This year you are lucky enough to have Mrs Russell teaching you. 

You will also have Mrs Stringer and Miss McLoughlin each day. 

Our current topic is: All About Me

This half-term we are learning all about each other. We are going to become familiar with our new classroom, our new teachers and our new friends. We will also be learning about what we like and dislike and getting to know the environment and routine. 

Our Learning focus will be: 

- Working through our individual targets across all areas of learning. 

- Using visuals, objects of reference and PECS to help us to communicate our wants and needs, with a focus on snack time communication. 

- Building secure relationships with the adults in the classroom so that we feel safe and secure within our new learning space. 

- Assessing the children using baseline assessments to discover next steps and plan learning based on these. 

- Getting actively involved within a new routine, understanding some of the cues that link to an action.

- Exploring a range of toys, tools, mark-making opportunities, books, activities to discover things that motivate us to learn. 

Our routine will be flexible based on the needs of the children. However, there will be structured elements to the day. 

You can drop your child off between 8:40am-9am through the entrance to the classroom. 

Children will take part in indoor and outdoor play each day, so please send in coats/hats/sun cream etc. depending on the weather. 

Children will have access to snack each day, as well as take part in our toothbrushing programme. 

They will do phonics daily, access their specific interventions as well as learn new concepts and skills within their current topic. 

Specific learning activities will be mapped out throughout the week for your child to access, depending on their developmental level. Our activities will be ambitious to encourage all learners to reach for the stars! 

Communication and language will be at the heart of everything that we do, removing barriers and encouraging communication within all elements of the school day. 

Children will have the opportunity to work with staff, build relationships with other children and integrate into different social situations with tailored support. 

The children will have lunch within the classroom and will be supported by staff when doing so. 

Children can be collected between 3pm-3:15pm at the latest, via The Nurture Centre entrance. 

Should our routine change in any way, Mrs Russell will inform you of this. Children will be prepared for any changes, whether this is planned or at the last minute. 

We will be doing lots of intervention that is specific to your child during their time at school with us. This will involve 1:1 activities, small group and larger group scenarios, depending on where your child is currently working at. We will assess each child throughout the half-term on their engagement with this and adapt where necessary. We will have a focus on communication and language and this will be threaded through the curriculum and the interventions that we will engage in. 

We will be communicating through Tapestry each week. Please look out for observations, photos, messages and letters. We would love for you to add some of your own pictures. Share with us your weekend adventures. We will use these as a talking point within the class.