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Welcome to our Acorn class page


​Class Teacher:  Miss Rachel Blake
Linked Teaching Assistants: Mrs Claire Evans,
​Miss Elizabeth Coffey
Friday Teacher:  Mrs Rhiannon Perkins
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​Our Class Notice Board

Acorn & Beech Nativity performance

Please click on the red button below to view this year's Nativity performance.  For safeguarding reasons, this video is password protected and set up so that it cannot be downloaded and saved. The password will be shared in a separate email to parents.
Baa-rmy Bethlehem
Our class email address is  acorn@sibford-gower.oxon.sch.uk 
However, the school office should be contacted to inform us if your child is absent and for any other queries you may have. 
Thank you.

​             REMINDERS

 Tuesday
 Please come to school in your PE kit today including trainers. Remember to pop school shoes in your bag to change into!
 

This term our topic is

'Where are they?'

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This unit of work provides the opportunity to further explore the seasons. Children will focus on the changes that take place during winter and how those changes impact both the environment around us and animals in the UK. The children will explore different animal habitats and how they are adapted. Children will also look at London, its’ key landmarks and some famous faces that live there. They will explore some of the similarities and differences between where they live and the capital. Children will be introduced to some events that mark new beginnings such as  the Lunar New Year. ​​
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Please click on the red buttons below for helpful information
A guide for parents - what to expect in the Early years 
What to Expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage
A menu of exciting activities for families in Oxfordshire with young children, giving them great suggestions for how to have fun and learn at the same time. 
50 Things to Do Before You're Five in Oxfordshire
Simple, fun activities for children, from newborn to five
Children take everything in. They love it when you chat, play and read with them, even when they’re too young to understand everything.
You can turn almost anything into a game. And every little thing you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school.

Hungry Little Minds
Please click on the button to access the Tiny Happy People Site.  This has been launched by the BBC and endorsed by the Duchess of Cambridge. It offers information and ideas for parents of children aged 0 to 4 years.
Tiny Happy People

Information for families new to Acorn class

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Nursery and Reception 'Getting to know you' forms 

Please download and complete these so we can gather information to ensure a smooth transition for your child when they join us. 
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Weekly Updates and learning support tips

Spring Term 2023 

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Autumn Term 2022

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Information to help you support your child
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Please click on the button below to help you support your child to say the 'pure sounds' that we are learning in phonics.

Jolly Phonics sounds
These are Acorn Class pages from our half-termly newsletters  showing some of the kinds of things Acorn Class children might typically do. ​To see more of our newsletters, please click on the News & Information tab at the top of this page.



​Our Class Photo Gallery

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We have had a morning of painting. First we painted 'anything we wanted to' and then we painted our favourite dinosaurs. 
We have been outside exploring our environment, using the Muddy feet resources. We have walked with bare feet, talked about our shadows, and then lay down and gazed at the sky and the clouds. We all felt very relaxed at the end of the session.
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Armistice Day

The children in Acorn Class learned about 'Poppy Day' and why we have a two minute silence.  They used collage to make some beautiful pictures of poppies.

Pirate Day and special guests

Our Amazing Pirate costumes

Harvest Soup

Harvest Hedgehogs

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We love to learn Phonics

Spring is coming to Acorn Class with shoots pushing through in the raised beds.



​Our Reception children graduate into Year One.

Parents and grandparents attended the Graduation Ceremony for the Reception Class of 2019.  This really is one of the loveliest assemblies of the year.  Well done to our brand new Year Ones!
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