Dear
Parents/Carers,
Happy Father's Day to all our superheros out there, we hope you all have a lovely day!
This week
our focus story will be ‘My cat likes to hide in boxes’ by Eve Sutton. It
is a story about a cat who likes to travel around the world hiding in boxes, exploring
different countries. During our circle time we will be discussing places we
have visited, talking about and different traditions and cultures. This will be
a great opportunity for your child to share about their own traditions and cultures.
Thank you
again for all of those parents who were able to attend our stay and play on
Friday and making it a great success.
A little
reminder Tuesday is class photo day.
The tiny
caterpillars are continuing to grow and hopefully by next week we will start to
see them in their chrysalis state.
Thank you
again for your continued support and cooperation in encouraging your child to
come in of a morning independently, it is much appreciated and will help in
their transition into Year 1. The majority of children are now managing this
very well and enjoying the satisfaction of being able to do this.
A little
reminder Wednesday is our PE day, please ensure your child has their named PE
kit in school. We have a lot of lost property accumulating in school which
cannot be returned to their rightful owner as they are unnamed.
When/if
we have warmer weather could you please ensure your child comes to school with
a sun hat and water bottle. Please also apply sun cream before they enter
school on really hot days you can send the sun cream in their book bag and we
can encourage them to reapply before lunchtime.
If your
child has needed a change of clothes, could you please ensure these are sent
back into school as we now have no spare clothes in school!
This week
is Week 1 of the Havering catering services. Monday's choices are:
Beef Burger in a Bun with Wedges
Cheesy Tomato Pasta Pot
Vegetable Burger in a Bun with Wedges
Reminder
If your child attends breakfast club, breakfast costs from £1.50. Thank
you
Messages –
- There is still time if you haven’t already done so to return your child’s Technology questionnaire.
- If you received a GDPR form to complete, please could you ensure this is returned ASAP.
- 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.
Please
remember the homework expectation in Reception is to read every day and learn
the red words. If you would like further homework please complete the Learning
Challenge.
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.
Nursery Rhyme:
A Sailor went to sea
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Person:
Captain Hook or Tinkerbell
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Piece of music:
George Frideric Handel
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Dates for your Diary:
Tuesday
18th June - Class photos
Tuesday
25th - Bug man visit
Thursday
4th July 13:30-15:00 pm Reception Sports Day
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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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:
ELG: They
work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules.
ELG:
Children are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some
activities more than others.
Confident
to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and
opinions.
Communication
and Language:
ELG: They
use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that
have happened or are to happen in the future.
ELG: They
listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they
hear with relevant comments, questions or actions.
Children
follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
Physical
Development:
ELG:
Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a
healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.
ELG: To
move confidently in a range of ways.
Practices
some appropriate safety measures without direct supervision.
Literacy:
ELG: They
also write some irregular common words.
ELG: To
write simple sentences which can be read by them and others.
Mathematics:
ELG:
Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers
and count on or back to find the answer.
ELG: They
explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical
language to describe them.
ELG:
Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and
say which number is one more or one less than a given number.
Expressive
Art and Design:
ELG: They
safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques,
experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Introduces
a storyline or narrative into their play.
ELG: The
children sing songs, make music, dance and experiment with ways of making them.
Understanding
the World:
ELG: They
know that other children don't always enjoy the same things, and are sensitive
to this.
ELG:
Children talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives
of family members.
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 seeing you all tomorrow,
Kind
regards
The
Reception Team
