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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.
Tuesday & Wednesday Please wear PE kit to school
Tuesday am- outdoor PE Wednesday pm - Yoga This term our topic is
This unit explores the different roles that people have within the local community and further afield. It aims to promote positive role models and challenges stereo-types. Children will learn about specific jobs and what they entail and where these jobs take place.
Children will then look at the theme of ‘Celebration’ through their own birthday and other family members’ birthdays and then move on to significant celebrations within the religious world. Children will learn about key stories related to the celebration and know some of the associated traditions.
Please click on the red buttons below for helpful information
A guide for parents - what to expect in the Early years
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.
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. 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.
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Information for families new to Acorn class
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Nursery and Reception 'Getting to know you' formsPlease 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
Autumn Term 2023![]()
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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. |
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
RECEPTION GRADUATION: The Class of 2023
It was a real pleasure to invite parents in to school join us for the graduation ceremony of our lovely Reception children. This marks the end of their time in Early Years and their readiness to move onto year one where they begin learning within the National Curriculum.
Very well done all of you. We are so very proud of all that you have achieved!
Very well done all of you. We are so very proud of all that you have achieved!
Spring has arrived and we welcomed a very special visitor into Acorn Class. Elis and Eleri's mum brought in a lamb for us to meet. We were able to share all things we already knew about lambs and learn some new things too! Some of the children felt confident to touch the lamb and feel its fleece, some were less sure, but it was a very exciting event for everyone!
We have had a morning of painting. First we painted 'anything we wanted to', exploring how the paint worked and how to use the brushes. Then we painted our favourite dinosaurs. We think they look amazing!
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.
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
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!