Term: Spring 2 Date: 6.02.17
Dear Parents,
We continued last week to enjoy our learning all about dinosaurs and we have one more week to go on this theme. Thank you so much for the huge efforts you put into making World Book day such a super and memorable day for the children . The costumes were amazing and it was lovely to see some of the children really getting into role. Our maths theme for this week is more or less so if you can help by getting your children to think of the number that is one more and one less that would really help.
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.
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 Jamaica class for winning this week`s Remarkable Readers award. Who will be next?
On Wednesday 8th March between 8.30 and 9.00 we have our first stay and read session. We would like to invite you to stay and Read with your child. even just for 5 minutes Reading is so important but we know how busy life is so this is an opportunity to hear your child read/share a story with your child in school.
Dates for your Diary:
Kind regards
The Reception Team
