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Fully Authorised by British and Spanish authorities. Centre for Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel London Examinations
Head of Department: Miss Lynne Pearson
September Messages Music Morning Video Sportsday Photos
And
It Was
“Feliz Navidad”
from Wingate Infants!
The
staff couldn’t believe it had been a year since the last Christmas
play, but sure enough, here we were trying to sort out this year’s
plot, our cast, songs to sing, how to fit 80 children on the stage
and did we have enough tea towels for the shepherds costumes?
This year, our play was “Whoops-A-Daisy Angel”, based around a poor
angel who kept getting things wrong so wasn’t given any important
jobs to do – that is, of course, until she has to take a message to
the shepherds and shows them where a very special baby had been born.
The show was packed with fun songs helping to portray the Christmas
story. A special mention must go to Mohit Jessani, a Year 2 pupil who
sang a solo rendition of “When a child is born”. What a voice!
It’s sad that so many schools in England no longer do Nativity plays
for fear of upsetting other cultures. As I watched our play this
year, I looked at the different cultures, nationalities and
personalities on that stage and felt a great sense of pride that we
continue this tradition. Looking at the reaction of our audiences,
I’m sure they felt the same.
Well done Wingate Infants! Lynne Pearson, Head of Infants
The Infants
For more details on our nursery please click here.
Reception, Year 1, Year 2
Our
Infant Department begins with Nursery, then leads on to Reception, Year 1 and
finally Year 2.
We follow the British National Curriculum as far as possible, with extra attention being given to speaking and listening, since not all the children are being taught in their native language. In addition, Spanish is taught to our Year 2 children.
We have a policy whereby 24 is the maximum class size (13 in Nursery) and we are fortunate in having the support of classroom assistants throughout the week.
Language and Literacy
The
children are introduced to books from Nursery age and begin to take home reading
books, predominantly from the Ginn 360 scheme. We have also started to introduce
some Oxford Reading Tree material which seems to be a firm favourite with the
children and is extremely popular in Britain.
In Reception class, we introduce the alphabet sounds through a well established scheme called ‘Jolly Phonics’. This has proven to be a highly successful way of getting the children to learn the 42 sounds of the alphabet (including double sounds such as ‘ee’, ‘th’, etc) as well as helping the children spell words and develop their independent writing. This scheme is followed throughout the Infant department.
Numeracy
Throughout
the Infant Department (including Nursery) we follow the Abacus Maths scheme
which includes all aspects of mathematical learning to develop the children’s
thinking strategies.
Our children are encouraged to work and play together, help and respect each other, share and care for each other.
Infant swimming and PE
Nursery PE on Monday and Wednesday
Reception PE on Tuesday and Friday Swimming on Wednesday
Year 1 PE on Thursday and Friday Swimming on Wednesday
Year 2 PE on Monday and Thursday Swimming on Friday
If your child needs armbands please send them into school already inflated.
Water for Drinking
All children should bring a small plastic bottle of water to drink. These can be filled with purified water provided by the school if you wish. Please write your child´s name clearly on the bottle. Infants are not permitted to leave the Infant area to buy drinks from the machines and should not bring money for this.
The tuck shop is for children in the Junior and Senior Departments only. Please note that older brothers and sisters may not purchase food for their younger siblings.
Video / DVD Club
Infant video club will begin on Friday, 14th September.
New members pay a joining fee of 3 €, which includes your child´s first DVD. Members pay 50 cents per video / DVD. Change-over day is Friday! Please make sure the DVDs are handled with care.
Library
Monday is library day - for Year 1 and Year 2. Please do not return library books on any other day, to avoid confusion.
Uniform
The school uniform shop is open on Thursday mornings, from 9 to 9.45am.
Please make sure your child´s uniform is correct and is named.
Reading
On Wednesday, 26th
September there will be an informal reading meeting at 6pm in the Reception
classroom.
Details
to follow next week!!
Reading bags and PE bags can be purchased from Miss Pearson at €5.00 each.
Requests
Please come to school on time!! Last year there were many children who were repeatedly late. We have a new timetable this year, which means that lessons must start promptly, as staff from other departments are involved and cannot wait for latecomers. Being late for school is disruptive - not only for your child, but for the rest of the class.
Finally, if anyone is able to sew and has the time to help us with the preparation of costumes or scenery for our Christmas play, please let Miss Pearson know!!
One of our parents videod the Music Moring from last summer. You can see the video by following this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKHazDtwUc
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