Reception Newsletter

Term: Autumn 1                      Date: 09.10.17

Dear Parents,

      Your child’s Reading Record was sent home last week, you will be getting a picture book to share this week, this will be sent home on your child’s reading day. Your child’s reading day can be found in the front cover of their reading record.  Please ensure the book is sent back weekly on their designated reading day.

     This week we will be reading the text ‘Izzy Gizmo’ and carrying out related tasks which will include junk modelling, building resilience and problem solving skills.

      The children were very busy preparing their outdoor area last week.  They cleared the vegetable beds ready for Spring, and had great fun in the Mud Kitchen.  Furthermore we are very lucky as we have ‘The Bug Man’ visiting us on Friday, as well as an array of bugs, we hope he brings his owls and Meerkats. Make sure you look out for the photos on Facebook and the EYFS blog.

      The learning objectives:

Personal, Social and Emotional

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

Confident to talk to other children.

Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying or doing.

Communication and Language

Uses talk in pretending that objects stand for something else in play.

Uses talk to connect ideas.

Builds up vocabulary that reflects breadth of their experiences.

Literacy

Looks at books independently.

Hears and says initial sounds in words.

To sometimes give meanings to the marks they draw and paint

Physical Development:

Can copy some letters from their name.

Can usually manage washing and drying hands

Runs skillfully and negotiates space

.

Mathematics

To recognise and learn the correct formation for the numbers 6- 10.

Beginning to recite numbers in order to 10

Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set

     This newsletter will  be posted on our EYFS blog and facebook page at the beginning of each week.   It will also be available in the outdoor area, in a blue tray labelled ‘Weekly Newsletter’

   

     Messages.

     

     Please do not allow your children to bring toys into school from home, they get lost, broken and cause disagreements.  Furthermore we provide fresh water for all of the children in a named bottle, please do not send in any water from home.

      Thank you to all of the parents who have sent is a named set of spare clothes and wellington boots, if you haven’t we would appreciate these as soon as possible.

    

Rewards Strategies

Just so you are aware we follow a whole school approach to behaviour management, incorporating the 4 R’s which can be found on the school website along with the values.  To ensure the system is age appropriate we use a happy and sad face within the  Early Years.  We do not use ‘House Points’ but we do use ‘Dojo Points’.  The points are allocated to children who are choosing to do the right thing. Each week we will have a dojo point winner.

Dates for your diary:

      Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th October - Parent Evenings for Aspen and Alder

      See Miss poulter regarding her Parents Evening as the dates are slightly different.

      Tuesday 12th December - EYFS Nativity 10.30 am or 2.30am

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

       INSET Days: Polling Day:

9th February 3rd May

25th May

29th June

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

       Kind regards

The Reception Team

Nursery Newsletter 9.10.17

Term: Autumn 1                      Date: 2.10.17

Dear Parent/Carer,

This week we are sharing the story 'Avocado Baby' by John Burmingham this week. Avocados will be available for the children to taste and examine throughout the week. The core Nursery Rhymes we are focusing on this week are: 'Insy Winsy Spider' and 'Wind the Bobin Up.' The children have been enjoying joining in with our daily calendar and song and movement sessions.

This week we will start our topic 'All about me'. The children will be encouraged to talk about themselves and their family. Family pictures would really help to support the children communicate this, if you are able to then please send in family photos with the children or email them to: eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk.

Staff will also continue to focus on modelling how to use areas of the classroom and the resources in these areas correctly. Children will be extended or supported in their play through adult interactions or enhancements to the provision.

 Thank you to the parents/carers who have already brought in a spare change of clothes for the children. This week we will transfer clothes to plastic bags and will return any other bags the children have brought in. This will prevent children feeling the need to carry bags in and out of school and blocking the exit returning for bags. If you wish your child to bring any items home please help them to put it on their peg in the morning so staff can ensure they have all their belongings at home time. It would also be a good idea to label all clothing items so we can easily return them to the correct family. Thank you for your understanding and support in this matter. 

These are the skills we will be focusing on this week:

Mathematics 
Select a small number of objects from a group when asked.
Begin to recite number names in sequence.

Physical
Handles tools and objects carefully. This includes cutters and tools in our malleable area this week and being able to pour water from jugs carefully in the water area.

Literacy 
Children begin to give meaning to marks as they draw or paint.
We will support the children to look at their family photos, talk about these and encourage them to create their own family pictures.

Communication and Language
Encouraging children to use simple sentences correctly.
Encouring children to hold a conversation and respond to comments.

Personal and Social Development
Ensuring children are able to co-operate with routines and some boundaries.
Modelling the correct behaviours in play, ensuring children use resources well and begin to share with other children.

We are happy to see that the children are quickly learning the Broadford Values.
Values

Children

 Turn up, on time every day.

Do their best in their work and their play.

Demonstrate politeness and kindness to every one they meet.

Parents/Carers

Ensuring that children arrive on time and ready to learn through:

Providing your children with a healthy breakfast or lunch.

Providing them with warm clean clothing

Support your children’s learning at home by:

Reading stories to children regularly 

Encouraging them in their interests

Model politeness and kindness to every one you meet

Dates
The school photographer will be in school on Tuesday 17th of October for individual school photos. 

Messages 

Reading to your child is very important. This week we will start to put the Nursery reading cart outside at the end of sessions. Please borrow any books from the cart so you can share them with your child, you can write the title of this book in the small red book they will take home. Remember to return the book when you are finished.

Kind regards,

The Nursery Team

Reciprocity in Reception

Here at Broadford Primary we feel it is important to promote the 4R's: We encourage all of the children to consider reflectiveness, Resilience, Reciprocity and Resourcefulness as their responsibilities.  Kyla and Charlie demonstrated many of these skills yesterday when they had to solve a problem.  They worked collaboratively to make the water reach the mud kitchen because every mud kitchen needs water and the hose was too short! They resourcefully borrowed guttering and stands from other areas to build a structure and when a leak occurred they reflected on how they could improve their structure. Charlie called to Layla "Let's try this" as he swapped a piece of guttering that was leaking.

The mud kitchen is always a popular space, it addresses many of the areas of learning.  The mud kitchen enables the children to partake in rich, engaging sensory play, while  mud investigation allows them to express their creativity while enhancing their fine motor skills. Children practice social skills such as cooperation, negotiation, communication, and sharing as they work together. Emergent math and science skills are practiced as children make before and after comparisons, solve problems, test theories, and measure and count ingredients for their mud pies. Mud is a wonderful art medium, it is in ample supply, can be easily molded to create endless sculptures, and responds differently than clay or play dough. The open-ended nature of mud encourages creative thinking and allows children to freely create without fear of making mistakes. This also contributes to a child’s sense of self, helping to build a strong inner sense of competency.

Green Fingers

Before

After

This week the children have been busy preparing the garden beds for Spring, tidying up, removing leaves, weeds and other debris from the beds. We've been on the hunt for garden pests and relocating them to new homes in the school grounds, making sure we clean our garden tools afterwards too. 

Everyone has been working hard together to ensure that the beds are prepared and all debris collected and removed. This year, we will be developing our garden beds so that the children can grow their own flowers, fruit and vegetables which they will be able to enjoy in the Summer months. 

Providing children with growing and gardening opportunities will enable them to connect with the living environment and give them hands on experiences with plants and insects. This is an essential part of learning and development and one which supports children's emotional and physical health and wellbeing. Gardening and growing encourages the children to explore different types of foods, provides a variety of ways to be physically active, improves the children's social skills and develops confidence making them more aware of the world around them. 

Reception Newsletter 02.10.17

Term: Autumn 1                      Date: 02.10.17

Dear Parents,

      Your child’s Reading Record will be sent home today, initially this will be to record any books that you share at home.

     This week we will be reading the text ‘Giraffes can’t dance’ and carrying out related tasks which will include talking positively about personal qualities.

      The learning objectives will be listed under these headings:

Personal, Social and Emotional

Confident to talk to other children.

Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying or doing.

Can select and use activities and resources with help

Communication and Language

Uses talk to connect ideas.

Builds up vocabulary that reflects breadth of their experiences.

To follow directions

Literacy

Hears and says initial sounds in words.

To sometimes give meanings to the marks they draw and paint

Listens to and joins in with stories

Physical Development:

Can usually manage washing and drying hands

Runs skillfully and negotiates space

Mounts stairs, steps or climbing equipment

.

Mathematics

To recognise and learn the correct formation for the numbers 0- 5.

Beginning to recite numbers in order to 10

Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set

     This newsletter will  be posted on our EYFS blog and facebook page at the beginning of each week.   It will also be available in the outdoor area, in a blue tray labelled ‘Weekly Newsletter’

   

     Messages.

     

     We provide fresh water for all of the children in a named bottle, please do not send in any water from home.

      Thank you to all of the parents who have sent is a named set of spare clothes and wellington boots, if you haven’t we would appreciate these as soon as possible.

    

Rewards Strategies

Just so you are aware we follow a whole school approach to behaviour management, incorporating the 4 R’s which can be found on the school website along with the values.  To ensure the system is age appropriate we use a happy and sad face within the  Early Years.  We do not use ‘House Points’ but we do use ‘Dojo Points’.  The points are allocated to children who are choosing to do the right thing. Each week we will have a dojo point winner.

Dates for your diary:

      Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th October - Parent Evenings

      Tuesday 12th December - EYFS Nativity 10.30 am or 2.30am

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

       INSET Days: Polling Day:

9th February 3rd May

25th May

29th June

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

       Kind regards

The Reception Team

Nursery Newsletter 2.10.17

Term: Autumn 1                      Date: 2.10.17

Dear Parents,

Welcome to Broadford!

     It has been lovely to see so many smiling faces as the children enter Nursery. The Nursery children have settled in well and have been enjoying exploring their environment.This week we will continue to focus on supporting the children to use the resources correctly and get to know staff and children in the setting.

  The core Nursery Rhymes we are focusing on this week are:Twinkle, Twinkle and Here we go round the Mulberry Bush. This week we are sharing the book 'Making Faces' and making our own biscuits with expressions.

  Please could all children bring in a spare change of clothes in a carrier bag so we can keep this in school.       
 
Each week you will receive a weekly newsletter to tell you more about your child's learning. The objectives we will be focusing on each week will also be added to this.

We follow the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum).

Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development.

Children should mostly develop the 3 prime areas first.

These are:

• Communication and language;  
• Physical development; and
• Personal, social and emotional development.

These prime areas are those most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning.

As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in 4 specific areas. These are:   Literacy;

• Mathematics;  
• Understanding the world; and
• Expressive arts and design.

These 7 areas are used to plan your child’s learning and activities. We make sure that activities are suited to each child’s unique needs. Children in Nursery learn by playing and exploring, being active, and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outdoors.

Next week this will be published directly onto the EYFS blog which can be accessed through Broadford Primary School's website. The newsletter will also be available on the school Facebook page. If you would like a paper copy of this letter please speak to a member of the Nursery Team.

     

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

       Kind Regards,

The Nursery Team

Reading in Reception

Thank you to the parents/carers who attended the phonics meeting last week. If you were not able to attend you have a leaflet to explain how you can support your child at home.

Some parents/carers were interested in buying the Read, Write, Inc. sound cards to support their child to blend at home. If you would like to buy a pack of these they will be £6, please leave your name with your child's teacher. 

For more information on how to support your child at home you can watch these short Read, Write, Inc video clips:  http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/