Parents/Carers
We hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far. We would like to extend our thanks for all of your donations towards our Harvest Festival, your donations were greatly received by the food bank.
The children thoroughly enjoyed our learning about Diwali last week and impressed us all with how they expanded their taste buds by trying the different foods. We are continuing our topic of "Celebrations and patterns" by learning about Guy Fawkes, the history of firework night and firework safety. As part of our learning the children will be given the opportunity to make their own firework models and create editable firework sparklers and rockets.
As a reminder the school day begins at
8.30am and for safety reasons the gates need to be shut by 8.55am. In the
mornings the children need to walk through the main gate and enter through the
Reception area doors. If you arrive after the gate has closed, you
will need to enter the main office where you will be recorded as late. At
3.00pm Gate 1 will be open for parents and the children will be released
through the Reception area doors.
We thank you again for your understanding and
cooperation in leaving pushchairs at the door.
We will continue with our phonics programme,
teaching the sounds l,h,r,j. At the end of the week the children will bring
some practise formation sheets. Please try and make some time to help your
child with this formation. Learning to write is a tricky skill but an important
one.
This week in maths we will be continuing our teaching and learning
about 3D shapes. The children will have an opportunity to make their own 3D
models. If you have any junk modelling materials, we would greatly appreciate
these being brought into school as the children will use these to make their
own firework models.
Your child will continue to bring home a reading
book (which is changed weekly) and a set of sight words. The expectation is
your child reads at least 3 times or more each week. As we are promoting a love
of reading we encourage your child to read a range of books and is not limited
to the one we send home with them.
Reminders
Pudsey
will be visiting us this Wednesday. Please remember to bring any money
in a named envelope and hand to your child's class teacher.
Poppy merchandise is continuing to be sold, please remember to put your child's money in a named envelope.
There
have been a few forms sent out and we are still waiting for
parents/carers to return them. Please return them this week:
Dental forms
Nhs form
Flu Vaccination form
This
Thursday we will be holding our monthly stay and read sessions,
followed by our reading workshop. We hope to see as many of you there as
possible.
We will be using the new Havering school menu which
the children bought home before half term. We are on Week 2 of
this 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
Here is a
link to the menu choices https://www.haveringcatering.co.uk/schooldata/mead-infant-primary-school/
On Thursdays we have our weekly P.E session.
Please ensure your child’s P.E kit is returned to school and is clearly
labelled. Children are starting to change for their PE sessions, as you
can imagine this is currently taking quite a while so all you can do to help
your child be independent in dressing is greatly appreciated.
School
Uniform -
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
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.
Messages
–
- PLEASE NAME all items of clothing. This will help when returning lost items, particularly jumpers and cardigans with the right child.
- If your child has had any clothes from school could you please ensure these are washed and returned to back.
- Our PE day is Thursday. Please ensure your child has a named PE kit in school. If they wear earrings they need to be removed on this day.
- Thank you to all those parents who have sent in a named set of spare clothes. If you haven’t yet could you please ensure your child has a named set of spare clothes and underwear on their peg as soon as possible.
- Children can also bring in a pair of named wellies to leave in school. This would be great for use in the mud kitchen and on rainy days.
- If your child suffers with asthma please ensure their pump is in school and you have completed the relevant paperwork at the main office.
- If your child is unwell, please remember to call the school office on 01708 343616 and notify them of your child's absence.
Breakfast
club is open from 7.45 am. Please make sure there is sufficient money on your
child's sQuid account to make payment.
Important
dates:
INSET Dates and Polling day 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.
You can
access Havering term dates for 2019-2010 here: https://www.havering.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2023/term_dates_2019-2020.pdf
Dates for
your diary
Autumn 2
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Thursday 7th November
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Reception
Reading workshop
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Thursday
7th November
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Reception
stay and read
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Monday
11th November
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Armistice
Day – Parents are invited for a short service in the KS2 playground at 10.40am
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Tuesday
12th November
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Friendship
workshop for pupils
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Tuesday
12th November
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Odd sock
day to support Anti-bullying week – children can come to school wearing odd
socks
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Friday
6th December
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Stay
and Play
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Monday
9th December
|
Reception
Christmas play PM (time to be confirmed)
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Tuesday
10th December
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Reception
Christmas play AM (time to be confirmed)
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Thursday
12th December
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SCHOOL
CLOSED POLLING DAY
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Friday
13th December
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Christmas
Jumper Day
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Wednesday
18th December
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St
Pauls Church visit
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Friday
20th December
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Last
day of term
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Our learning
objectives this term will be listed under these headings:
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.
Communication
and Language
Shows
understanding of prepositions by carrying out an action or selecting correct
picture.
Can
retell a simple past event in correct order.
Questions
why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.
Literacy
Enjoys an
increasing range of books.
Describes main
story settings, events and principal characters.
Hears and says
initial sounds in words.
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.
Moves with
confidence in a range of ways, negotiating space.
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'.
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 welcoming you back to school tomorrow.
Reception Team
