Sunday 14 January 2018


Term: Spring 1 15.01.18

Dear Parents/Carers,

This week we will be continuing our new topic of Traditional Tales. The children loved hearing the story of  the Gingerbread man last week and carrying out various related tasks such as exploring the story structure, role playing, and decorating their own Gingerbread men. This week our story of the week is the Three Billy Goats Gruff once again the children will be working on a range of activities based on the story.

We will be continuing our phonics programme Read, write Inc and will continue looking at teen numbers in our maths sessions, matching number and quantity.


The learning objectives for this half term are:

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 skillfully 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 interests 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
This newsletter will be posted on our EYFS blog and facebook page at the beginning of each week.


 Messages
Please remember to bring your child’s PE kit into school as it is needed for their lesson on Wenesday.
All earrings should be taken out.

This week`s lunch is taken from Week 2 of the Havering Catering menu
Monday’s lunch is

Organic beef burger in a wholemeal bun
Homemade Chicken curry
Vegetarian burger in a wholemeal bun

  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. 

This is an ongoing activity that should take place over a number of weeks, it should be the children’s own work (supported by the parents) and it needs to be brought into school so we can celebrate the child`s achievements.

  Person: Choose a Traditional Tale Character

  Artist/Illustrator: Axel Scheffler

  Poem/Song to learn: Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Turn around
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the ground,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Reach up high,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the sky.


Nursery Rhyme

Artist/Illustrator

Person

1. Learn it off by heart.

2. Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.

3. Find out about bears.
To find out facts about the illustrator.
Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator.
To draw a picture in a similar style

1. Draw a portrait of the person.

2. Find out facts about the person.

3. Watch the person in action.



  Dates for your diary:
16th January – Reading Morning-We look forward to seeing you
19th January – Dentist in-please return forms by Monday
7th February – Reading Morning
9th March – Stay and Make Mother’s Day theme

The school will be closed on the following days for pupils:

 INSET Days: Polling Day:

9th February  and  3rd May

25th May

29th June 

If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk

        Kind regards

         The Reception Team