As Advent begins this Sunday with Advent Sunday celebrated in Churches, we would like to share this online Advent Calendar with you, produced by the Diocese of Guildford. It explores the Christmas story through Christian artwork, investigating a different artist and aspect of the story throughout the term time days of Advent. Please enjoy sharing this with your family as we prepare for Christmas in school and at home.

This week in Thames Class...

Week commencing 8th December 

What a brilliant performance of A King is Born!  We are all so proud of the children for the way they shone.  They sang, knew their words and danced beautifully.  It was wonderful to have so many friends and family members in the audience with us, so thank you for coming. 

This week, we have discussed what is safe to put on our bodies and this has linked to learning about brushing our teeth.  We discussed why it is important and how to do it properly.  Discuss with your child why it is important to keep our bodies clean. 

In maths we have been revising one more and one less.  We imagined snow men melting to help us learn one less, and used cotton wool ‘snowballs’ to help us learn one more.  Can you find one more or less of a group of objects at home? 

Please note, that next week we will finish the term at 12 o’clock on Thursday 18th December.  

This week’s talking task:  

Next week we will be focussing on writing the digits 0 to 9 correctly by making birthday badges, number lines and even putting numbers on clocks.  Can you do some number writing at home?  Remember it doesn’t have to be done with a pencil and paper, it could be paint, water, beads, pipe cleaners – whatever is most exciting for you and your child! 

To enable children to develop their language skills, we have used AI to translate this into other languages spoken in our school community.   

This week in Thames Class...

The children are encouraged to use the toilets and drink water throughout the day and are allowed to go to the toilet whenever they need.

The Reception timetable evolves as the children settle into the routine of school.  This is what we are hoping the timetable will be by the end of term.

During Adventure Time, the children are free to use and explore the resources and activities in the indoor and outdoor classrooms.  During this time, the Reception adults lead activities or work with individuals or small groups on a particular task or skill.  Waterproofs and wellies are used everyday during these sessions, so these stay in school.