Sunday 11 December 2016

Reception Newsletter -Week Beginning 12th December


Reception Newsletter Autumn 2 Week 6

Reception Newsletter -Autumn 2 Week 6

We hope you had a good weekend .The children have worked really hard preparing for the Christmas Nativity. We hope you enjoy watching it. As a reminder the concerts will take place on Monday at 9.15 and Wednesday at 9.30 in the Key Stage 1 hall.

This week we will be making and writing a Christmas card amongst other Christmas activities, On Thursday we will be walking to the local church and on Friday the children can wear a Christmas jumper and have Christmas dinner so a very busy week ahead. 

 We would still be grateful for any wrapping paper rolls or boxes we would appreciate you sending them into school so the children can get creative with making Christmas decorations We have a range of Christmas activities to do in maths this week and our Read ,write Inc sessions will be revision this week.

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.        

C 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. 
 
h      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.
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  

       This learning challenge is coming to an end so if you haven`t already please send your child`s work into school.

       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 using our Autumn/Winter menu. There are 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 –Christmas Dinner 

Can we remind you that if you send a packed lunch in for your child to make sure that the lunch does not contain any nuts. We have some children and adults in school that have severe reactions to nuts so we need to protect them. Can we also realise that the children should not have sweets in school but chocolate biscuits are fine. 

Well Done Barbados   for winning this week`s reading award yet again you really are hard to beat ,Come on Jamaica and St Lucia you can do it. 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. 

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. Please could you send back any school uniform that you have borrowed. And make sure that children`s clothes are all clearly named.When washing can you check that your child has the right uniform as last week a couple of children lost their actual clothes. With our fantastic new outside learning developments  we are ensuring the children  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 

 Reminder of some key dates

Monday 12th December Christmas Nativity-9.15

Wednesday 14th December-Christmas Nativity-9.30

Thursday 15th December-Walk to church

Monday 19th-Stay and Play session-Christmas crafts 9.30-11.00   and 11.15-2.30
 
Tuesday 20th -Christmas parties
Please could you send in some shareable food for the Christmas party. We will put all the food together but so we get a range of food and to give you a suggestion it might be good if:_
St Lucia could bring in Crisps
Barbados cakes and biscuits
Jamaica-savoury snacks such as cocktail sausages or  sausage rolls 
 
but if you already have something we would be very grateful for any donations.
 
Kind Regards

The Reception Team