your child can find out all kinds of things and play games or watch episodes about dinosaurs – look for “Andy’s Jurrasic Adventures.”  Also “learnenglish.co.uk” has some games about dinosaurs.  If you find any otherreally good sites – do let us know! 

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks​

http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html

Only reception children need PE kits.

• PE is on a Wednesdays. The uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled.

• School PE uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled. plimsoles are needed for PE.

• Shorts or leggings must not be over the knee as this increases the likelihood of slipping on equipment

At bedtime, the moon and the stars come out. They shine down from the night sky. Have you ever imagined what it might be like to go on a journey to the moon and the stars? What might you find there? Who might be living there? And what is the moon really made of? Get ready to blast off as we go on a journey through space!​

• Count objects 1-20 and match to the correct numeral
• Say one more than and one less than a given number (0-20)
• Use vocabulary relating to addition, e.g. Get ready to get some more
• Look at an addition Maths Story and read what it says, e.g. 2+4+3=9
• Identify and describe simple 3D shapes: cube, sphere, cuboid, pyramid

•  Core book - ‘Whatever Next’
• Retell a story using a text map (with pictures)
• Tricky words: I, the, no, go, into, my, you, said, be
• Read, Write Inc Set 1 sounds: 
• m  a s  d  t i  n  p g  o  c  k  u b  f e l h sh r j v y w th z ch qu x n g nk

• Talk to your child about what they have been learning in school.  If you can, watch videos together of rockets launching or astronauts in zero gravity. 
• Look at the sky together, during the day and at night. How is it different? What can you see?
• How do astronauts travel into space?
• Can your child name any planets?
• How do scientists know so much about space? What do they use to help them? (Telescopes, space probes etc.)
• What does an astronaut wear in space? Why?

• Practise writing simple words and sentences at home, e.g. The man is big.
• Practise ordering numbers 1-20.
• Read books about space together and see what interesting facts you can find out. 

Only reception children need PE kits.

• PE is on a Wednesdays. The uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled.

• School PE uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled. plimsoles are needed for PE.

• Shorts or leggings must not be over the knee as this increases the likelihood of slipping on equipment