Our first full week in Reception has flown by but we’ve had so much fun! The children have continued to impress us with their care and compassion for one another and for their new environment. This week, the focus has continued to be on supporting the children as they settle into their new school journey, their new classroom environment and new friendships. As you may have heard, we have also met our final five Learning Characters this week! These characters have helped us to explore how we can become brave and determined learners, to think about ways we can grow our brains by being curious, and how we can reflect on our achievements and set ourselves goals. Reception are already striving to be like all of our learning characters and with lots of enthusiasm for the year ahead!
You can find out more about these characters below…
What have we been learning this week…
RE - This week we have been thinking about family. We thought about our families outside of school and the new school family that we are now a part of. We visited our worship area in school where we reflected on another very special family that we all a part of - God’s family.
In the worship area, Mrs Gregan has created a family tree. She has asked all of the children in school to draw their self portrait which will be displayed proudly on the tree. Reception have been busy painting their portraits this week and we look forward to sharing more pictures of these with you next week.
Phonics - This week we looked at the letter ‘m’ and practised how to make the sound and write the letter using the rhyme ‘Maisie mountain mountain’. Reception were certainly focused Cooper Crabs and brave Tommy Turtles when it came to practising the letter formation. We tried to remember to start at the top and they didn’t give up - we were so impressed! We also thought about words that have the ‘m’ initial sound and had so many ideas that we had to make a book!
This weeks’ learning characters…
Across school, our learning characters are used to help develop children’s growth mindset and to encourage positivity. This week we have met our final five learning characters. As a class we talked about how we can be brave and determined when faced with a challenge, how we can demonstrate a curiosity towards the world around us and how reflecting on our achievements can help us to be the best we can be.
The learning characters have been hugely successful across school, with children referring to them independently and building their confidence on a daily basis.
https://capeability.co.uk/
Annual Flu Vaccination (Nasal Spray)
Please see the information below from the NHS Vaccination team:
Dear Parent/Guardian,
YOUR CHILD’S ANNUAL FLU VACCINATION 2023
( NASAL SPRAY)
This vaccination is recommended to help protect your child against flu. Flu can be an unpleasant illness and can cause serious complications. Vaccinating your child will also help protect more vulnerable family and friends by preventing the spread of Flu. There may be a rebound in Flu levels this coming winter following low levels in the past 2 years. The vaccination is free and is a quick, simple, painless spray up the nose.
Please complete the online consent form.
If you DO NOT wish your child to be vaccinated for whatever reason please complete the form stating NO and the reasons.
Online Consent Form:
Use the link below to access the online consent form:
Enter the unique school code with BP in capital letters
The code for your school is: BP119627
Please inform the School Vaccination Team (Not School) of the following on
• If your child has steroid tablets prescribed two weeks prior to vaccination.
• If in the few days prior to vaccination your child has been wheezy.
• If after consenting you take your child to your GP surgery to receive their vaccination
It is your responsibility to contact the school vaccination team to ensure they do not receive the immunisation again. Our contact details are:
Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde: 01253 951984
Lancaster & Morecambe: 01524 406672
A leaflet explaining the vaccination programme can be accessed by clicking the following link: Flu vaccination for children
Yours faithfully,
School Age Vaccination Team
Please follow the links below for the school medical and consent forms if needed.
Important reminders:
Reception will now begin full days in school. Please see the notes given during the parent meeting regarding drop off and pick up times.
PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit. Earrings must be removed before coming to school. For health and safety these cannot be worn during PE and Staff in school are not able to remove them.
Reading packets will come home from Monday, these need to be brought into school each day. To begin with, we will include the sound mat (shown at the parents meetings) and the yellow reading records. We will also include some information regarding the phonics scheme that we use in school. We will start sending reading books home the following Monday.
Polite reminder that children need to bring a water bottle to school each day. This can be refilled in school as and when needed.
The children are really enjoying sharing their family photos in the home corner. If you haven’t sent one already, you are welcome to send one in or email it to Mrs Hartley.
Photographs of adults permitted to collect your child from school should be sent to Mrs Hartley via email (see below).
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Hartley
s.hartley@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Have a wonderful weekend
God Bless,
The Reception team