Term: Spring 2 Date: 13.03.17
Dear Parents,
We really enjoyed our mini theme learning all about dinosaurs.and this week we are moving onto a short theme of learning about Superheroes. This is often a good theme for encouraging the boys with their writing. Thank you to all the parents that stayed for our Stay and Read morning.We would really like to make this a regular event so please tell us about your preferred times. Our maths theme for this week is early addition and finding a total so if you can help by practically showing your child how two sets of objects added together make a new total we would really appreciate it..
Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-
Personal, Social and Emotional:
Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.
Shows confidence in asking adults for help.
Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.
Communication and Language:
Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.
Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations.
Can retell a simple past event in correct order.
Physical Development:
Eats a healthy range of foodstuffs and understands the need for variety in food.
Shows understanding of the need for good practices with regards to exercise, eating, sleeping, and hygiene can contribute to good health.
Show an understanding of a need for safety when tackling new challenges and considers and manages risks.
Literacy:
Recognises rhythm in spoken words
Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
Hears and says the initial sound in words.
Mathematics:
Estimates how many objects they can see and checks by counting them.
Recognise some numerals of personal significance.
Counts an irregular arrangement of up to ten objects.
Expressive Art and Design:
Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
Builds stories around toys, e.g. farm animals needing rescue from an armchair 'cliff'. Understands that they can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects.
Understanding the World:
Enjoys joining in with family customs and routines
Beginning to construct, stacking blocks vertically and horizontally, making enclosures and creating spaces
Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change
Messages.
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.Thank you to all the parents that have already helped their child to complete this.
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.
Person: A Super Hero /A dinosaur
Poem/Song to learn: Jack and Jill went up the hill
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 the origin of the rhyme.
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1. Listen to the music and dance to it.
2. Find out facts about the composer.
3. Produce a collage or picture to illustrate the piece of music.
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1. Draw a portrait of the person./dinosaur
2. Find out facts about the person/dinosaur
3. Watch the person/dinosaur in action.
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Well done to Barbados class for winning this week`s Remarkable Readers award. Who will be next?
It is so important to help your child with their reading just a few minutes a day can make the world of difference.
We are delighted to announce that Miss Brennan has given birth to a lovely baby boy.He was born on 9th March at 10.25 p.m weighing 7lb 14oz .His name is Enzo Fonsenca. We wish the family huge Congratulations and look forward to meeting him.
We are delighted to announce that Miss Brennan has given birth to a lovely baby boy.He was born on 9th March at 10.25 p.m weighing 7lb 14oz .His name is Enzo Fonsenca. We wish the family huge Congratulations and look forward to meeting him.
Dates for your Diary:
Thursday 16th March-Friends of Mead Mothers day sale
Thursday 16th March-Friends of Mead Mothers day sale
Thursday 23rd March-Mother`s Day Stay and Play
Friday 24th March-Comic Relief Day-Wear a silly accessory
Parent`s Consultation Evenings-Tuesday 28th March and Wednesday 29th March
School closes for the Easter holidays 31st March at 3pm
Friday 24th March-Comic Relief Day-Wear a silly accessory
Kind regards
The Reception Team
