Find out what TURTLE CLASS have been learning
Welcome!
A warm welcome to Turtle Class from Mrs Tribe, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Williams and Mr Luckhurst.
P.E. days
Our PE day is Wednesday. Please send your children to school wearing their PE clothes on this day.
Our phonics session for parents
Thank you to everyone who came to Mrs Tribe's phonics session for parents. It was brilliant to see so many of you. The resources discussed are attached below:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Letter-Formation-Alphabet-Handwriting-Sheet-Lowercase.pdf | Download |
| Level-2-and-3-actions-mat-desk-mat.pdf | Download |
| level-2-phonics-letter-formation-handwriting mat.pdf | Download |
| Literacy - phonics - reading and writing.pptx | Download |
| Llevels-2-3-and-4-tricky-word-mat.pdf | Download |
| Upper-case-and-lower-case-letter-formation-strip.pdf | Download |
| Ways to help your child at home.pdf | Download |
Our timetable
This is what Turtle Class learn and when:
Upcoming events
We continue to try and be as open, supportive and welcoming to parents and carers as possible. As part of this ethos, we hold numerous events for parents and carers throughout the school year but you may wish to note these key dates:
Monday 3rd November – Back to school
Monday 3rd November – 'Odd Socks Day' to start ant-bullying week
Tuesday 11th November – Flu nasal spray for those who consented
Friday 7th November – 8:55am to 9:25am, EYFS, Year 1 & Year 2 reading with parents and carers
Friday 7th November – 9:30am (Straight after reading with parents) Coffee morning with a parent governor of West Blatchington (a Pioneer school) and a Coombe Road parent governor
Thursday 13th November - World Kindness Day
Tuesday 4th November - Parent consultations
Thursday 6th November - Reception and Year 1 Firework Disco and Year 2 to Year 6 K-Pop Party
Thursday 6th November - Donate Day
Thursday 13th November - Parent consultations
Thursday 20th November – 5:30pm, Coffee with the headteacher and a PTA member to find out more about joining the PTA or being a PTA chair
Friday 21st November – 3:30pm, Coffee with the headteacher and a PTA member to find out more about joining the PTA or being a PTA chair
Tuesday 4th December - Oral health promotion team visiting Turtle Class
Friday 5th December - 8:55am to 9:25am, EYFS, Year 1 & Year 2 reading with parents and carers
Wednesday 10th December - Christmas dinner for children (Date TBC)
Tuesday 16th December - 9:30am to 10:30am, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Show: ‘It’s a Party’ Nativity Play
Friday 19th December - Last day of term
Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Children return to school
Planned trips
There will be a farm workshop at school on Friday 17th October.
Turtle Class will visit Moulsecoomb library on Tuesday 21st October.
You can discuss the curriculum with your child
The overview for our learning this half-term is ‘Festivals and Lights’. This will focus around two books – Diwali (a non-fiction text) and ‘Ten Little Lights’ (fiction story) by Twinkl. These will help the children learn about the Hindu festival of light, Diwali, and stimulate our circle time session around the question ‘What celebrations, festivals and special times do we celebrate? We will then make a class list.
We will begin to recognise and understand that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways. Please spend a few minutes chatting with your child and ask them some simple questions such as: What things do you celebrate in your family? What kinds of things do you do to celebrate? Who celebrates with you? Do you have a favourite or special celebration? How to festivals and celebrations make you feel? Do you like the dark? What makes light?
Click here to find out how you can support your child at home.
The overview for our autumn term learning is here:
You can also help children with their phonics learning using the sounds below:
The Early Learning Goals
Our curriculum supports our children to meet the Early Learning Goals. You can find out more below:
The Reception Baseline Assessment
Children in reception will be participating in the reception baseline assessment within the first 6 weeks of them starting. The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a progress measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between reception and year 6.
The reception baseline assessment is a short, interactive and practical assessment of your child’s early literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills when they begin school, using materials that most children of your child’s age will be familiar with. You can find an information leaflet below:
