Reminders

Dear Parents

The first day back went well and the children all seemed very excited about being back. This week we are focusing on The Commonwealth Games and a few children are doing a wee project to share with the class on Friday about it. I am looking forward to seeing what they have found out. They are also pretty excited about sharing it because they get to use the iPad to record their findings.

The children will need to remember to bring their sunhats to school now and they can leave them in the cloakbay until they leave at the end of the term. If you already know that you will be leaving early this year please try to remember this hat otherwise it will go to lost property at the end of the term and you will need to find it when you come back next year, this goes for any jerseys or anything left behind as well.

After Labour Weekend (week 3 Tuesday 26th October) the children will be starting their swimming lessons. Please make sure that everything your child brings to school is labelled especially if you want to get it back. This includes undies and socks as we have had these left behind before and no child ever claims them, so please make sure you label all your child's clothes, togs, towels and bags etc.

We are going to start a new "Drop your child off at the door" policy every Wednesday. This means that no parents are allowed into the classroom on Wednesday mornings as we are trying to encourage their independence and see if they can organise themselves. If this works well and all children are able to manage themselves then we may finish the year off as we mean to start them next year as this is also a pre-requisite for being in a year 3 class next year.


That's it for now. I'll keep you updated as things become more evident to me (or until I get my head around things too lol)

Regards
Cat