Week beginning 7.09.25

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to the Larchfield Reception family. I cannot thank you enough for your help and support getting your child ready for the start of their school journey. Thank you for naming their clothing, water bottles and coats. It makes it a lot easier to reunite objects with their owners. Please can I remind you all to send in a water bottle and a coat every day. Thank you.

What a fantastic first week we have had for our learners! Our main focuses have been settling into school, learning some of our routines but most importantly making new friends. It has been wonderful to see the children playing together exploring their new environment and establish great bonds with the adults supporting them. Their enthusiasm has been outstanding!

We have started Phonics, and the children have learned sounds /s/, /a/, /t/ and /p/. We have started our phonics books and have had the opportunity to write these sounds. Please do support your child with recognizing the sounds covered (I will update the webpage weekly with details).

Today we have sent the children home with reading books. These focus on the sounds we have been working on in phonics. Please ensure that your child is reading their ELS book a minimum of four times a week. Books will be changed on a Friday. Please write in the reading record every time you listen to your child read and work on the sounds with them. Supporting the learning we do in class is invaluable and we really appreciate your support at home – thank you.

This week the children were paired up with a year 5 buddy to support them in the dining room and outside at playtime. A wonderful opportunity for our year 5s to be role models and for our Reception children to have a mentor. I love the fact I get asked when their buddy is coming from around 11am so the buddies have certainly made a positive impression! If I could take this as an opportunity to remind you to talk to your child about menu choices and pick these together at the weekend the children won’t be surprised when their food is dished up.

Finally, Mrs Kearny visited on Wednesday, their first full day, to gift the children a Larchfield bear. The children were overjoyed to receive one and have promised not to feed them porridge but to feed them with love and cuddles instead.

Have a wonderful and restful weekend. You are going to have some very tired little ones.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Sharma