Thank you & happy holidays!

 

We would just like to thank all of our fabulous families for the lovely gifts, cards, hugs and kind words. Although we will miss the children we know that they will have a great time in Year 1. We will, as always, be also keeping an eye on them. (We can't let go and this is the advantage of us being the Early Years team - we get to watch them for 6 more years!!).

We hope you all have a fantastic summer and we look forward to seeing you in September. Please remember the children are due back on Tuesday 5th September, when the gates will be opening at 8.35am until 8.45am.

Our email account will still be checked periodically over the summer, should any of you have a query and we are happy to help if we can. However, as the children move into Year 1 there is a new email address for you all to use - ks1@downhallprimary.com. This email account will be checked from Monday 4th September and it would be helpful to Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille and Miss Smith if you could put your child's class name in the subject heading, especially until they get to know you all.

Thank you once again for your kindness and for trusting us with your lovely children this year!

With all our love,

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor, Miss Langley, Mrs Fincham, Mrs Voyce, Mrs Jimmick and Mrs Holmes xxxxxxx

17.07.23 - This week in Early Years

Hello everyone! 

We have had a fantastic week in school, with a very exciting visit yesterday (Thursday) afternoon! We had 3 Police Officers and their vehicle come and talk to us. They showed us some of their different uniform and we were all able to take a turn at making the sirens and lights work on their Police Carrier! (Photos will be in the children's learning journey books).

We also enjoyed today's non-uniform day, shame that the weather wasn't so summery! 

UNICEF Shoeshare Appeal

We are once again holding a collection for Shoeshare so now is the time to start rummaging around your cupboards for old shoes that don't fit or you no longer wear!  Shoeshare is a collaboration between UNICEF and Clarks Shoes which works towards improving Children's Rights around the world.  More than £1.6 million pounds has been raised by Shoeshare to help ensure that children all around the world have access to quality education.  

You can read more about the scheme here.

It's hard to believe that together we can make such a huge difference by the very simple act of sorting out our shoes but we really can, and every contribution does help.  Shoes need to be in pairs and if possible held together with an elastic band.  There will be a drop off point at the office or you can just send shoes in with your child at any point during the last week of term.  

Thanks in advance for your continued support in helping our children to learn about sustainability, the wider world that we live in and how to care for others. 

RRS:  Every child has the right to an education and to a clean and healthy environment.

On to our learning for this week, we will be:

• Sharing the story "One Year with Kipper" and thinking about our first year at school.
• Finishing the last of our handwriting patterns in our Start-Bee sessions.
• Thinking about our project and checking if we have answered all of the questions we asked at the start of the project.
• Discussing the story "The Worrysaurus" and "Finn's Little Fibs" in our Circle Time sessions.
• Making maps and designing mazes in our Mathematics sessions.
• Enjoying our last week in Pearl and Quartz together!

Our final drop in session for the year will be on WEDNESDAY.

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all again on Monday, ready for our last week together!

Love

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Langley

10.07.23 - This coming week in Early Years

Hello everyone!

What a fantastic Sports Day! We hope you have all enjoyed today, it was lots of fun and so lovely to see so many of you cheering the children in their races.

Here is a rundown of the remaining events taking place this term:

Friday 14th July               Reports out

Friday 14th July               Non-uniform day for our school charity - Centre Algarve

Thursday 21st July          Last day of term

We have also been asked to share the following information regarding the Class Photos that were taken recently:

Dear Parent/Carer,
 
Your recent Group photograph is now ready to view and purchase at https://htmp.st/DownHall23
 
There will be a free “deliver to school” option open for approximately 7 days, otherwise home delivery is available for £5 postage and packing.
 
If you need assistance, please call 01736 751555 (option 5) or click on contact us on the home page www.htempest.co.uk .
 
Many thanks,
Tempest Photography   

Now on to our learning for the coming week, we will be:

• Visiting our Year 1 classes again on Monday.
• Updating our name displays in class for one final time.
• Thinking about real life superheroes and all the different ways that they can help us.
• Making patterns in our Maths sessions, using numbers, objects and colours and learning to identifying the unit of repeat.
• Sharing and discussing the story "Tilda Tries Again" in our Circle Time session.
• Having a visit from a real life superhero on Thursday afternoon.

Our drop in will be on Monday this week.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Langley

03.07.23 - This coming week in Early Years

Hello everyone!

Well, another busy week has flown by, the children visited their new class on Thursday afternoon, spending time with Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille and Miss Smith. There are a further 2 visits planned, 1 this week and 1 next week. The children should have had a slip in their bags letting you know who their new teacher is, please ask if you have any questions or queries or if your child didn't have their slip.

Here is a rundown of the remaining events taking place this term:

Tuesday 4th July             Open School evening 4.30-6.30pm

Friday 7th July                 Sports Day

Friday 14th July               Reports out

Friday 14th July               Non-uniform day for our school charity - Centre Algarve

Thursday 21st July          Last day of term

Sports Day

A letter regarding Sports Day has been published on our website. It can also be found here. Please use the Google Form link to complete the information regarding the picnic lunch. The link for this can be found here. 

It would also be great if the children could wear a coloured t-shirt to match their team, if you don't have one, please don't worry we will find them a coloured band to wear. The colours are:

Brooklyn        Deepdene        Hambro        Teignmouth

Any queries, please do ask.

Open School

This is an opportunity to into school, you will be able to go in any of the classrooms, including visiting the children's new class. It is not an "parent/teacher consultation" evening so no need to make an appointment, just come and have a look around!

Now on to our learning for the coming week, we will be:

• Finishing our flying superheroes from last week by adding the speech bubbles.
• Sharing some "Supertato" adventure stories.
• Working on some number problems in our Mathematics sessions.
• Sharing and discussing the story "Meesha Makes Friends" in our Circle Time session.
• Creating flags ready for Sports Day on Friday!
• Enjoying our Sports Day on Friday, racing to win points for our teams.

There is no addition drop in session this week as school is open Tuesday evening for Open School. 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Langley