Sunday 30 October 2016

Reception Newsletter -Autumn 2 Week 1


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
Piece of music
Person
1.    Learn it off by heart.
2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.
3.    Find out about stars.
  1. Listen to the piece of music.
  2. Create some movements to the music.
  3. 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.

 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 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

Hot dog in a bun- red   barbeque chicken-blue or jacket potato with cheese and beans - green 
 
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