Noticeboard 

• Please provide your child with a PE kit by Monday 28th September 2026. This will stay on your child’s peg until the end of the term, when it will be sent home to be washed and returned at the beginning of the following term. Children do not need trainers until later in the year.

• Please make sure your child brings a coat with them every day.

• When children are at school for full days, please provide them with a snack of fruit or vegetables (no crackers, breadsticks etc) in a named pot.

• When dropping your child off at school in the morning, please make sure they do not play with the resources that have been carefully placed for learning later in the day.

• Please make sure you order lunch on the Swift Kitchen app and tell your child what they will be having for lunch each morning. 

• On your way into/out of school, please do not let your child climb on and walk along the wall. Due to safety reasons, we cannot allow 30 children to walk on during the school day. It is really difficult for children to have two different sets of rules, therefore we ask that no children walk on the wall. 

  All About Me Box

  In the coming weeks, every child will have the opportunity to take home the class ‘All About Me Box’ for one night. We ask that adults at home support their child to fill it with some items listed below. We appreciate this may take some time to prepare, hence the advance warning.

  Item	Examples
  An item to enable them to talk about a past event in their own life.	A photo from their third birthday party. A fridge magnet bought on a holiday.
  One or two printed family photos that we can keep and display in our classroom for the year.	N/A
  An item that symbolises being part of a community or a family tradition.	A pair of ballet shoes if attending a regular class. An item used in a religious festival.
  3 or 4 printed photos of themselves at different stages of their life.	1 baby photo, 1 toddler photo, 1 photo when they were 3 and a photo of their first day of school.
  1 other thing they would like to share with the class.	If you are a bilingual family, a story book in another language.  A favourite toy. A special item of clothing worn for a celebration.

Once the box is filled, they will bring it back to school the next working day and discuss the items with the class (with support from teachers). You may want to support your child by having a ‘practice run’. This activity will help to develop their speaking skills if presenting, and their listening, attention and understanding skills if in the audience. The aim of this activity is so that the class can find out more about every child. At the end of the day, the items (apart from the family photos) will be returned to you.

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