Welcome to Ducklings
The adults who will be learning with you!
Class Teachers: Mrs Kate Lampitt
Support Staff: Mrs Phillipa Hall and Mrs Diane Millar
PE Teacher: Mr Louis
If you require any further information or an appointment with the class teacher, as always, please send an email via the school office:
Our PE days in Reception are:
Wednesdays with Mr Louis
Thursdays with Mrs Lampitt when we are not in the woods.
Welcome to Ducklings
The Ducklings is our Reception EYFS class for children who will have their 5th birthday in the academic year between 1st September and the 31st August. All the children start school together in September, with an option to go home at lunchtime until Christmas. By January all pupils are full time. There is a maximum of 30 children in the class with 3 members of staff every morning and 2 every afternoon.
The Ducklings have a rich and exciting curriculum with weekly visits to the local woodlands for an entire morning, or to a local care home to learn alongside their 'older friends' for an afternoon. They go on frequent trips further afield, visiting farms, museums, churches, theatres, parks and finally the seaside for a family day out at the end of the year. We are firmly of the belief that learning does not have to take place in the classroom and we embrace the outdoor life, whatever the weather!
The Ducklings are very much a part of the wider school, and the whole school trip in their second or third week of school gives them and their families a sense of being a real member of the St. Michael's community. We welcome parents and grandparents into the Ducklings classroom at all times and on our many trips.
The Ducklings receive a letter from a buddy in Year 5 before they start school and their buddy greets them and plays with them on their summer afternoon visit to the school. The relationship continues to flourish as they meet the again on the first day of school and know that they always have someone to look out for them in the playground.
Ducklings is an exciting but safe place for the children and their parents to flourish and form friendships to last a lifetime. Our children make excellent academic progress and most of all enjoy their childhood.
The curriculum in Ducklings is delivered through a balance of adult led and child led learning. It incorporates everything we want the children to experience, learn and be able to do. Meeting all the requirements of the educational programmes in the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the flexibility to allow us to respond quickly to children’s new interests and/or needs.
Below is a broad overview of what we are learning this year and a timetable for this term. Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development. All areas are interconnected.
Dates for the diary:
Woods Walks
Thursday 4th May
Thursday 11th May
Thursday 18th May - Bluebell Woods pm
School Calendar
Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday
Friday 5th May - Coronation Tea Party - Wear red, white or blue
Monday 8th May - Bank Holiday
Thursday 25th May - Whole School Photo
Friday 26th May - INSET Day - Half Term Begins
Monday 5th June - Summer 2 Term Begins
Phonics in Ducklings
At St Michael's we follow the Phonics Shed Phonics scheme. Please see below for the Phonics Chapter 3 sounds and tricky words we will be focusing on this week:
How to support your child at home
There are six key areas of early mathematics learning, which collectively provide a platform for everything children will encounter as they progress through their maths learning at primary school, and beyond:
These areas form the fundamental mathematical basis of a CBeebies series of five-minute animated programmes called Numberblocks. We use these and the NCETM materials to draw out and build on the maths embedded in the stories contained in each episode.
You may also like to check out the EYFS website below:
APPs for EYFS
Why not have a look at what we get up to at school:
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