Sunday 9 February 2020

Reception Weekly Newsletter Spring 1 week 6

                                                                                10.02.20


Parents/Carers

We hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far. The children had lots of fun making their porridge, choosing their toppings and tucking into their tasty treat. To bring our topic on 'traditional tales' to an end we will be focussing on the story of "The 3 Little Pigs". We will have lots of activities for the children to create their own little pig, writing opportunities as well as acting out and retelling the story. We will also listen to alternative versions of this traditional tale, making comparisons and discussing which version was our favourite.






We understand how busy it can be in the morning and that sometimes for ease it is quicker for us to do something. We are kindly asking you to actively encourage your child to become more independent in their morning routines - hanging their coat on their peg, putting their book bag away and finding their cupcake. Some of the children are becoming very confident at coming in to school in the morning and are asking to come into school on their own. We would really encourage this independence in the children and will praise children who are ready to make their own way into their classes.






We thank your continued 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 praise our children for developing their independency skills.

School Uniform Reminder - 


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.

Polite reminder - If your child has had a change of clothes from school, could you please ensure these are washed and returned back to us.

We thank your continued 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.


Request - 
We are asking for any donations of bags, hats, costumes etc which are no longer needed and could be used and developed by the children to enhance their imaginative role play please.




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










In Read, write inc the children have now begun working in smaller groups according to where they are up to with learning to blend. This will help the children to progress at their own level.

In maths we are continuing our teaching on measurements. We are looking in particular at weight identifying objects which are heavy and light.

Our weekly maths challenge has been published and is focussing on our forthcoming learning about weight. Thank you to all those children and parents who completed last week's maths challenge and sharing their work.




A little reminder we have our PE sessions every Thursday. Could you please ensure your child has their P.E kits back in school ready for their lesson. We still have some missing items, if you could please check that your child has their correct clothes Please could you also check that your child has the right P.E clothes in their bag as we do have some it would be much appreciated.


INSET Dates for 2019-20

INSET 1
INSET 2
INSET 3
INSET 4
INSET 5
4th September
3rd April
20th July
21st July
22nd July

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





Spring 1

Tuesday 11th February
Stay and read morning
Friday 14th February
Break up for half term
Monday 24th February
Children return back to school




Our learning objectives this term will be listed under these headings:

Personal, Social and Emotional:

Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.

Can describe self in positive terms and talk about abilities

Can usually adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.


Communication and Language:

Joins in with repeated refrains.

Can retell a simple story.

Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.


Literacy:

Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.

Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.

Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipated key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.


Physical Development: 

Forms recognisable letters.

Can usually manage washing and drying hands.

Runs skilfully and negotiates spaces successfully.


Mathematics:

To recap number recognition 0-10.

To recap number formation 0-10.

To confidently count to 20 and beyond demonstrating place value.


Understanding the World:

Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences.

Shows an interest in different ways of life.

Can talk about some of the things they have observed.


Expressive arts and design:

Constructs with a purpose in mind.

Manipulates material to achieve a planned effect.

Explores colour and how colour can be changed



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 and we hope you all have a lovely half term.




Reception Team