Sunday 21 May 2017

Reception Newsletter Summer 1 Week 6

Term: Summer 1-week 6       Date: 22.05.17

 Dear Parents,
 As we come towards the end of another half term we will be concluding our topic on growing and changing. This week we will be focusing on how we grow and change with our special focus book on Titch. Thank you for all the baby photos you have sent in if you haven`t already done so could you please send your child`s baby photos in this week. The children do so love to show them. Our beans are starting to grow ,we will be measuring them  and talking about how they have changed this week. We will also be looking after our plants in the sensory garden. We will be continuing to monitor the development of our caterpillars which have now cocooned. In maths we will be looking at measuring using language such as taller and shorter.

Well done to Barbados class who were back as the most remarkable readers this week..Please ,please spend some time with your children on their reading.The benefits are enormous and reading really does open up a whole world for the children. Well done to those children who have now gained a book token for reading 50 books and those children that have chosen a book for reading 75 books.
 Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-
Personal, Social and Emotional:

To work as part of a group.

Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.

Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.

                       

Communication and Language:

ELG: To answer how and why questions.

Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.

Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.


Physical Development:

ELG: To move confidently in a range of ways.

Practices some appropriate safety measures without direct supervision.

Uses simple tools to effect changes to materials.


Literacy:

ELG: To read some common irregular words (red words).

Uses phonetic knowledge to write simple cvc words.

Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.


Mathematics:

To add single digit numbers.

To solve problems including doubling.

To count reliably from 1-20..


Expressive Art and Design:

ELG: To use media and materials in original ways.

Experiment with changing songs.

Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect. 


Understanding the World:

Children know about similarities and  differences in relation to living things. 

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:  Mr Bloom

  Piece of Art: Eric Carle - illustrator



Piece of music


Person


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.


1. Draw a portrait of the person.

2.   Find out facts about the person.

3. Watch the person in action.


 Thank you to the children that have already sent in learning challenges this half term. This is the last week of the current learning challenge
Our next Stay and Read Session is tomorrow ,Monday 22nd May between 8.30 and 8.55 it would be so lovely to see you there. 
Our children were in last Friday`s edition of the Romford Recorder under the New Starters section looking lovely .
Just as a reminder school will be closed from Friday at 3.0`Clock until Monday 5th June at 8.30.School will also be closed on the 8th of June as the school is being used as a polling station. 

       If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk

 Lunch is from Week 3 of the  new Havering Catering Services menu .

As we move into our last half term we will be starting to prepare the children for moving to Year 1 in a range of ways. One of those ways is by encouraging the children to be more independent in the morning .We will start to encourage the children to say goodbye in the playground and come in and do their own morning jobs. We would appreciate if you could start to prepare the children by starting to talk to them about this slight change in the morning routine.
With many thanks
Wishing you all a lovely half term
Kind regards
The Reception Team