Dear Parents and Carers, Term: Spring 1
Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed the festive break and are looking forward to the spring term.
Mrs Marie - New Reception Year Group Lead
Thank you for your warm welcome. It has been lovely getting to know all of the children. I am the new Reception Leader but will also be the class teacher in Aspen class. I oversee Alder and Apple class so please feel free to speak with me at any point if you have any questions or concerns at all. I am in school everyday but if you do not see me in the mornings / afternoons I may be out of class for leadership or PPA (planning, preparation and assessment) time. You can also email myself or any of the Reception team on reception@broadford.havering.sch.uk.
Please contact the school office if you need to pass on messages throughout the day, e.g. change of adult picking up. The school office will then let the class teacher know. We have an open door policy and are happy to talk to parents/carers at the end of the day, once we have dismissed all of the children. Now that the children have been in school for a term, we kindly ask that adults say their goodbyes at the classroom door and encourage the children to enter the classroom independently. Thank you.
Reading
Thank you for all of your support with the children’s reading at home so far. Please continue to ensure that your child brings their reading folder to school on their reading day. An adult will read with your child on this day and their books will be changed. Your child will be tested on their sounds and set words on this day. If they get all of their words correct they will move on to the next level of words. If you have misplaced your child’s current word sheet or set 1 sounds sheet please let your child’s class teacher know. Please note if you bring in your child’s folder on a day that is not their reading day, unfortunately we will not be able to read with them or change their books as we have other children assigned to read on that day. Please also continue to record any reading you do at home in your child’s reading record. The expectation is to read at least 5 times a week.
School start times
Just a reminder the school gates open for an 8.30am start and then reopen for the end of the day at 3.10pm.
Hats, gloves and scarves
We have a number of hats, gloves and scarves that are going missing in school. Please ensure ALL items of clothing that are brought into school are labelled. It is important that children are responsible for their own items but in order to help them locate these, names must be included. We have asked all children to put their gloves, hats and scarves in their tray or in their coat pockets. Thank you for your support with this.
Bags
Children are required to bring in a change of clothes in a clearly labelled carrier bag which remains in school. Please could we ask that you do not send your child in with any other bag unless it is a packed lunch or it is their reading day. We have limited space for coat and bag storage and many items are becoming lost / damaged due to the high volume of bags.
Lunches
Please discuss the lunch options with your child each morning. Please ensure they know if they are having a blue, red or green lunch. If you need information on the lunches, it is displayed in the window as well on the Havering school meals website.
PE
Your child’s PE day will be on a Monday. The children will remain in their school uniform for PE but if you would like you can bring in a pair of suitable shoes for your child to change into for PE e.g. plimsolls or trainers. These can be kept in school but please ensure they are labelled.
Phonics
The children have been assessed and placed into phonics groups based on their current stage of learning in phonics. They will continue to learn their Set 1 sounds, moving onto ‘special friends’. This term is used to refer to 2 letters making one sound - sh, qu, ch, ng, th, nk. They will continue to learn to blend sounds into words moving from oral blending to reading words and then short sentences.
Please watch this video as an example of how to say each sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXcabDUg7
Please support your child by going through these sounds with them at home. We practise letter formation every day in reception but your child will greatly benefit from 1:1 practice at home alongside this. If you are able to support your child in this way, please watch this short clip on letter formation so you teach the correct phrase alongside each sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-levOoRV0
Literacy
Stories are a key part of our curriculum and high quality texts will be used throughout the day to foster the children’s love of reading. This half term we will be focusing on Traditional Tales. We begin with The Three Little Pigs, followed by The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Please check out our blogs to see what the children get up to.
Maths
The children have spent the Autumn term building their understanding of numbers within 5 and learning lots of new maths vocabulary. In Spring, we now move on to the composition of numbers to 5, mass and capacity, building on our knowledge of numbers to 10 and length, height and time. Please see some further information around these topics below;
Communication and Language
We will be focussing on engaging with stories and nonfiction texts, retelling stories using repetition of repeated phrases and explaining the story in our own words. We will also focus on asking questions to deepen understanding and articulating our ideas in well formed sentences.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
This half term we are focussing on keeping our bodies safe and people who help us. We will also continue to work on The Zones of Regulation to support us in recognising and managing our emotions.
Physical Development
This term there will be a big focus on fine motor activities to strengthen our hand and finger muscles for writing. These are all of the ‘fiddly’ activities you will see around the classrooms, such as threading, using tweezers, cutting etc. We will still be working on our gross motor skills in the outdoor areas as and during PE lessons next week.
Key Dates
We look forward to working with you over the remainder of the year and encourage you to speak to your class teacher if you have any questions. If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is: reception@broadford.havering.sch.uk
Kind regards
Mrs Marie, Miss Speirs and Miss Onabiyi
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