19.01.20
Parents/Carers
We hope you are having a nice weekend and enjoying actually seeing the sun despite it being a little bit cold.
The children are really enjoying our activities based on Traditional tales and we will be returning to this topic next week.This week we will be taking time to celebrate Chinese New Year. We will be learning about the different customs and tasting chinese food. We will also be making our own Chinese dragons.
We understand how busy it can be in the morning and that sometimes for ease it is quicker for us to do something. We are kindly asking you to actively encourage your child to become more independent in their morning routines - hanging their coat on their peg, putting their book bag away and finding their cupcake. Some of the children are becoming very confident at coming in to school in the morning and are asking to come into school on their own.We would really encourage this independence in the children and will praise children who are ready to make their own way into their classes.
As we enter our Spring term, we know this is the term that we really see the children's early skills start to develop. The children begin to start decoding words and early writing starts to emerge, please support your child by ensuring you hear your child read at least 3 times a week. This really will make a big difference in their progress. Well done to Barbados class who won the reading award again this week.
Writing Workshop
On Thursday we will be holding a writing workshop for parents to support your child`s early writing skills.The meeting will start in the Key stage 1 hall at 9.00.We will talk to you about the ways children learn to write for about 10-15 minutes and then bring the children in to complete some writing activities with your support.
We will serve tea and coffee at the start of the meeting so feel free to sit and chat to other parents after you have dropped your child off.
School Uniform Reminder -
Please be reminded that children are expected to continue to wear the appropriate uniform of:
- Black or grey trousers (Joggers in Nursery)
- White polo shirt with a bottle green jumper or cardigan
- Black shoes or plain black trainers (no boots)
- Black or grey skirt/dress
- Plain tights
Children will not be permitted to wear Hoodies.
Only plain school coloured head bands can be worn- no oversized bows.
Only studs can we worn in school, please make sure these are removed for PE.
Please ensure children do not have makeup on or acrylic/painted nails.
Uniform will be given to those children who do not wear the correct uniform in the morning and will need to be returned before the end of school.
Polite reminder - If your child has had a change of clothes from school, could you please ensure these are washed and returned back to us.
We thank your continued understanding and cooperation in leaving pushchairs at the door. Some of our children are asking to come into school independently and we appreciate you encouraging your child to with this.
Request -
We are asking for any donations of children's role play costumes which your child may have outgrown and can be used to enhance our role play area.
We will be using the Havering school menu which the children bought home. This week we are on Week 2 of the menu. Monday’s choices are:
Red - Beef Burger in a Bun with Potato Curls
Blue - Cheesy Tomato Pasta
Green - Quorn Burger in a Bun with Potato Curls
In Read,write inc the children have now begun working in smaller groups according to where they are up to with learning to blend. This will help the children to progress at their own level.
In maths we will be continuing with our Ten town work on teen numbers and looking at counting irregular sets of objects.
Thank you to all those parents who have returned their child's PE kits. A little reminder we have our PE sessions every Thursday. Could you please ensure your child has their P.E kits back in school ready for their lesson. Please could you also check that your child has the right P.E clothes in their bag as we do have some missing items and we would appreciate you checking at home for us.
Thank you.
INSET Dates for 2019-20
INSET 1
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INSET 2
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INSET 3
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INSET 4
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INSET 5
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4th September
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3rd April
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20th July
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21st July
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22nd July
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Last day of the summer term will be Friday 17th July 2020.
Dates for your diary
Spring 1
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Thursday 23rd January
| Writing workshop |
Friday 14th February
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Break up for half Term
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Monday 24th February
| Back to school |
Our learning objectives this term will be listed under these headings:
Personal, Social and Emotional:
Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.
Can describe self in positive terms and talk about abilities
Can usually adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.
Communication and Language:
Joins in with repeated refrains.
Can retell a simple story.
Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.
Literacy:
Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.
Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipated key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
Physical Development:
Forms recognisable letters.
Can usually manage washing and drying hands.
Runs skillfully and negotiates spaces successfully.
Mathematics:
To recap number recognition 0-10.
To recap number formation 0-10.
To confidently count to 20 and beyond demonstrating place value.
Understanding the World:
Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences.
Shows an interest in different ways of life.
Can talk about some of the things they have observed.
Expressive arts and design:
Constructs with a purpose in mind.
Manipulates material to achieve a planned effect.
Explores colour and how colour can be changed
If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is:
eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk
We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.
Reception Team
