Sunday 20 November 2016

Reception Newsletter

Reception Newsletter -Autumn 2 Week 4     

We hope you have had a good weekend .Last week was a very colourful week learning about Elmer the elephant. The  children loved making colourful patchwork elephants, brightly painted Elmer day elephants and elephant masks. The children also became very confident at continuing repeating patterns and creating their own repeating patterns. Next week our focus book will be Aliens love Underpants. If you have any junk materials such as drink bottles or polystyrene dishes could you please send them in so the children can make rockets and planets.
As a reminder our work this half term will cover the following learning objective:
 Personal, Social and Emotional:
       Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support   from others.
      Can usually tolerate delay when needs are not immediately met, and understands wishes may not always be met. 
      Initiates play, offering cues to peers to join them.    
C                Communication and Language:
S        Shows understanding of prepositions such as 'under', 'on top', 'behind' by carrying out a action or selecting       correct picture.   
C          can retell a simple past event in correct order. Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how. 

P        Physical Development: 
      Negotiates space successfully when playing racing and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles.
     Experiments with different ways of moving.
      Can stand momentarily on one foot when shown
      Moves with confidence in a range of ways, negotiating space.       

L       Literacy:
      Enjoys an increasing range of books.
      Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
      Hears and says initial sounds in words.
M   Mathematics:
Shows interest in shape by sustained construction activity or by talking about shapes or arrangements.
Selects a particular named shape.
Can describe their relative position such as 'behind' or 'next to'. 
Understanding the World
Remember and talks about significant events in their own experience
Shows interest in different occupations and ways of life.
      Recognizes and describes special times and events for family or friends.  
      Learning Challenge  
A   As a reminder each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.  It has been lovely to see some of the children`s responses so please keep sending them in.                                                                                                                      Poem/Song to learn: Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer                                                                                                           Five little Men in a flying saucer.

Flew around the world one day,

They looked left and right,

But they didn’t like the sight,

So one man flew away.

Zoom! 


Composer/Piece of music: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons 


Person: Mr Maker 


Nursery Rhyme
Piece of music
Person
1.    Learn it off by heart.
2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.
3.    Find out about stars.
Listen to the piece of music.
Create some movements to the music.
Draw an illustration to represent their feelings.
    . 1.Draw a portrait of the person.
      2.   Find out facts about the person.
    3. Watch the person in action.


School Dinner Update
 We have now moved onto our Autumn/Winter menu. There are now three choices for lunch each day. Choices are from Week 1 of the menu.
The choices are :-  
Monday beef bolognaise-red   cod fillet-blue or vegetarian sausage roll- green  
Tuesday sausages- red -jacket potato with beans-blue or cheesy leek pasta - green 
Wednesday shepherds pie- red   salmon fillet-blue or cheese and tomato pizza- green  
Thursday   roast turkey- red   tuna baguette-blue or vegetarian sausages- green  
Friday -potato and chickpea korma- red    fish fingers-blue or cheese and onion pasty- green   


Reading
Well Done Barbados for winning this week`s reading award again . We cannot emphasise the importance of spending just five minutes supporting your child with their reading already we can see the positive impact this is having on the children who do read regularly. Who will be this week`s winners? Thank you to those parents who practised handwriting with their child there will be some more phonics practise sheets coming home this week. 

PE
Please ensure that your child has their P.E kit in school ready for Tuesday`s P.E session. Please also make sure that your child has plenty of warm clothing ready for them to use the outside learning environment as the weather does seem to be turning much colder. If you could send  wellies in for your child it would ensure their school shoes stay cleaner. If you do borrow clothes from school if your child has been changed please could you return them as soon  as possible we are becoming short of spare clothes in school.


Please continue to look out for messages and pictures on the Mead Primary School face book page and the Mead Primary School website. Please remember to speak with school staff if there is anything you are unsure of or you have any concerns. 
We look forward to another good week in school with your children
Kind Regards
The Reception Team