Welcome to Early Years
The Early Years team have been very busyreating a video tour! Thank you to all th ce staff, pupils and parents who help make our school such an amazing place to be!
If you’d like to apply for a place for your child, please go to Kirklees Council Website (Click here) and don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like any more information. Remember the deadline is 15th January to get your application in to Kirklees. We can’t wait to meet all the new members of our St Paulinus family in September!

Early Years Leader
Miss Regan

Teacher
Mrs Clayton

Teacher
Mrs Jackson

Class HLTA
Mrs Benn

Nursery Nurse
Miss Harrison

Class HLTA
Miss Ellis

Class ETA / HLTA
Mrs Oakley

Class ETA
Mrs Kelly
Early Years
Autumn term
TOPIC
The topic this term is “Lets Celebrate”
Through this topic, each child will learn about their bodies and about what makes them special and unique. We will be sharing our similarities and celebrating our differences. As the term progresses, we will begin to explore the people in the wider community and how they help us. We will celebrate our emergency services and also prepare for the most important celebration of all- the birth of Jesus.
We will be looking at:
- Reading, writing and acting out traditional fairy tales.
- Baking, role playing and sequencing the stories.
- In Maths, we are learning to recognise, count and write numbers 0 – 20, learning 2D and 3D shape names and their properties and exploring different measures.
- In English, we are concentrating on writing sentences, practicing our letter sounds and formation and applying our phase 2 and 3 phonics to our reading and spelling.
- How we can help other people.
RE
Phonics
- Listen to sounds inside and outside.
- Differentiate between different sounds.
- Replicate different sounds using our voices and bodies.
- Hear the number of syllables in words.
- Begin to hear rhyming words.
- Begin to hear initial sounds of words.
- To segment and blend words to read.
- To read tricky words (words which cannot be decoded).
- To learn letter names.
Homework
Homework will be given out on a Friday and MUST be completed and returned to school by the following Wednesday.
Children will have one independent reading book which will be brought home once a week and MUST be returned to school on their reading day. On the inside of the front cover there is a list of phonemes and words which children must revisit when they read. Reading records will be given to the children for parents to fill out. There will be two pieces of homework; English/Phonics and Maths sent home. Thank you for your support with this.
English
We will be developing our writing skills by practising and applying our newly learnt phonics skills. We will be focusing on constructing phonetically plausible words and sentences whilst learning about the basics of punctuation.We will also be practising writing our full names, lists and labels.
Mathematics
We will be learning to count, write and use numbers to 20 and use simple addition and subtraction sums. We will focus on one greater and one less then within numbers to 20. We will be naming 2D and 3D shapes, ordering by length and learning vocabulary related to weight, capacity and volume. We will introduce the coins 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p and identify and match the amounts.
PE
Is on a Wednesday, so children must ensure their pumps are in school. Children will not need full PE kit until after half term.
A P.E. kit consists of: a white t-shirt, blue (or black) shorts, and a pair of trainers for outdoor use, which they should leave in school. As an optional extra, a dark coloured pair of jogging trousers and a jumper can also be worn when we are outside. All P.E. kit must be labelled clearly with your child’s name.
If your child has pierced ears, it would be much appreciated if you could remove their earrings on each morning of P.E. Please note that staff are not able to remove them or cover them, so this will result in your child not taking part in our P.E. lesson and an alternative task will be provided for the child, this is due to health and safety reasons. Long hair must be tied back.
Red group Spring 1 – On Wednesday mornings, the children will also be taking part in Bushcraft activities in the secret garden. They will need to bring a change of clothes, wellies, a warm coat, hat and gloves in a labelled carrier bag on this day. The children may get very muddy! You should have received an additional letter on Tuesday by e-mail with full details of this activity.
EYU Assemblies
Our Year groupHoly Week Assembly will take place on Tuesday 31st March at 2:00 pm
School Trips
To increase your child’s independence and in preparation for Year 1
We are encouraging the full-time children to come into the unit by themselves on a morning. If you feel you would prefer to come in with your child, or if you want to see a member of staff you are welcome to do so.
Please remember to return your child’s homework bag on WEDNESDAYS. It is important that your child’s reading bag is returned on their reading day so your child does not miss out on reading their book to a member of staff.
In P.E all full-time children will now be working on the apparatus. Children need a pair of black pumps, a pair of navy blue shorts and a white t-shirt with their name written inside of each item and hung in a bag on their coat peg. No jewellery is allowed so please remove and leave at home any earrings/chains/bracelets etc. on Fridays so these valuables do not get misplaced.
Can we ask that all parents make sure they use the correct entrance and exit (from the Infant playground) for the Early Years Unit, so we can maintain a safe environment for all the
Thank you for remembering your 50p baking fund money every week as this helps us offer a mixed and varied curriculum.
If you have any questions regarding anything in the Unit, please do not hesitate to ask.
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Our Class Blog
What happens in our class? have a look at all the blog post direct from the classroom.
Christmas at St. Paulinus 2019
As the calendar year for 2019 draws to an end we hope you have a happy and holy Christmas. Here are the Christmas production highlights for 2019 . https://vimeo.com/380447129 Key Stage One sing us out with their carol service ........... see you next year. ....
People who help us – The Police
.As part of our Topic "People who help us" we had a visit from the police. He told the children about the roles and responsibilities the police have and showed them his uniform. The children were able to inspect the handcuffs and baton and feel how padded his jacket...
Two Minutes Silence
Today we learnt all about Armistice Day. We found out about why this was a special day and then looked closely at poppies. We all had a go at completing a range of activities including potato printing, making a remembrance garden with loose part, chalking and...
Our new Library
On the 15th of November, our local MP came and led an assembly where she shared with the children her love of reading. Her favourite book was the MagicFaraway Tree by Enid Blyton. The children were enthused by her and asked many questions. She then officially opened...
People who help us – Doctors and Nurses
The children really enjoyed participating in activities all about doctors and nurses. They enjoyed dressing up and role playing doctors and nurses such as giving each other injections, putting bandages on each other and listening to one another’s heartbeats with the...
Topics Displays
Throughout school we have some fantastic topics that we are looking into. Our topic displays are eye catching and show a variety of learning skills through History, Geography, Art and DT. After each lesson children’s work is displayed under the question that they have...
Class Timetable
Full-Time Children
- Maths Meeting
- Phonics
- Singing
Break
- Theme (UTW)
Lunch
- Phonics
- English
- Reading and Outdoors
- Worship
- Oracy/Book Talk
- Worship
- Maths Meeting
- English Shared and Outdoor
Break
- Mathematics
Lunch
- Phonics
- ICT
- EAD
- Reading
- Worship
- Oracy/Book Talk
- EY1 Bushcraft
- EY2 Music
- RE EY1
- PE EY1
Break
- RE EY2
- PE EY1
Lunch
- Phonics
- Mathematics
- Reading
- Worship
- Oracy/Book Talk
- Maths Meeting
- English Shared and Outdoor
Break
- Mathematics
Lunch
- Phonics
- RE
- Reading
- Worship
- Oracy/Book Talk
- Maths Meeting
- English Shared and Outdoor
Break
- Mathematics
Lunch
- Phonics
- Library/ UTW Circle Time
- (Curiosity cube)
- Reading and Outdoors
- Worship
- Oracy/Book Talk
Part-Time Children
- Maths Meeting
- Singing
Break
- Theme Morning
Hometime
- Worship
- Playdough Disco
- Phonics
- Input and continuous provision
Break
- ICT
- Story Time
Hometime
- Maths Meeting
- Phonics
- Share area activities
Break
- Input and continuous provision
- Story Time
Hometime
- Maths Meeting
- Playdough Disco
- Phonics
- PE
Break
- RE
- Collective Worship
Hometime
- Maths Meeting
- Playdough Disco
- Phonics
- Input and continuous provision
Break
- Library
- Beat Baby
Hometime