Autumn 2 25.11.18
Dear Parent, Carers
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas this week, as we will be looking at the story 'The Jolly Christmas Postman'. The children will be writing their letters to Father Christmas and we will be doing lots of Christmas themed crafts. We have begun practising for our Christmas play and the children have been busy learning all of our wonderful songs. We will be sending home the song words as I know lots of children have been eager to sing them to their parents. Please also check your child's class notice board this week for information regarding what they need to wear for the Christmas play. You can then start sending your child's black clothes in a named plastic bag as soon as possible and no later than Friday 7th December.
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. Please do not crowd around the doors at the end of the day, it is causing delays in ensuring your child is handed over to you safely. We thank you
again for your understanding and cooperation in leaving pushchairs at
the door.
We will continue with our phonics programme,
teaching our set 1 sounds x, ng, nk. 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 looking at making a total by combining two amounts together.
Any extra input from home would be appreciated
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. Please also remember to make a note of the title of the book your child has read to help them achieve their reading awards.
Request
If
your child has any comics at home that they have finished with we would
be grateful for them in school. Children enjoy sharing these and having
a variety of reading material helps their development.
One
of our children has lost their coat. We have looked everywhere at
school. Please can you check whether your child has accidently taken it
at home. Thank you for your help with this.
As part of our learning on 'Celebrations', we will be taking some time to discuss what we celebrate at home (birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Diwali etc). We are therefore asking for any photos of your child celebrating with their families to be sent in so they can be shared during our circle time. If these could be sent in a named envelope by next week it would be much appreciated and we will return to you as soon as possible.
Learning Challenge
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, famous person,
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.
Poem/Song to learn: Five Little Men in a flying saucer
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Person: Mr Maker
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Composer/Piece of music: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
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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!
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Nursery Rhyme
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Piece of music
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Person
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. 1. Learn it off by heart.
2. Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.
3. Find out about stars.
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- Listen to the piece of music.
- Create some movements to the music
- Draw an illustration to represent their feelings.
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1. Draw a portrait of the person.
2. Find out facts about the person.
3. Watch the person in action.
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On
Wednesdays 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.
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:
Hot dog with wedges
Creamy cheese pasta pot
Veggie hot dog with wedges
Messages –
- PLEASE NAME all items of clothing. This will help when returning
lost items, particularly jumpers and cardigans with the right child. We
have accumulated a number of clothes already. Please check your child’s
class if they are missing something.
- Our PE days are Wednesday. 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. Please note this does not need to be school uniform.
- 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.
- Please actively encourage your child to put away their book bag and
hang up their coat in the morning. It would also be really helpful if
you could discuss the menu choices with your child the previous night to
help them independently find their cupcake and make their lunch choice.
December is proving to be a busy month. Please make a note of the following dates:
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Autumn 2
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Monday
3rd December
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Mead
Farm Reception Open Afternoon 1.30-2.45pm
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Friday
7th December
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Stay
and Play
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Friday
7th December
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Stay
and read
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Friday
7th December
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Animal
day – Children dress up as their favourite animal £1 donation
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Monday
10th December
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Visit
to St Paul’s church
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Wednesday
12th December
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Reception
Christmas play at 2.15pm
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Thursday
13th December
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Reception
Christmas play at 9.15am
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Friday
14th December
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Christmas
jumper day
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Tuesday
18th December
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Christmas
dinner day
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Wednesday
19th December
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Last
day of the Autumn term
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INSET Dates and Polling day for 2018-19
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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3rd September
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4th September
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7th January
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29th April
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5th June
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Please note that the final day of the summer term will be on Friday 19th July, 2019.
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'.
Finds the total number in two groups by counting all of them.
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
