Term: Summer 2 Week 1 Date: 05.06.17
Dear Parents,
Welcome back we hope you have had an enjoyable and restful half term holiday. We look forward to a busy last half term in Reception. This half term we will be reading stories from around the world and looking at different cultures.This week we will be learning about the book `Handa`s Surprise and looking at the country of Africa and how it is different to England.
Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-
Personal, Social and Emotional:
ELG: Children
are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some activities more
than others.
Confident to
speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.
To work as part
of a group.
Communication and Language:
ELG: They listen to stories, accurately
anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments,
questions or actions.
Children follow instructions involving
several ideas or actions.
ELG: To answer how and why questions.
Physical Development:
ELG: Children
know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet,
and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.
ELG: To move
confidently in a range of ways.
Practices some
appropriate safety measures without direct supervision.
Literacy:
ELG: They also write some irregular common words.
ELG: To write simple sentences which can be read by
them and others.
Knows that
information can be retrieved from books and computers.
Mathematics:
ELG: They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.
ELG: Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number.
ELG: They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.
ELG: Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number.
ELG: They solve
problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.
Expressive Art and Design:
Introduces a
storyline or narrative into their play.
ELG: The
children sing songs, make music, dance and experiment with ways of making them.
Create simple
representations of events, people and objects.
Understanding the World:
ELG: They know
that other children don't always enjoy the same things, and are sensitive to
this.
ELG: Children
talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of
family members.
They make
observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk
about changes.
Messages
Dates for your diary:
Polling Day, school closed to pupils: Thursday 8th June
Stay and Play-Wednesday 14th June
INSET Day, school closed to pupils: Friday 23rd June
Please encourage your child to come into school independently and put their own things away. This is to prepare them for their transition into Year 1
Please be advised any messages you have for us in the mornings can be
given to the staff on the main door who will pass them on.
Also thank you to all of you who have sent in
your childrens baby photos. We look
forward to receiving the rest of them, we can photocopy originals or you can
email them to us directly.
Please remember the homework expectation in
Reception is to read at least three times a week.This really does provide great benefits to your child. Well done to St Lucia for being last week`s Remarkable Readers. If you would like further homework please
complete the Learning Challenge.
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.
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Nursery Rhyme:
A Sailor went to
sea
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Person:
Captain Hook or
Tinkebell
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Piece of music:
George Frideric Handel
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1.
Learn it off by heart.
2.
Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.
3.
Find out about the rhyme
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1.
Draw a
portrait of the person.
2.
Find out
facts about the person.
3.
Watch the person
in action.
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1.
Listen to the
piece of music
2.
Create some
movements to the music
3.
Draw an
illustration to represent their feelings
4.
Able to name
the piece of music when they hear it
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Please apply sunscreen to your children before school, they do spend a lot of time outside, thank you.
If you would like to contact a member of
the EYFS team via email the address is eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk
Kind regards
The Reception Team
