Welcome to Acorns!

Miss Rodgers and Miss Beaumont have been busy welcoming back our new class. We are thrilled to be back and have lots of exciting things planned.

You can find lots of useful documents attached below here on our class page!

You will also find 'Our Welcome Back PowerPoint' below.  This is filled with up to date information regarding our time in school. 

Information that we need from you: 

Contact Information form - please complete with your contact details 

Tapestry information - please read, sign and return to Miss Rodgers

Edsential form - to let us know of any dietry requirements. Please note that this will need to be supported by a doctors note. 

Important Dates coming up:

Alistair Bryce Clegg
Speaker, blogger and author
24th September 2020
8pm
Webinar: “Can you really learn through play?”

Families welcome!

Register here

We would like you to invite you to attend this webinar with Alistair Bryce Clegg and Tales Toolkit. There will be a big focus on introducing families to early years learning and the importance of play.

We will also attach the ‘register here’ link to Tapestry. 

The Early Years team have all signed up and we hope that you can watch with us! 

Useful Websites

https://tapestryjournal.com/  A link to access your child's online Learning Journey.

https://www.twinkl.com/offer Lots of great resources to help with home learning.

Use code: PARENTSTWINKLHELPS

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks  Snappy animation and loveable characters combine with engaging story lines to gently introduce concepts of number to support early mathematical understanding.

https://www.tentown.co.uk/sign_in.php Ten Town is the unique early years numeracy scheme designed to improve number recognition and formation.

Use your personal logins found on Tapestry 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ Supports phonics within the classroom in a fun and informative manner.

All areas free to use with the Username: march20     Password: home

https://uk.ixl.com/ Modules for for your child to work through in Maths and Literacy .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01cz0p1/alphablocks Teaches children to use the pure sounds that we use in phonics.  It also shows the use of segmenting and blending.

https://www.ictgames.com/ A range of games to support maths and literacy.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?AgeGroup=1 A range of games to support most areas of the curriculum.

https://www.busythings.co.uk/ A range of acitivities designed to support the EYFS curriculum.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary A selection of videos and acitivites.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ Interactive books and reading activites to share with your child.

http://www.sebastianswan.org.uk/ Books for reading together with links to Understanding of the World (good for natural science).

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html Lots of maths and literacy games.

Useful Apps

Pocket Phonics: a super resource for teaching letters and sounds including reading, writing and spelling.

Twinkl Phonics: great for letters and sounds, alphabet work, high frequency words and letter formation.

Doodle Buddy: a paint app which helps develop hand eye coordination. 

Bee Bot: an app which helps improve directional language (forwards, backwards, left right etc.)

Quick Math Jr: a maths app which helps with number work and shapes.

Toca Doctor: an app which helps the children learn about their body and helps with problems solving skills.

Collins Big Cat: a range of stories which you can download onto your tablets.

Scratch Jr: an  app designed for children to develop simple coding skills