Green Dragon Primary School

Children must wear: 

• Black or grey school trousers, skirts or dresses (no jogging bottoms)
• Plain white shirt or polo shirt
• A GD sweatshirt or cardigan or a regulation school jumper (grey or green)
• Plain black shoes – no white soles, logos, coloured ticks etc.
• Children must not wear earrings in school.
• All long hair must be tied up.
• Hair must be cut no shorter than a number 2. No embossed styles.

We are very proud of Green Dragon and wearing a smart school uniform helps to encourage and promote this sense of pride.  Please support your child by making sure they follow the rules. Thank you.

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?

When walking around the community, look at the different types of houses and house numbers.

• How are they the same?
• How are they different?
• Are they tall/short/long/wide etc?
• Why do we have keys to houses?

The Big Picture

When we hear the words ‘Once upon a time’, we know we are about to be taken on an exciting adventure. Everyone, no matter what their age, has a favourite story that they like to hear, and often we like to enjoy them over and over again. Now, we’re going to discover some new stories! By exploring these stories, we will be learning how to become better storytellers, and will create our own amazing worlds of make believe. Shall we begin? ‘Once upon a time…’

Help your child to discover ‘changes’ in everyday things by experiementing and talking about things such as:

Changes to food

• Ice/chocolate etc melts when heated
• Water freezes when cold
• Jelly sets in a fridge
• Pasta softens when cooked
• Bread is changed when toasted

Changes through growth/decay

• Flowers grow and then die
• Fruit/bread will eventually go mouldy if left
• We were once babies and have grown up

Changes to the weather through seasons

What’s the big idea? 

Everywhere around you, something is changing! The season is changing from winter to spring, seeds in the ground are growing into flowers, baby animals are hatching from eggs and the ice on the ground is melting into water! We are going to explore and experiment with change through traditional tales and first-hand experiences, to find out about all sorts of changes within the world around us. 

Sequencing numbers to 20

Identifying one more and one less

Number bonds to 10 (5 + 5, 6 + 4 etc)

Measuring plants

Weighing vegetables using the language of ‘heavy’ and ‘light’

Core Books: The Runaway Pancake, The Odd Egg, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Enormous Turnip.

Time connectives: First, next, after that, then, finally etc.

Phase 3 sounds: ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er.

Home Learning books will be sent home on a Thursday. Please return them by the following Wednesday.It is  important that you read with your child everyday and help them to learn the list of tricky words. 

Read stories with your child at home. Talk about the characters, settings and structure. Can you make up an alternative ending together?

The children should also:

• read every day to or with an adult
• practice their phonic cards
• ask your child questions about colours, sizes, objects or numbers that you see when you are out and about.

P.E is on Fridays - only reception children need PE kits.

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

• PE is now on Wednesdays (not Fridays). 

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

Friday 30th June - Afternoon Nursery Cake Sale

Thursday 20^th July - Whole School Exit point

What better way to end the year than with a whole school celebration?!

We hope every child from Nursery to Year 6 will bring in a plate of something homemade and scrumptious. At 9.30am, children will begin the festivities and enjoy tasting food from all over the world, present day and past.