Welcome to Sunflower Class

Welcome to the Sunflower Class. This is the page that will have lots of information about your childs time in the Sunflower Class

Welcome to Sitwell Infant School and Buttercup Class in 2022!  We have some very exciting times ahead of us during this school year so here is some information to help you!

We all want 'to be the best that we can be' and we have been getting to know our Sitwell Superheroes who help us make the right choices. You can find out more about them here on our website by following the Key Information link - Behaviour at Sitwell Infant School.

Timetable

Our school day begins at 8.45am and ends at 3.15pm. Our doors will be open from 8.40 and the door will be closed at 8.45. If your child arrives after this time you will have to take your child round to the main entrance. Please use our class door for drop offs and pick ups.

Our lunchtime is 12 - 1.15pm every day. If you are having a school lunch, please order it online before 8am.

Homework

Each week we will also set some maths/phonics homework activities to support and consolidate children's learning via Google Classroom. Please contact the office if you need any support with your log-in details.

Physical Education

Our PE day is Wednesday when we enjoy sessions with Live Learn Sports which is always great fun and helps to keep us fit and healthy too! We will need our PE kits for these sessions - a white t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/joggers and black pumps or trainers. All PE kits should be named and are kept in the blue PE bags we have provided. These are kept in school during term time and will be sent home each half-term holiday. Children are not allowed to wear jewellery for PE so please make sure ALL earrings are removed on Wednesday. We are learning to be independent in getting changed for PE, learning how to dress ourselves and look after our belongings - this is something children can practise at home if they find it a bit tricky. Please make sure ALL items of uniform have your child's name in to help prevent things getting mixed up or lost!

Reading Diaries

We love reading here at Sitwell Infant School and we are going to develop our reading skills and learn how to talk about stories and describe the characters and the sequence of events.

Everyone has a Reading Diary and these should be kept in your book bags. Reading diaries are collected in every Monday to be checked and if you read at least 3 times in a week and fill in your reading diaries (at least 3 entries on the page), I will give you a stamp in your diary. Unfortunately if your child does not have their reading diary in school, I am unable to back date stamps! 

Each week on a Friday children will have the opportunity to choose a Dream Read book to take home and share with their families. Please remember to bring it back into school the following week so we can change it for a different one!

As your child progresses through our Read Write Inc reading sessions your child will bring home a Ditty Card or a reading book. We will inform you when your child moves on to these or when they move on to a different colour level. Please keep them in your reading bags as they are changed at differing intervals and if their previous book/card is not in their book bag they will not be able to change on to the next one.

Everyone also has a Poetry Journal. Each week on Thursdays we will collect these in and add a new poem to this journal which is linked to our learning in class that week. These poems are for children to share and talk about with their families - we hope you enjoy them!

So as you can see, we are going to be very busy in Sunflower Class - exciting times ahead!

Please let me know if you have any queries or questions -  we are here to help and support wherever we can! Our class email is sunflowerclass@sitwellinfantschool.co.uk.

Thank you for you continued support!

Miss Todd and the Sunflower team - Miss Todd, Mrs Hussain and Mrs BlackburnTop