Term 5 2025 | Paulton Infants

Term 5

Key Dates for Term 5

Tuesday 22nd April - First day of term

Monday 28th April - online oral health talk for parents - 7pm

Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday, school closed

Monday 19th May - EYFS Stay and Play

Thursday 22nd May - Trip to Chew Valley Animal Park

Friday 23rd May - Last day of term

This term we thinking about growth and time in relation to ourselves. We think about some of the things we need to grow healthily including good oral health and a balanced diet. We also introduce foundation skills for learning about history through observing changes over time and talking about past, present and future. We plant seeds and watch them grow. We think about our families and ourselves as babies and how we have changed. We think about the childhoods of our parents and grandparents and how they might have been different from today. We begin to think about what job we might want to have in the future.

P.E. and Forest School

Mulberry Class: PE on Wednesdays

Forest school on Thursdays (weeks 1-4)

Elder Class: PE on Fridays

Forest school on Wednesdays (weeks 2-5)

Please make sure PE kits are in school before your child's first PE lesson.

On forest school days, please come to school dressed appropriately for the weather with wellies and uniform in bags.

School Trip

On Thursday 22nd May we will take EYFS children on a day trip to Chew Valley Animal Park to enrich our learning about growth and farms. This will take place between the hours of a normal school day. Payment details were shared in an email last term.

Oral Health

We have a strong focus this term on oral health. We will be taking part in supervised toothbrushing to help raise awareness of good oral health. Please return permission forms so your child can take part in this - thank you for all those we have received so far. You can join an online talk for parents by a dental professional on Tuesday 28th April at 7pm. In the meantime, you can find out more about taking care of children's teeth on the NHS website.

Here are some tips from the NHS for 3-6 year olds:

Brush at least twice daily for about 2 minutes with fluoride toothpaste.
Brush last thing at night before bed and at least on 1 other occasion.
Parents or carers should brush the teeth.
Use children's fluoride toothpaste containing no less than 1,000ppm of fluoride (check label) unless a dentist advises family toothpaste containing between 1,350ppm and 1,500ppm fluoride.
Use only a pea-sized amount of toothpaste.
Spit out after brushing and don't rinse – if you rinse, the fluoride won't work as well.