Dear
Parent, Carers
What an
exciting time we had last week. Those naughty elves have been up to mischief
again this year and we are waiting in anticipation for what they might do next,
keep your eyes peeled! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our farm
visit and our stay and read and our stay and make sessions on Friday. It was
lovely to see so many of you there and we hope you had as much fun as the
children.
We have another
busy week ahead, with our visit to the church on Monday, our Christmas plays Wednesday
and Thursday and Friday is Christmas jumper day. If you still need to bring in your child’s
black clothes for their part in the Christmas play, please ensure we have them
in school tomorrow.
This week
our story focus will be the ‘Stickman’ by Julia Donaldson. We will continue to
talk about celebrations and we will be discussing our visit to the church. We will also be making our Christmas cards as well as some festive treats. In
maths we will continue our work on subtraction and matching number and
quantities.
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. Please do not crowd around the doors at the end of the day, it is
causing delays in ensuring your child is handed over to you safely. We thank
you again for your understanding and cooperation in leaving pushchairs at the
door.
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.
Please also remember to make a note of the title of the book your child has
read to help them achieve their reading awards.
Request
If your
child has any comics at home that they have finished with we would be grateful
for them in school. Children enjoy sharing these and having a variety of
reading material helps their development.
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
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Piece of music
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Person
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.
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 in a bun with potato wedges
Cheesy tomato pasta pot
Vegetable burger in a bun with potato wedges
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.
December
is proving to be a busy month. Please make a note of the following dates:
Autumn
2
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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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Friday
14th December
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Christmas jumper day
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Monday
17th December
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Reception Christmas parties
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Tuesday
18th December
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Christmas dinner 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'.
Finds the
total number in two groups by counting all of them.
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
