Reception Newsletter Summer 2 Week 5

           

Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope you are having a lovely weekend so far and enjoying this amazing weather .
We all had a lovely time at Paradise Park seeing the wild animals and the new interactive dinosaur area.We hope the children have told you all about it.This week they will be drawing and painting animals and writing a recount of their day out.
Apologies again for our delay in returning.We hadn`t bargained for the traffic not moving on the M11 .We thank you for your patience.

 We will be continuing our learning about the World. This week we will be reading the book "Dear Zoo" by Rod Campbell. We will be continuing our learning about other countries in the world and identifying rhyming words .We will also be thinking about the pets we would like.

Thank you again for your continued support and cooperation in encouraging your child to come in to school in the morning independently, it is much appreciated and will help in their transition into Year 1. 

A little reminder Wednesday is our PE day, please ensure your child has their named PE kit in school. We have a lot of lost property accumulating in school which cannot be returned to their rightful owner as they are unnamed.

This week we also have Sports day on Thursday afternoon.All children will need their P,E kit and plimsolls.
 

With our continued heatwave this week please ensure your child comes to school with a sun hat, sun cream and water bottle. 

If your child has needed a change of clothes, could you please ensure these are sent back into school as we now have no spare clothes in school!

This week is Week 2 of the Havering catering services. Monday's choices are:

Red- Beef Burger in a Bun with Wedges

Blue- Cheesy Tomato Pasta Pot

Green- Vegetable Burger in a Bun with Wedges

Family News 

This is a new section we are adding to our newsletter each week.

We haven't had any announcements this week but if you have any good news you would like to share please email eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk.

Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-

Personal, Social and Emotional:

ELG: They work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules.

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.                       

Communication and Language:

ELG: They use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future.

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.

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.

Mathematics:

ELG: Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.

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.

Expressive Art and Design:

ELG: They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play.

ELG: The children sing songs, make music, dance and experiment with ways of making them.

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:

Please remember the homework expectation in Reception is to read every day and learn the red and green words to help children read them with fluency. 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.

Nursery Rhyme: A Sailor went to sea	Person: Captain Hook or Tinkerbell	Piece of music: George Frideric Handel Water Music
Learn it off by heart.   Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.   Find out about the rhyme	Draw a portrait of the person.   Find out facts about the person.   Watch the person in action.	Listen to the piece of music   Create some movements to the music   Draw an illustration to represent their feelings   Able to name the piece of music when they hear it

Dates for your Diary:

Tuesday 3rd July 2p.m-3 p.m you are invited to come and visit our wonderful Mead farm.
Please enter via the main Reception and your child will be collected for you.

Thursday 5th July 1.30-3.00-Sports afternoon
You are welcome to come and watch your child undertake a range of activities.

Monday 16th July-Parents Meetings

Friday 20th July  -School closes for Summer at 3p.m

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