Green Dragon Primary School

We learn, play and explore together every day! We have lots in common, but there are also lots of things about us that make us special.

We are going to be getting to know ourselves and our classmates by talking about our families, our houses and our home countries.

Together, we are going to have a half term full of celebrating all of our similarities and differences! We are also going to be thinking about what makes us happy and peaceful, and how to manage our emotions.

Maths:

• Matching
• Sorting
• Compare amounts
• Compare size, mass and capacity
• Making simple pattern

:Literacy:

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

I can recognise and write my name.

I can share a book with familiar adults.

Please read with your child for 10 minutes every evening.

Encourage them to point to each letter and say its sound, and then to blend them together to read the whole word. Please remember to leave these books in your child’s book bag.

Children should now know the following GPCs and tricky words.

Understanding of the world

Explore farms, animals, noises and the jobs a farmer may do. Do you have photos of your child with animals? Perhaps you grew up on a farm? Share your photos and stories on Tapestry please!

Talk about your family. Look at family photos.

-Who is in your family?

-What countries do they come from?

-What special things do you and your family like to do together?

-Do you belong to a religion or follow any particular routines?

Read with your child daily!

Talk about strategies you use to calm down when you’re feeling upset or angry and help your child to practise some techniques.

• Count to 10 and breathe deeply.
• Think about some things that make you happy.
• Focus on the things that you can hear, smell, see and touch.

Tapestry is a great tool for accessing information about your child’s time in school and enjoy seeing them progress in Reception. If you need any support with Tapestry do let us know.

• Centaur 1 PE is on Friday
• Centaur 2 PE is on Thursday

PE

Centaur 1 PE is on Friday.

Centaur 2 PE is on Thursday.

The uniform is black shorts or jogging bottoms and a white t-shirt.

Children come to school dressed in their PE kits.

Please ensure clothing is all name labelled.

Home Learning

Your child will be sent a home learning exercise book – this book is to be kept at home.

Home learning will be set every Friday on Tapestry and will need to be completed by the following Wednesday. This will begin after October half term.

Dates

Friday 29th September:

Parents / carers, please come to school to observe a phonics session with your children at 2:30pm.

Wednesday 18^th October:

School photos

Wednesday 18^th & Thursday 19^thOctober:

Open Evening 

For more information, please email your class teacher. centaur@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Dates:

Monday 17^th April - Entry Point

• Children can come to school, dressed as their favourite fairy tale character - no superheroes or unicorns.  

Monday 15^th May – Friday 26^th May

• Chicks arrive in school.
• Bank Holiday: Monday 1^st May & 8^th May
• Half Term:  Monday 29^th May – 2^nd June

Each day your child will have access to outdoor learning so we encourage you to send in a pair of wellington boots that can be kept in school.

Do remember to book your child’s lunch via parent pay. We offer the children a daily snack - fruit and sandwiches. The children also have the oppourtunity to have free milk which can booked using the cool milk website. If you do not want your child to have milk please remember to remove them from the list. Children also have their own water bottle in school.

CALLING ALL RECEPTION PARENTS AND NURSERY PARENTS!

Tapestry

• Click here to find out more about Tapestry at Green Dragon Primary School.
• Please use Tapestry as a tool to share your children’s knowledge and understanding at home. https://tapestryjournal.com/

At Green Dragon Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics (SSP) programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.

As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. At Green Dragon Primary School we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.

Here is the link to the 'For Parents' section of the Little Wandle website. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Please click here to view our 'Phonics and Reading' page. The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their phonemes (sounds) and writing their graphemes (letters). There are also useful videos so you can see how your child is taught at school, to be able to confidently support their reading at home. 

If you go to the Cbeebies website, your child can find out all kinds of things and play games. 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