Autumn Term 1 23.09.18
Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome to our first newsletter of the new school year. Each week we will provide you with a newsletter which will be posted on our EYFS blog and Facebook page at the beginning of each week. The purpose of this newsletter is to keep you up to date with any relevant news in Reception. It will include a list of intended learning objectives, an overview of activities, the learning challenge (which we will not commence until the second part of the Autumn term), notices, important dates and the stories and topics that we will be focussing on.
What a fantastic start we have had to school life with the children settling into Mead really well. Thank you to all parents and carers for your support during this induction period. Our focus at the start of the year is ensuring all children are settled and happy in the setting. We have been teaching routines, rules and expectations as well as exploring all of the resources available. We hope you have had a chance to see the Reception blogs published so far on the Mead Facebook page and website.
The children will now be attending school full time with the new school day beginning 8.30-8.45am start with a 3.00pm collection time. In the mornings the children need to walk through the main gate and enter through the Reception area doors. At 3.00pm Gate 3 is also open for parents and the children will be released through the Reception area doors.
Please note we are asking parents not to bring buggies into the corridors as they become overcrowded at peak times and pose a health and safety risk. Please be assured a member of staff will be on hand to provide assistance in looking after buggies in the morning.
We will begin our topic “All about me” by reading the story ‘My mum and Dad make me laugh’ by Nick Sharratt. During our circle times we will talk about who is in our families and share our likes/dislikes. If you have not yet returned your child’s ‘all about me’ sheet could you please return to their class teachers this week.
Your child will be bringing home a reading book (which is changed weekly) and a set of sight words this week. The expectation is your child reads at least 3 times or more each week. As we are promoting a love of reading we encourage your child to read a range of books and is not limited to the one we send home with them.
We are on Week 2 of the Havering school menu. Monday’s choices are:
Beef burger in a bun with wedges
Cheesy tomato pasta pot
Vegetable burger with potato wedges
Messages –
- PLEASE NAME all items of clothing. This will help when returning lost items, particularly jumpers and cardigans with the right child.
- Our PE days are Wednesday. Please ensure your child has a named PE kit in school. If they wear earrings they need to be removed on this day.
- Thank you to all those parents who have sent in a named set of spare clothes. If you haven’t yet could you please ensure your child has a named set of spare clothes and underwear on their peg as soon as possible. Please note this does not need to be school uniform.
- Children can also bring in a pair of named wellies to leave in school. This would be great for use in the mud kitchen and on rainy days.
- If your child suffers with asthma please ensure their pump is in school and you have completed the relevant paperwork at the main office.
- Our Macmillan coffee morning is this Friday we welcome all parents to attend. Any donations including cakes would be realty appreciated.
This is a section of our blog where we celebrate any news from our Reception parents. We would like to welcome the old nursery parents and our new parents to Mead reception.
We would like to extend our CONGRATULATIONS to Harrison Brown’s family who welcomed twins in August.
Important dates:
| Autumn 1 | |
| Friday 29th September | Macmillan Coffee morning |
| Wednesday 3rd October | Reading morning and Read, Write Inc workshop |
| Tuesday 9th October | Rainbow fish workshop |
| Monday 15th October | Parents Evening 1 |
| Tuesday 16th October | Parents Evening 2 |
| Friday 19th October | Last day of half term |
| Autumn 2 | |
| Monday 29th October | Pupil return to school |
| Friday 7th December | Stay and Play |
| Monday 10th December | Visit to St Paul’s church |
| Wednesday 12th December | Reception Christmas play at 2.15pm |
| Thursday 13th December | Reception Christmas play at 9.15am |
| Thursday 13th December | Christmas jumper day |
| Wednesday 19th December | Last day of the Autumn term |
INSET Dates and Polling day for 2018-19
| INSET 1 | INSET 2 | INSET 3 | INSET 4 | INSET 5 |
| 3rd September | 4th September | 7th January | 29th April | 5th June |
Our learning objectives this term will be listed under these headings:
Personal, Social and Emotional
Can select and use activities and resources with help
Shows confidence in asking adults for help
Communication and Language
To follow directions
To use talk to connect ideas
Literacy
To sometimes give meanings to the marks they draw and paint
Listens to and joins in with stories
Physical Development:
Runs skilfully and negotiates space
Mounts stairs, steps or climbing equipment
Mathematics
Beginning to recite numbers in order to 10
Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set
If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is:
eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk
We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.
Reception Team
