Reception Tavy

Welcome to Tavy Class page

Class Teacher- Mrs Hannah Fry

Teaching Assistant - Mrs Claire Strudwick

Learning in Tavy Class

Tavy Class is where our children build the Firm Foundations for learning which they will draw on throughout their time at St. George's. We use a floor book approach to ensure that we follow the interests of our children and encourage them to become intrinsically motivated, curious learners. Our classroom is designed to be communication friendly, encouraging talk and the natural development of conversation and language skills. The small, family feel of our setting means that our children build strong, positive relationships which are vital for the healthy growth of self-esteem in young children. 

Reading

Children are encouraged to read at least three times a week at home. Their book will be changed after they have read it to an adult three times. We follow Twinkl Phonics for early reading and use Rhino Readers as our reading books. These books link closely to the phonics children are learning in class. We believe that reading the same text many times supports children to improve fluency and accuracy in reading much more successfully.

We also have the opportunity to visit the school library over the course of the week.

Secret Mission!

Book yourself a Mystery Reader slot. Once a week we would like to surprise the children with a visit from a familiar adult to read them your favourite story or to talk about your job or something special you have experienced or achieved. This isn’t restricted to parents; grandparents, older siblings, aunties and uncles can all be roped in too. We ask for your support in keeping the identity of the mystery reader a surprise, even from your own child! A sign up sheet will be in the office so that you can pick a date which will work for you. If you think you will need more time with the children please let us know.

Tapestry

In Tavy Class we use this platform to share all of our amazing learning with you. You can also send messages to the Tavy Class team through Tapestry. This is the best way to communicate with staff and keep track of your child's progress.

Please, please, please ensure that EVERY item your child brings into school is clearly labelled with their name. Items will inevitably become misplaced and it makes it a lot easier to return items to their owners when things are labelled. Thank you so much.

Spring Term 2023

As always, your child will be being supported by staff to achieve their individual next steps in their learning. As a whole class, we are moving on to Level 3 phonics this term and as your child develops their reading skills they will begin bringing home Level 3 reading books. Please keep reading with your child at home. This will support them to consolidate Level 2 and ensure that they are able to progress to the next level of reading book as soon as they can. 

Babs and Edna have sparked the children's interests with a mystery bottle of water. This has opened interesting floor book discussions around water. The children's questions so far are; 

• Why is rain good for plants?
• How does water turn to ice?
• How does ice melt?
• What is a water well?
• How does water make us grow?
• Where does rain come from? 

If you can help with any of these, please let us know and come in to help!  

Autumn 2

This term we are gearing up to the most exciting season in the school calendar! The children are happily learning their songs for the Christmas Production and can be heard singing all around the classroom. Please ensure that your child brings in a black top and black leggings/joggers as base layers for their costumes for Mrs Dyson's Christmas Extravaganza!

Thank you.  

Team Tavy 2020-2021