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Welcome to Oak Class!

The EYFS Team

Miss Cross (Oak Class Teacher)

Mrs Golding (EYFS Phase Lead & Elm Class Teacher)

Miss Stanley (EYFS Teacher)

Mrs Bell, Mr Biddle & Mrs Gosling (EYFS Teaching Assistants)

Autumn 1

Welcome to our Whitby Heath School family! We hope that you are excited for all of the learning that we have planned for this half term.

Please find below more information about our topic, including additional important information.

Our theme question for this half term is...

Who are we and where do we live?

Please click HERE to view our curriculum web for this topic.

Your child's learning will be documented on the  app Seesaw. You will be able to see photographs and videos of them busy learning and homework will also be set on Seesaw later in the school year.

For your child to use Seesaw, the app needs your child’s name in order to be able to associate work like their photos, videos or voice recordings with their account. Seesaw only uses this information to provide the service and doesn’t advertise in Seesaw, create profiles of students, or share or sell your child’s personal information or journal content.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in order for your child to use Seesaw, school must get your consent. We ask that parents/carers email school on help@whitbyheath.cheshire.sch.uk to give your written consent.

We will need you to email:

· Your child’s full name

· Their year group

· Their class name

· Your written consent that they can use Seesaw.

Once we have received your email and consent, we can then email you back with your child’s QR code/home learning text code and information.

If you require paper versions of any pieces of work set on Seesaw, please speak to your child’s class teacher and they will sort this for you.

You will find your child's login details to Bug Club (reading) and Mathletics (maths) inside your child's yellow reading record. These are both fabulous resources to support your child in their reading and maths development.

• Please make sure that all of your child's belongings are named. This includes their lunch box, water bottle, uniform, coat & PE kit.                 

• School meals are provided free of charge for children in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2. Currently, due to COVID-19, we are not serving hot meals but are instead providing the option of a cheese, ham or tuna sandwich with a juice carton, a piece of fruit and a dessert.

• In EYFS we have a healthy snack bar which the children are free to visit during the morning. Our snack bar promotes and builds independence, self care and social skills and keeps the children's energy levels topped up throughout the morning! The cost for snack is £40 per year which can be paid in full or in 4 x £10 installments. Please send payment in cash in a clearly labelled envelope.

• We also have a snack of fruit/vegetables each afternoon. Your child has the opportunity to have a carton of milk with their snack (free up to aged 5) which can be ordered be signing them up on the following website: www.coolmilk.com  
• Later this term we will be beginning PE lessons which will take place on Thursdays. Further information, including PE kit arrangements, will be sent out in due course. 

Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me on:

 oak@whitbyheath.cheshire.sch.uk

Miss Cross