Summer 1 29.04.19
Dear Parents/Carers
We look forward to welcoming you all back on
Tuesday (a little reminder school is closed tomorrow due to a staff training day), to what promises to be another busy term. We hope you all had a lovely, restful Easter break and enjoyed the weather we had even if it was a little brief! This term we will be beginning our new topic 'Growing and changing', where we will be looking at humans, creatures and plants.
We will be reading and exploring various texts. This week we will start
with
'Mad about Minibeasts'. We will be exploring minibeasts and
their habitats and going on our very own minibeast hunt. The children will have the opportunity to make observations about their surrounding environments, create their own minibeast habitats and identify and sort minibeasts using different classification keys.
We will continue with our phonics programme Read,
Write Inc, recapping our sounds and practising to blend and write words using
their set 1 sounds. In maths we will be looking at recognising and ordering numbers to 20.
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.
As we enter into our final term in Early Years we are asking all parents to now actively encourage
their child to come into school by themselves. The children are able to
do this confidently and we would really like the children to show skills in
independence so please support your child in doing this. We will have a lunch
menu by the door so you can help your child with this before they go in. Members
of staff will of course be there to greet your child and assist where necessary
and be available should you need to speak with them.
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.
- We would
also be grateful for any dressing up clothes that your child may no longer
wear. Some of ours are looking a little over loved.
- If you have any junk materials for the children to create mini beast
environments we would really appreciate it.
We are
on Week 1 of our new havering menu. Tuesday's choices are:
Red - Spaghetti Bolognaise
Blue -Topped Jacket Potato
Green - Vegetarian Sausage Roll with Diced Potatoes
Reminder
If your child attends breakfast club, breakfast costs from £1.50. Thank you
Messages –
- PLEASE NAME all
items of clothing. This will help when returning lost items, particularly
jumpers and cardigans with the right child. We are still accumulating a
large number of items. 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.
- 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.
- Please can you ensure that if your child is not in school for any reason
you call the school to report the absence. This saves the office staff a lot of
time spent in making phone calls.
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.
Person: Mr Bloom
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Illustration by Eric Carle
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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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1. To find out facts about the illustrator.
2. To make a collage of one of his
illustrations.
3. To choose a favourite illustration and
talk/write about why you like it.
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Dates for
your diary:
Summer Term
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INSET DAY
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Tuesday 30th April
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School reopens
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Monday 6th May
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May Day Bank Holiday
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Tuesday 7th May
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Return lunch forms for trip
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Friday 10th May
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Reading morning
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Monday 20th May
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Paradise Wildlife park trip
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Monday 27th-Friday 31st May
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May Half Term School Closed
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INSET
Dates and Polling day for 2018-19
We have
two inset days left this academic year, please see the dates below:
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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3rd 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:
Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of
others.
Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.
Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.
Communication and Language:
Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or
discussion.
Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning
and sounds of new words.
ELG: They give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately,
while engaged in another activity.
Physical Development:
Practices some appropriate safety measures without direct supervision. Uses
simple tools to effect changes to materials.
Children show good control and coordination in large and small movements.
Literacy:
Uses phonetic knowledge to write simple cvc words.
Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by
their experiences of books.
Attempts to write short sentences, which they can then read back.
Mathematics:
Count reliably from 1-20.
Order numbers from 1-20.
Identify 1 more or less of a given number.
Expressive Art and Design:
Experiment with changing songs.
Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.
Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
Understanding the World:
Children know about similarities and differences in relation to living
things.
Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as
the place where they live or the natural world.
They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things
occur, and talk about changes.
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 welcoming you back Tuesday.
Kind regards
The Reception Team
