Reception Newsletter-31/10/2016
We would like to welcome you back and hope you enjoyed the lovely
Autumnal weather and feel well rested. Our theme this half term is festivals,
celebrations and patterns. This week our topic work will be based around the
theme of Diwali. Diwali is the five-day festival of lights and is traditionally
celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs. It is one of the most significant festivals in
the Indian culture. The word Diwali means row of lights. It is one of the
requirements of the Early Years curriculum that children are aware that
different people have different beliefs and the children are always excited to
learn about celebrations. As
part of our week we will be making diva lamps, looking at and creating Rangoli
patterns and tasting a range of Indian style food such as samosas, bhajis, rice and poppadoms. If for any reason you would
rather your child did not try this food, please let class staff know.
Our work
this half term will cover the following learning objectives
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
such as 'under', 'on top', 'behind' by carrying out a 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.
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.
Literacy:
Enjoys
an increasing range of books.
Describes
main story settings, events and principal characters.
Hears
and says initial sounds in words.
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
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.
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
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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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. 1.Draw a portrait of the person.
2. Find out facts about
the person.
3. Watch the person in action.
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Choices are from
Week 1 of the menu.
The choices are :-
Monday Beef bolognaise-red cod
fillet-blue or vegetarian sausage roll
- green
Tuesday Pork sausages- red jacket potato with beans-blue or cheesy leak pasta - green
Wednesday Lamb shepherds
pie- red salmon filet-blue or cheese and tomato pizza - green
Thursday roast turkey-
red tuna,
mayonnaise and sweetcorn baguette-blue or vegetarian sausage - green
Friday is a special bonfire
menu
Thank you once again for
your support in helping at home with your child`s reading. Some people are
hearing their child every night and when their child comes to read they are
confident and happy to talk about their book. It really is an enormous benefit
to each child to have this support so please try and spend just five
minutes every day in helping them. Then please remember to sign those
reading diaries every time you read with your child. Barbados Class have
the most children reading three or more times at home so let`s see if St Lucia
or Jamaica can beat them this week. We will of course be continuing with our
phonics programme Read, Write Inc. We will also be sending home some phonics
practise sheets for you to work on with your children. These are for your own
use and don`t need to be sent back to 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
