Dear Parents/Carers
We hope
you all had a lovely half term and we look forward to welcoming you back to
what will be another busy half term.
We will
begin our new topic ‘Celebrations and patterns’. This is a
wonderful topic and the children thoroughly enjoy learning about the way
different religions celebrate. We will start this term off by learning
about Guy Fawkes, the history of firework night and firework safety. As part of
our learning the children will be given the opportunity to make their own firework
models and create editable firework sparklers.
As a reminder the school day begins at 8.30am and for safety reasons the gates need to be shut by 8.55am. In the mornings the children need to walk through the main gate and enter through the Reception area doors. If you arrive after the gate has closed, you will need to enter the main office where you will be recorded as late. At 3.00pm Gate 1 will be open for parents and the children will be released through the Reception area doors.
We thank
you again for your understanding and cooperation in leaving pushchairs at the
door.
We will
continue with our phonics programme, teaching the sounds u,b,f,e. At the end of
the week the children will bring some practise formation sheets. Please try and
make some time to help your child with this formation. Learning to write is a
tricky skill but an important one.
This week
in maths we will be teaching and learning about 3D shapes. The children will
have an opportunity to make their own 3D models. If you have any junk modelling
materials we would greatly appreciate these being brought into school as the
children will use these to make their own firework models.
Your
child will continue to bring home a reading book (which is changed weekly) and
a set of sight words. 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.
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.
Poem/Song
to learn: Five
Little Men in a flying saucer
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Person: Mr Maker
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Composer/Piece of music: Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons
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Five
little Men in a flying saucer.
Flew
around the world one day,
They
looked left and right,
But
they didn’t like the sight,
So one
man flew away,
Zoom!
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| Nursery Rhyme | Piece of music | Person |
1.
Learn it off by heart.
2.
Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.
3.
Find out about stars.
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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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On Wednesdays we have our weekly P.E session. Please ensure your child’s P.E kit is returned to school and is clearly labelled. Children are starting to change for their PE sessions, as you can imagine this is currently taking quite a while so all you can do to help your child be independent in dressing is greatly appreciated.
We will
be using the new Havering school menu which the children bought home before
half term. We are on Week 1 of this menu. Monday’s choices
are:
Beef burger with wedges
Cheesy tomato pasta pot
Vegetable burger with wedges
Important Information
Just a reminder, unfortunately due to the building work that is bringing
improvements to the school building Gate 3 will be closed until the middle of
February at all times. The work is aimed at extending the Nursery. We apologise
for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your cooperation at this time.
Messages
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- PLEASE NAME all items of clothing. This will help when returning lost items, particularly jumpers and cardigans with the right child. We have accumulated a number of clothes already. Please check your child’s class if they are missing something.
- 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.
- Please actively encourage your child to put away their book bag and hang up their coat in the morning. It would also be really helpful if you could discuss the menu choices with your child the previous night to help them independently find their cupcake and make their lunch choice.
Important
dates:
Autumn 2
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Monday
29th October
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Pupil
return to school
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Friday 2nd
November
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Learning
Federation Firework extravaganza
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Tuesday
6th November
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Stay
and read morning
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Friday
7th December
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Stay
and Play
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Monday
10th December
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Visit
to St Paul’s church
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Wednesday
12th December
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Reception
Christmas play at 2.15pm
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Thursday
13th December
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Reception
Christmas play at 9.15am
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Thursday
13th December
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Christmas
jumper day
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Wednesday
19th December
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Last
day of the Autumn term
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INSET
Dates and Polling day for 2018-19
INSET 1
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INSET 2
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INSET 3
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INSET 4
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INSET 5
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3rd
September
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4th September
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7th
January
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29th
April
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5th
June
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Please
note that the final day of the summer term will be on Friday 19th July,
2019.
Our
learning objectives this term will be listed under these headings:
Personal,
Social and Emotional
Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources,
sometimes with support from others.
Can usually tolerate delay when needs are not
immediately met, and understands wishes may not always be met.
Initiates play, offering cues to peers to join them.
Communication
and Language
Shows understanding of prepositions by carrying out
an action or selecting correct picture.
Can retell a simple past event in correct order.
Questions why things happen and gives explanations.
Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.
Literacy
Enjoys an increasing range of books.
Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
Hears and says initial sounds in words.
Physical
Development:
Negotiates space successfully when playing racing
and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to
avoid obstacles.
Experiments with different ways of moving.
Moves with confidence in a range of ways, negotiating space.
Mathematics
Shows interest in shape by sustained construction
activity or by talking about shapes or arrangements.
Selects a particular named shape.
Can describe their relative position such as
'behind' or 'next to'.
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
