Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads C.E. Primary School

Welcome to Reception

Read With Me!

We would like to invite you to read with your child at school before or after school

8.45-9.00am, 3.30-3.45pm

Everyone welcome, every day!  

Staff

Mrs Gorman- Assistant Headteacher/ EYFS Leader/ Class teacher 

Miss Suthers - Class teacher

Mrs Thompson- Teaching assistant

Mrs Turner- Teaching assistant 

Mrs Schofield - Teaching assistant

Mrs Wellock- Teaching assistant 

P.E or Forest

P.E will be every Tuesday. Children will  take part in their P.E lesson in the hall and will follow Lancashire scheme of work. Children must come to school in their P.E kit. 

Plain white t-shirt, black shorts, school jumper and black pumps must be worn for P.E. Earrings should not be worn on PE days and will need to need to be removed.  Please note that staff are not allowed to assist with the removal of earrings.  

Forest school will be every Thursday and will be taught in our outdoor environment and the lesson will focus around a story. Please ensure you provide wellies and a warm coat/ waterproof for our Forest school sessions. This maybe cancelled depending on the weather & the safety of the children.

Please check the school app for alerts and reminders when your child will be taking part in these sessions. 

Homework

Maths

Maths will be set on Busy things every Friday. This will need to be completed by the following Friday.

Phonics

Phonics will be set on our busy things app. Weekly flashcards will be sent home to support the children's sounds of the week. This will need to be completed by the following Friday.

Reading

Children will be given their own reading books which will be set to their phonetic ability. Two books will be sent home every Monday, one of these will be familiar to the children to support their confidence & fluency.

Please send your child to school with their reading book bag everyday as they will be reading with us. The children will change their library book every Friday. 

Dates for your diary:

Please pop in to read with us, any day 8.45-9am, 3.30-3.45pm! 

What are we learning about?

Early Maths

Phonics and Early Reading

Phonics: We have now learnt all of the phonemes and graphemes on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th rows!