Benbow Street, Deptford, London SE8 3HD Invicta Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7HE

Telephone - SE8: 020 8692 9157 Telephone - SE3: 020 8858 3831
Email address: admin@invictaprimary.co.uk Email address: admin@invictaprimary.co.uk

 
 
Dear parents and carers, 
 
Happy new year to you all! Welcome to our Spring newsletter, which as always is designed to let you 
know about the topics for this term and to inform you about homework, trips and the school routine. 
 
This term our learning will revolve around the theme of ​‘Moving’​.​ ​The challenge question for the 
school is: 
’How can our learning about the world help us to become global citizens 
of the future.’ 
 
 
 
 
▪ As Historians we explore our family history.  
▪ As Scientists we will research changes to materials. 
▪ As Geographers we look into different cultures and foods. 
▪ As Artists experiment with create chinese art work on our own recycled paper. 
▪ As Users of technology we transport ourselves to different countries using green screen. 
 
Reception class focus for this term will be food from around the world and diet and exercise. 
 
Changes to staff in reception 
 
As you are aware, last term we said goodbye to Mr George, in Galleon Class. We welcome back Miss. 
Green, who will be teaching Galleon Class on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, job sharing with 
Ms Crescenzo, who will teach Galleon Class on Thursdays and Fridays. 
 
Important Dates  
 
● Monday, 29th January 2018​- T ​ arget Tracker​ online Learning Journals will go live. We will send 
out a letter in the next few days. Please return the required information as soon as possible 
● Wednesday, 31st January 2018​- O ​ pen Evening.​ This is a chance to come in and look around 
the classroom, talk to the teacher and ask any questions about the online Learning Journals. 
 
 
 
 
Homework  
  
Home  Diary-  ​Each  Friday  the  children  take  their  Home  Diary  home.  Please  support  your  child  to 
contribute  to  this  over  the  weekend  and  ensure  that  you  ​return  ​them  on  Monday  to allow your child 
to share it with the class.   
 
Phonics-  ​We  are  very  proud  of  our  successful  start  to  the  ​Read  Write  Inc.  phonics  scheme,  ​great 
progress  has  been  made.  All  phonics  handouts  should  be  completed  and  kept  at  home  to  use  for 
further  practise.  Your  child  may  have  a  new  phonics  group  and  teacher  over  the  next  half  term  as 
groups  are  regularly  monitored  and  assessed.  Children  will  be  learning  ‘Red  Words’  these are words 
that  you cannot use phonics to read and spell such as ‘said’ (phonetically ‘sed’), your child will need to 
remember these words so do point them out, practise and explain this when they pop up. 
 
Reading-  ​Please  ensure  you  are  sharing  books  at  home  with  your  child  as  often  as  possible  to 
develop a passion for books.  
We  will  be  starting  to  send  home  decodable  phonics  books  these  are books for your child to read to 
you.  Story  books  are  also  sent  home  on the same day, these are for you to read and enjoy with your 
child.  Sharing  books  will continue to be swapped on a ​Friday and Phonics books will be swapped on a 
Monday. 
To  enable  us  to  swap  your  child’s  books  please  ensure  that  the  book  due  to  be  swapped  and  the 
reading  record  are  both  in  your  child’s  bag.  Bags  and  reading  records  are  an  important  way  to 
prevent  books  from  being  lost  or  damaged,  please make sure your child is coming into school with a 
book  bag  every  day  in  order  to  ensure  handouts  and  books  make  their  way  home  reliably.  Don’t 
forget  to  write  a  short  comment  in  their  record  book  to  let  us  know  what  your  child  thought  of  the 
book. Remember we have some fantastic local libraries for access to a brilliant range of books!   
 
Time tables 
Here is a basic timetable of things that happen each week. ​Please note- some of the timings of the 
sessions are are subject to change. 
 
O’Malley  
 
Start  MONDAY  TUESDAY  WEDNESDAY  THURSDAY  FRIDAY 
Time  

8.55  Self-Registration   Self-Registration  Self-Registration  Self-Registration  Self-Registration 

9.00  Phonics  Phonics  Phonics  Phonics  Music  with  Mr 

  Barker  (09.00- 
09.30) 
9.20  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  Child-Initiated  and   
Focus Activities  Focus Activities  and  Focus  Focus Activities  Child Initiated and 
Activities  Focus  Activities 
(09.30 - 10.55) 

10.55  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up 

11.00  Maths input  Maths input  Maths input  Maths input  Maths input 

11.30  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch 

1.00  Registration  Registration  Registration  Registration  Registration 

1.10  Challenge input   Challenge input     Challenge input   Challenge input  
(Literacy)  (Literacy)    (Literacy)  (Literacy) 
Forest School  
1.25  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  and    Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated 
Focus Activities  Focus Activities    Focus Activities  and  Focus 
Activities 

2.50  Tidy Up   Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up 

3.00  Story  Story  Story  Story  Story 

3.15  Hometime  Hometime  Hometime  Hometime  Hometime 

 
 
Galleon  
 
Start  MONDAY  TUESDAY  WEDNESDAY  THURSDAY  FRIDAY 
Time  

8.55  Self-Registration   Self-Registration  Self-Registration  Self-Registration  Self-Registration 

9.00  Phonics  Phonics  Phonics  Phonics  Music  with  Mr 

  Barker  (09.00- 
09.30) 
9.20  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  Child-Initiated  and   
Focus Activities  Focus Activities  and  Focus  Focus Activities  Child  Initiated 
Activities  Activities  (09.30  - 
10.55) 

10.55  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up 

11.00  Maths input  Maths input  Maths input  Maths input  Maths input 

11.30  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch 

1.00  Registration  Registration  Registration  Registration  Registration 

1.10  Challenge input   Challenge input   Challenge input     Challenge input  

(Literacy)  (Literacy)  (Literacy)  Forest School   (Literacy) 
 
1.25  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  and  Child-Initiated  Child-Initiated 
Focus Activities  Focus Activities  and  Focus  and  Focus 
Activities  Activities 

2.50  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up  Tidy Up 

3.00  Story  Story  Story  Story  Story 

3.15  Hometime  Hometime  Hometime  Hometime  Hometime 

 
 
Reception  fund: ​We know how important it is for your children’s development to provide a wide range 
of  sensory  and  cooking  opportunities.  In  order  to  raise  funds  to  purchase  play  dough  ingredients, 
corn  flour,  shaving  foam  and  cooking  ingredients,  we  will  be  asking  for  a  weekly  voluntary 
contribution  of  50p  every  Monday.  An  adult  will  be  at  the  gate  every  Monday  morning  with  a  piggy 
bank, any amount will be greatly appreciated. 

Please ensure that you ​bring your child’s bag everyday a

​ nd that the uniform is clearly labelled. 

It  is  always  recommended  that  your  child  has  a  ​spare  change of clothes ​(not necessarily uniform) in 
his/her  book  bag  in  case  of  accidents  or  as  a  change  after  water  play.  Donations  of  old  clothes 
including pants, socks and trousers are needed and very welcome.  

Children  have  access  to  ​junk  modelling  ​everyday  so  we  constantly  need  supplies  of  small  clean 
boxes,  bottles,  containers, plastic milk bottles, old flour to make playdough etc and any other creative 
resources. We would also welcome any possible donations of old furniture or other items such as toys 
etc, however, please discuss this with a class teacher before bringing items in. 

As  always,  If  you  have  anything  you  would  like  to  discuss  at  other times of the term please make an 
appointment. Alternatively, you can email us at the addresses below. 

We welcome parent volunteers, whether you would like to read books with the children or if you have 
a particular skill you could share with the class. 
 
And finally… 

We  are  always  trying  to  improve  our  reception  learning  environment,  so if you have any new or 2nd 
hand  books  for  our  new  reading  corner  or  old  pots,  pans  and  cooking  utensils,  for  the  mud  kitchen 
donations  are  always  welcome  and  greatly  appreciated.  Lids,  buttons,  new  nuts  and  bolts  would  be 
great  for  developing  mathematical  concepts  and  fine  motor  skills.  Also,  if you have any construction 
materials  e.g.  pipes,  guttering,  mosaic  tiles  and  cable  drums  please see Ms. Crescenzo or your child’s 
class teacher. 

We look forward to an exciting term. 

 
Miss Curran 
Miss Green 
Ms Crescenzo 
 
k.curran@invictaprimary.co.uk 
I.green@invictaprimary.co.uk  
m.crescenzo@invictaprimary.co.uk