Autumn
Term 1 08.10.18
Dear Parents/Carers
We hope
you are all having a lovely weekend so far. What a fantastic week the children
had, listening to and acting out the story “We’re
going on a bear hunt”. They fully immersed themselves in the story and especially enjoyed our very own bear
hunt.
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 3 is also open for parents and
the children will be released through the Reception area doors.
Thank you
to everybody for their continued support in leaving their push chairs outside
and not bringing them into the corridors.
Thank you
again for all those parents who were able to attend our Read, write inc workshop
on Wednesday, it was lovely to see so many of you attend. If you do have any
questions regarding your child’s learning please remember you can always speak
to a member of the Reception team who will be happy to assist you.
We will
continue our topic “All about me” by reading the story ‘The Rainbow fish’ by Marcus Pfister. We will begin our
introduction of the story by welcoming the freshwater theatre company, who will
be bringing the story alive through their workshop encouraging the children to
act out the story. There will be lots of creative opportunities available for
the children to decorate and make their very own rainbow fishes. The story will
also be used as the focus for our circle time discussions about what makes a
good friend.
If
you have not yet returned your child’s ‘all about me’ sheet there is
still time to return it this week!
The
children have enjoyed learning their new sounds and we will be continuing our
phonics programme Read, write inc this week by learning the sounds t,i,n,p. The
children will bring some practise formation sheets home at the weekend.
We will
also be continuing our Maths programme Ten Town this week. The programme
teaches number formation, ordering, patterns and measuring in a very animated
way. The children have been enjoying the stories and songs associated with the
numbers.
Your
child will continue to bring 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.
On
Wednesdays we have our weekly P.E session. Please ensure your child has a P.E
kit in school which is clearly labelled as we have started changing the children
for this session. 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.
The
Learning Federation parents association are running a firework night on Friday
2nd November.
Tickets
are available now.
We are on
Week 1 of the Havering school menu. Monday’s choices are:
Pork sausages with mash potato
Tuna and sweetcorn baguette
Cheesy leek pasta
Messages
–
- 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.
- Thank you to all of those parents who have signed up for parents evening. Your child will bring home a slip confirming your appointment time tomorrow (Monday).
- 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.
Family
news
We are delighted
to share that Sam in Jamaica class was promoted to big brother last Friday. He and
his family welcomed a baby girl called Sophie. Congratulations to all the family.
Important
dates:
Autumn 1
|
|
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
|
Tuesday
6th November
|
Stay
and read morning
|
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
|
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
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
