P4

Welcome back to a new school year and to Term 2

We hope everyone had a lovely half term break! Crazy we are now in the run up to Christmas! 

Themes

For this next term we will continue with our ‘Space’ theme including new Sensory stories such as ‘Aliens love underpants’ and adapted Space stories featuring ourselves!

We will also be continuing with our music sessions such as Soundabout, Music therapy and Singing and signing. As well as this we will also be joining with Henleaze school for patio play and lunch clubs as well as continuing with Bristol Bears and PE / physio activities. We will also be continuing to work on our symbol choosing, IT skills through switches and exploration through play. 

We will look forward to inviting parents / carers in for our Christmas show (towards the end of the term) and we will be working on this towards the second half of the term. 

Therapists working with P4

Therapists will visit our class on a weekly / pre-arranged basis. If you have any questions/ queries about your child you can contact the school and we will be happy to direct you to the appropriate therapist. Our Physio this year is Rosy Dorman and our Speech and Language Therapist is Tara Cheetham.

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy will be happening weekly on a Tuesday morning. Please can you send your child in with their swim kits and equipment they need to swim at the start of the week. We will be unable to swim any new pupils until they have been seen by physios and a risk assessment, physio and manual handling plan has been completed by physios.

Earwig

We are continuing to use Earwig as the assessment and record platform throughout school and parental access will also continue. Earwig also has an extra feature where you can send us photos, comments or video's of what your child has been doing at home which we would love to see. If you have any questions about Earwig or viewing your child’s earwig observations then please let us know.

Home school communication

As always, please use the home-school diary or email either of us with any questions and updates. If you need to speak to us for any reason please phone the school office on 0117 3533622. If your child is going to be absent for any reason we really appreciate an early morning phone call to the office by 8.30am and a message left on the answering machine, as this greatly helps us plan our staffing.

We also love to see a photo from home which you can email to us and we like to listen to news from home on our VOCA’s together as a group.

Reminder of what’s needed in school

• Change of clothes kept in school, useful for any messy days.
• A supply of pads (nappies), wet wipes and creams if needed. (We will write in your diary if these are running low.)
• Snacks and squash if your child needs these.
• Clothes that are appropriate for the weather, especially during outdoor learning sessions.

We look forward to a fun term ahead! 

P4 Class Team