Summer Term 

Welcome to the Summer Term. This term our topics are Animals and Minibeasts and Under the Sea. We will be learning about the lifecycle of a frog, butterflies and ladybirds. We will talk about where animals live and visit Court Farm in May. We will then learn about life under the sea and how we can look after our oceans. We will talk about the artist, Matisse and his artwork. We will also have our first art week and health week at Eastover. We will continue our phonics journey and continue Phase 4 which will include learning adjacent consonants. In maths, we will be learning about the numbers beyond 10 and about sharing and grouping.  Please continue to listen to your child read regularly at home and practise their keywords and phonemes. 

During the second half of the summer term children will begin their transition to year one. They will have a visit to their new classroom and their new teaching team.

Ladybird class is taught by Mrs Irish (Mon,Tues, Wed, Fri) and Mrs Sharma (Thursday). Mrs Sellick is the teaching assistant.

Butterfly class is taught by Mrs Hoppins and Mrs Sykes and Mrs Lane is the teaching assistant.

The inclusion team is  Miss Marsland, Miss Clarke and Miss Perry Bull.

Please see the presentation below for our year group expectations.

Unlocking Letters and Sounds Phase 2 and 3

Please enjoy learning the GPC
‘S(grapheme phoneme correspondences) with the Year 1 children.

Key Dates for your diaries (Spring 2025):

Monday 28th April - Lifecycles workshop

Wednesday 14th May - Court Farm Trip

Monday 19th April - Animal Detectives assembly

Friday 23rd May - Proud of work for parents 2.30pm

Monday 9th June - Art week

Monday 23rd June - Health Week

Friday 20th June - Inset. School is closed for children.

Monday 30th June - Pirate workshop

Wednesday 2nd July - Move up to next class day. TBC

Thursday 10th July - Careers afternoon

Week beginning 14th July - Reports home to parents

Friday 18th July - Last day in Foundation Stage!

21st/22nd/23rd July - Inset days. School Closed to children. 

Seesaw

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This term we have two topics - 

No Outsiders Ethos

The aim in EYFS is to introduce the No Outsiders ethos using very simplistic language: we are all different and we are all friends. There is nothing more complicated in the EYFS plans than the message that it's ok to be you and you may be different to me, but that's ok too.

You Choose encourages children to choose their favourite place to live, favourite transport, favourite food etc and shows that we all like different things. This is explored further in Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly, where characters Nick and Sue are shown liking different things throughout the book, but conclude by saying they like each other. Hello Hello shows different animals with a range of shapes and colours who all say 'hello' and no one is left out. The Family Book shows children that there are many types of families - and then we draw our own family. Mommy, Mama and Me allows children to understand some families have two mums (or two dads); we talk about the things Mommy and Mama do with their child and ask if our own families do similar things (go to the park, drink juice, kiss goodnight). Finally, Blue Chameleon shows a lonely chameleon trying to make friends by changing shape and colour; he thinks you have to look like someone else to be friends. At the end, Chameleon realises you can be yourself and you don't have to change.

A mini tour of Eastover Primary School

Welcome to Eastover Primary School - this is a short tour, led by two of our Y6 pupils, of the main areas your child will experience in their first year at our school.

• School Readiness Here is lots of useful information to prepare your child for school.

Reception Baseline Assessment 2024

When your child starts school they will be asked to complete some activities linked to language, reading and maths. This is a national assessment for all 4 year olds. The activities are devised with children in mind and are completed with the teacher. All the information linked to this assessment is in the leaflet below. Any questions please see your class teacher.