STA Foundation and KS1: Under full sail

STA Foundation and KS1: Under full sail We’ve set sail to the KS1 Playground! … Early Years and Nursery kids are adjusting to their newfound lives as students away from Mum & Dad... Don’t miss the “Meet the Teacher” events coming up for Year 2 this week.

I wonder how many people noticed a change that happened in the KS1 Playground over the weekend? Quite a big change but it went unnoticed by a lot of people! Above the climbing frame and covering a large area of the playground we have installed a fabulous new shade sail.

With this in place we can start to fully develop this area to be used especially by the KS1 children.

Last Monday was a very busy day, with new children arriving and being helped to find their classrooms, and an air of excitement across the campus.

Today has been no less exciting, but with the children being well-settled in their new classrooms, it has had a completely different feel to it. Already the children are taking ownership of the areas and playing confidently with teachers and new friends.

In Reception the Shared Area is starting to come to life with teachers setting up role play areas, and children really using their language. In Y1 and Y2 there was a whole range of activities happening - some of which were led by the teachers and others initiated by the children, already in Week 2 taking some responsibility for their own learning.

Early Years 1 - Nursery

This week, like last week, saw the entry into school for some of our youngest children. Our staggered intake helps us to give the new children all the time they need to get used to the new environment and support them in making new friends.

With the help of academic staff, school nannies and maids, children who have only been with us for a few days are already starting to learn the routines and say goodbye to mums and dads - some of them for the very first time.

Meet the Y2 Teacher

In Mr Paul’s section of the newsletter you will have see that this week we have the Meet the Teacher sessions. The sessions for Foundation Stage and Y1 happened earlier this month but the Y2 session will be on Thursday this week - 31st August.

This will be a chance for you to introduce yourself to the teachers but is not the opportunity for a one-to-one consultation. This will come a little later in the term following the first report.