24.11.19
We hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far. We had such a busy week at school last week with our `out of this world` alien week,our Christmas on the farm visit and our super pantomime.
This week our focus story will be `The Jolly Christmas Postman.`We will be practising our writing in our class post office areas as well as writing letters to Father Christmas .We will be sending our letters to Santa and hopefully he will have time to reply to us. Outside each classroom there will be class lists for if your child wants to send their friends some letters.This is always a good way for children to practise writing their name.
School Uniform Reminder - http://www.haveringschoolwear.co.uk/Find-Your-School/Mead-Primary-School/
Please be reminded that children are expected to continue to wear the appropriate uniform of:
- Black or grey trousers (Joggers in Nursery)
- White polo shirt with a bottle green jumper or cardigan
- Black shoes or plain black trainers (no boots)
- Black or grey skirt/dress
- Plain tights
Children will not be permitted to wear Hoodies.
Only plain school coloured head bands can be worn- no oversized bows.
Only studs can we worn in school, please make sure these are removed for PE.
Please ensure children do not have makeup on or acrylic/painted nails.
Uniform will be given to those children who do not wear the correct uniform in the morning and will need to be returned before the end of school.
We thank you again for your understanding and cooperation in leaving pushchairs at the door. Some of our children are asking to come into school independently and we appreciate you encouraging your child to with this.
We will continue with our phonics programme, teaching the sounds This week we will be learning the sounds x,ng and nk.. 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.
Our focus in maths this week we will be looking at early addition work.The children will be putting 2 groups together and finding out what the total is.This will be done very practically so the children can see that by adding you make more.
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.
Reminders
Please remember the children will be having their flu vaccinations on Wednesday.
We will be using the Havering school menu which the children bought home. This week we are on Week 2 of the menu. Monday’s choices are:
Red - Beef Burger in a Bun with Potato Curls
Blue - Cheesy Tomato Pasta
Green - Quorn Burger in a Bun with Potato Curls
Here is a link to the menu choices https://www.haveringcatering.co.uk/schooldata/mead-infant-primary-school/
On Thursdays 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.
Messages –
- PLEASE NAME all items of clothing. This will help when returning lost items, particularly jumpers and cardigans with the right child.
- If your child has had any clothes from school could you please ensure these are washed and returned to back.
- Our PE day is Thursday. 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.
- 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.
- If your child is unwell, please remember to call the school office on 01708 343616 and notify them of your child's absence.
Breakfast club is open from 7.45 am. Please make sure there is sufficient money on your child's sQuid account to make payment.
Important dates:
INSET Dates and Polling day for 2019-20
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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4th September
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3rd April
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20th July
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21st July
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22nd July
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Last day of the summer term will be Friday 17th July 2020.
You can access Havering term dates for 2019-2010 here: https://www.havering.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2023/term_dates_2019-2020.pdf
Dates for your diary
Autumn 2
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Wednesday 27th November
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Flu immunisation
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Friday 6th December
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Stay and Play
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Monday 9th December
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Reception Christmas play PM at 2.15pm
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Tuesday 10th December
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Reception Christmas play AM at 9.30am
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Thursday 12th December
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SCHOOL CLOSED POLLING DAY
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Friday 13th December
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Christmas Jumper Day
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Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December
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Reception visit Lidl
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Wednesday 18th December
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St Pauls Church visit
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Wednesday 18th December
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Christmas dinner
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Friday 20th December
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Last day of term
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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 welcoming you back to school tomorrow.
Reception Team
