Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had another busy week in school. Don’t forget to check the blogs at the end of the newsletter to see what your child has been learning in class!
Welcome – Early Years
This week, we have welcomed all of our new Nursery and Reception children to school. The children have done so well settling into their classrooms, making new friends and learning all about the school environment. All of the adults working with them are very proud!
If you are new to our school, we look forward to welcoming your family into our school community.
Pupil Leaders
At Dorothy Barley Infant School, we give our children lots of opportunities to lead and contribute to the life of the school. One of the ways that we do this is through our pupil leadership teams. We currently have three teams that children can apply to join for this academic year:
House Captains: Two children from each house in Year 2 are elected by their classmates to be House Captains. House Captains represent the school, count and manage the house points, support with our House Challenges and present information during our weekly celebration assembly. House Captains are responsible and committed to making our school be the best that it can be.
Team Protect: Two children from each class will be selected to join Team Protect. Team Protect help their friends and classmates, making sure that everyone feels welcome and included at our school. They look out for the other children at playtimes and lunchtimes, helping anyone who needs it and being a kind friend.
Librarians: Two children from each class will be selected as librarians. Librarians love books and help to look after our brand new school library. They also recommend books to their classmates, helping everyone to love reading.
Children have had the opportunity in school to take home an application form for any leadership role they are interested in. Please do support your child to complete the form and showcase why they would like to be a pupil leader. All application forms are due back by Friday 18th September.
Meet the Teacher
Thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended our Year 1 and Year 2 Meet the Teacher meetings on Wednesday. We hope that you found the information shared useful.
If you were not able to attend, please find below the presentation and an electronic copy of the handbook. If you have any questions about the upcoming year, please do not hesitate to speak to your child’s class teacher.
Year 1 Information Booklet
Meet The Teacher Presentation Year 1
Year 2 Information Booklet
Meet The Teacher Presentation Year 2
Curriculum Themes
At Dorothy Barley Infant School, we have designed our curriculum around half-termly themes that link together subjects such as History, Geography, Art, Science and DT. This helps the children to make links between their learning and apply it in new contexts. Each theme is planned around a high quality book.
This week, we have begun teaching the content for this half term. The curriculum themes are as follows:
| Nursery | Our Journey Begins! |
| Reception | Once Upon a Time |
| Year 1 | What’s in the Toybox? |
| Year 2 | What a Wonderful World |
Children will come home with a copy of the curriculum overview for their year group. This explains what your child will be learning in school and also gives suggestions for activities you can complete at home to extend their learning.
Nursery Autumn 1 – Our Journey Begins!
Reception Autumn 1 – Once Upon A Time
Year 1 Autumn 1 – What’s In The Toybox
Year 2 Autumn 1 – What A Wonderful World
Reminders
All children should be wearing full Dorothy Barley school uniform. This includes black school shoes (not trainers) and a Dorothy Barley book bag. Unfortunately, we do not have space in school to store rucksacks or larger bags.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs S O’Hara
Head of School