Dear Parents and Carers,
This is just to clarify some new staff names your children my be using this week.
Mrs Luca is now the nursery Teaching Assistant. She has previously worked in nursery and is excited to return to the team for the summer term.
Miss Cumming got married on Sunday 18th April and has returned as Mrs Ellender.
April 2021 Update
Throughout the pandemic, children’s centres have continued to remain open for midwife, antenatal and postnatal appointments and for families who have needed to access one to one support in person. Government guidelines for COVID19 meant we were unable to deliver our usual groups on site but knew it was crucial that they stayed in contact with our families and offered as much support as possible, which included virtual activity sessions, online parenting classes and workshops.
As government measures begin to ease this allows for parent and child groups to take place outdoors from 29th March and indoors from the 12th April. We are reviewing all necessary risk assessments so they can focus on ensuring everyone’s safety at all times.
From the 4th of May, they will start buggy walks and outdoor stay & play sessions and limited baby groups and baby massage classes within the children’s centres. These sessions will be by invite or pre-booked appointments so they can manage numbers and keep to social distancing guidelines.
Details of the activities and how to book will be available on this page from Friday 23rd April 2021. Please only attend a children’s centre for a group if you have a pre booked space. Their virtual programme will run as normal for anyone to attend.
If you require any advice, support or guidance on child development, infant feeding, healthy start applications and much more please call 07812 496901 to speak to an early years practitioner or e-mail childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
HAVERING
CHILDREN’S CENTRES VIRTUAL 0-5 OFFER
Pre-birth and Pregnancy
New Beginnings
will
cover all aspects of making the transition to becoming a parent with a focus on
the practical tasks of caring for a baby and looking to support the parent’s
emotional and physical wellbeing.
• Bond with baby before/after the birth
• Explore the practical tasks of caring for a new
baby
• Working out baby’s sounds, signals and cues
• Coping with crying and comforting a baby
• Exploring how parents can look after their
emotional and physical well-being.
Who is it for? Anyone
expecting a baby – mums, dads and carers – from 28 weeks of pregnancy.
When is it? Every Tuesday at
10am-12pm
If you would like to find out more about this
workshop, please contact us at childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
Becoming Dad
is
a 4-week course with a weekly one-hour session for men who are soon to be dads.
Whether you are a first time dad or already a parent/carer, Becoming Dad will
explore the practical and emotional aspects of the journey to fatherhood and
beyond.
The course will also give dads to be the time to come
together to share their concerns, excitement and expectations of becoming a
dad. If you would like to find out more about the Becoming Dad course, please
contact childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
Butterflies
Peer Support Group – Supporting
families who are experiencing low mood, depression and anxiety during pregnancy
or following the birth of their baby. Telephone support and weekly Zoom group
available. Please contact butterflies@havering.gov.uk for
more information.
Butterflies perinatal peer support group are also now offering a fathers
only group to provide support where a partner or themselves are experiencing
low mood, anxiety or depression since becoming a parent. If you would like to
find out more about this service, please contact Butterflies@havering.gov.uk
Mellow Bumps Antenatal Programme
A 7 week
online antenatal programme designed to support parents-to-be. Mellow Bumps is a
relaxed, safe environment to explore: Bonding with bump, looking after
emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and after birth, building confidence and
self-esteem as a new parent, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, thinking about
how babies communicate, and learning about services and support in the local
community once baby is born.
Please
complete a parenting referral form and return to Parenting@havering.gov.uk
New Birth – 0-12 months
Baby Massage
Our
Baby Massage course is now being facilitated by our trained Infant Massage
Instructors online via Zoom over five weeks. Baby Massage can support a
babies overall development, help relax baby and parent/carer, support digestive
issues like wind, gas and colic, promote better sleep habits and support the
relationship between parent/carer and baby. Suitable from birth to 6 months old.
Please contact childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
for further information.
Infant
Feeding Café
Trained
Infant feeding advisors are available to provide support and information on
breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, expressing, formula feeding. Telephone support
and weekly Zoom group available.
Please contact childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
for further information.
Starting Solids Workshop
Starting Solid Foods (for babies around
4 months old). In this workshop you will learn about starting and progressing
with solid foods with your baby in a practical and friendly session with an
early years practitioner and a health professional.
Please contact childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
for further information.
Incredible Years Babies Parenting Programme
A 8-10
week parenting programme focusing on improving the parent infant relationships
and attachment by promoting positive parenting strategies. Suitable for ages
0-8 months.
Please complete a parenting referral form and return to Parenting@havering.gov.uk
Activities
0-5 years
Musical
Jelly Beans-Get active and get
moving with our fun, interactive, music, singing and rhyming online session.
Activities include dancing, singing, parachute games and bubbles. For ages 0 to
5 years
Toddler
Stay and Play- This is
play session for families with children aged 18 – 30 months. It gives parents
the chance to socialise with other families in the comfort of their own home
joined by our Early Years Practitioners. The sessions are themed and will
change on a monthly basis. In addition to this there will be a structured
activity plus a messy play activity each week.
Please contact childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
for further information.
Ready
Steady Talk! - An early communication group delivered over 5
weeks online with a 45 minute Zoom session. The programme is for children
having difficulties in their home language between the ages of 18 months and 30
months.
The group will help to:
Develop a
child’s attention and listening, and turn-taking skills
Develop
strategies that can be used at home to encourage language development
Support
the development and expansion of a child’s vocabulary through play and group activities
Encourage
a child to use those important first words to name or request items in their
environment
The children’s centres host Virtual Oral Health Workshop for parents
with children aged 0-5 years led by a Dental Nurse each month. The workshop covers a number of areas to promote good oral
health including tooth brushing, preventing tooth decay and infection, diet and
dental visits. Please
contact childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
for further information on upcoming
workshops.
NEW FOR JANUARY 2021
Home safety workshop via
Zoom virtual delivery:
This is a
40-minute workshop full of information and tips on keeping babies and children
safe in the home and when out and about. In this session, the Early Years
practitioners will guide your through top tips for child safety, including
burns, poisoning, falls, choking, safer sleeping, drowning and more.
Toileting workshop via zoom virtual
delivery:
This is a
40 minute workshop designed to support families through their child’s potty
training journey. Through this session Early Years Practitioner’s will provide
information and guidance with: recognising and understanding the signs that your child may be ready to
start potty training, when/ how to start, building a toileting routine, potty
training on the go, plus many other useful factors and tips.
Fussy eating workshop via zoom virtual
delivery:
Meal times
are a common source of stress for parents. Often children learn they can gain
some control over their parents using food. When a child refuses food or
demands alternative meals, parents may become frustrated or concerned that
their child is not eating enough. We will provide tips designed to help you
manage meal times and to develop good eating behaviours. Early Years
Practitioners will be running fussy eating workshops online. We focus on
attention on equipping parents with healthy weaning and food choices knowledge
to give children the best start in life. Mealtimes should be all about sharing,
laughter, fun and love!
Coming soon….
HENRY (Health, Exercise & Nutrition for the
Really Young) Healthy Families Programme –This
is an 8-week programme, which supports families in achieving healthy lifestyle
goals. We are aiming to co-deliver an online-facilitated course co-delivered
with colleagues from Health
Our
team of early year’s practitioners are all trained in a range of specialist
areas and can offer support on a one to one basis which includes providing advice
on infant feeding, early communication skills, parenting, child development,
toileting, sleep, perinatal mental health, healthy eating and oral health. They
can also assist with supporting online applications for the 2, 3 & 4 year
old educational funding offers.
If
you would like any further details on any of the above please contact:-
childrenscentres@havering.gov.uk
Or
Helen.Anfield@havering.gov.uk
& Linda.Parsons@havering.gov.uk
Children Centre Coordinators.
Dear Parents and carers, Term: Summer 1
We hope you have had a wonderful holiday with your families and are rested for the exciting term ahead. The children have settled back and have been excited to share their Easter holiday news. It has been amazing hearing about all of the children’s adventures. This term, we will be revisiting our rules and expectations in the setting ensuring we remember all of our jobs!
Baby Photos
Please could you email a photo of your child as a baby. Alternatively we can photocopy hard copies of photos and return originals.
Please email: eyfs@broadford.Havering.sch.uk
Subject: Baby Photo Child/Children’s Name & Class
Reading
We will continue to share our home learning pages each week. The home learning document is a great way to see what we will be learning each week in class too. Each week we will still be sharing a sound session, and the word and spelling time sessions too. If you are unsure of your child’s RWI group, please email us at eyfs@broadford.Havering.sch.uk.
The children’s reading is progressing well, with some strong sound recognition and blending skills. The more they practice these skills the more fluent your child will become at decoding words, this then allows them to develop their comprehension skills. We would like to remind everyone that the school’s expectations related to homework, is to read every day.
Try to make reading a part of your daily routine, finding a time that this fits in with your schedules at home. This could be when you first get home from school or after dinner. This time could include your child reading to you, practising reading green and red words, practising sound recognition or sharing a story together.
105 Books to Read.
Please remember to record your 105 reading books and bring your child’s record to school. Your child will receive a certificate for every 5, 10 and 15 books read! This time should be in addition to a bedtime story, where you are reading just for pleasure. Aim for ten minutes a day. Of course there will be days when it doesn’t happen due to special events, trips out or extreme tiredness.
Growing and Changing Topic
Our focus this term will be Growing and Changing. We will be growing our own plants, and butterflies this term. We will also be looking at similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. Our focus texts this term will be, Jack and The Beanstalk, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Bad Tempered Ladybird, The Teeny Weeny Tadpole, Naughty Bus and Major Glad, Major Dizzy.
Communication and Language
We are encouraging children to use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events. The children will also be encouraged to discuss and share about their holidays, home life and the environment. Our focus this term will be on growing and changing.
Physical Development
As we continue to develop the children’s fine motor strength we are now also focusing on their letter and number formation as well. Particularly encouraging and correcting backwards formed letters and numbers. This term we will be focusing on our letter and number formation, ensuring the children have the right patterns, formation and direction. It is vital we encourage these from the beginning, so the children do not form bad habits. We ask if your child is writing at home and forms a letter or number backwards that you work with them to write it the correct way. We will also be continuing with fine motor activities to strengthen our hand and finger muscles. Of course we will still be working on our gross motor skills in the outdoor areas and during PE lessons. The PE sessions will take place on Mondays.
Maths
We will begin the term recapping our number recognition to 20. We will be practising ordering numbers 0-20 as well as saying one more/less than a given number to 20, adding and subtracting single digit numbers, doubling and halving to 20 and measures.
Literacy
We will be writing recounts of our holidays, writing about our ‘dream week’. We will be focusing on writing simple sentences that we can read back, as well as spelling our red words correctly. We will also be focusing on life cycles of caterpillars and tadpoles, creating food diaries, and looking at how the children have changed and grown too.
Understanding the World
The children will be planting their own seeds and looking at different parts of plants. We will be caring for our own class caterpillars and looking at the life cycles of butterflies, frogs and other animals too.
Helpful Websites:
Phonics Play (https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/): Click on the free phonics play and then children for phonics games. Most children are working within phase two or three at this point. Our favourite games are Picnic on Pluto (reading real and alien words) and Pick a Picture.
Topmarks (https://www.topmarks.co.uk/): Lots of maths games that are Early Years appropriate.
Messages:
Please ensure your child has a named set of spare clothes on their peg at all times.
All uniform should be labelled with your child’s name including shoes!
Please can toys from home stay at home. We have lots in school and it saves toys being lost or broken.
We ask that your child’s reading book is in school on their reading day each week so it can be changed and your child read with.
If you have any questions or concerns please speak to your class teacher. 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
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dear Parents and Carers,
Please email us at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk if you have any queries or questions with regards to your child’s learning. We will be here to support you! Please find below this week’s learning. We have attached web links for documents and files which you can share with your child and/or children at home.
Phonics & Reading
Click on link for the 19.04.2021 RWI Virtual School
for this week’s phonic sounds sessions. We have also added Learning to Blend videos too.
Learning to Blend
At this stage your child is segmenting the letters ---- c-a-t but then saying another word, e.g sounding out c-a-t and saying the word mat! This is a developmental stage to learning to blend and you may find the additional links in the document useful!
Links will expire in 7 days.
Phonics Comic
https://phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/comics.html
My Book Blog
(Reading and Spelling 15 minutes each)
Please record your daily reading in your reading records.
Read a book or Click here for Oxford Owl electronic reading books.
https://mybookblog.org/plogin/broadford-primary-sc/
Please email us at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk for your child’s login information.
(Please note books can only be reviewed on the book blog site not read.)
Numeracy
Mathletics
Please email us at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk for your child’s login information.
This should be found in your child’s Reading Record.
Topic
Listen to the story - Jack and the Beanstalk
Please use the website links below for any additional learning that you may wish to complete with your child.
Helpful Websites:
There are lots of new and updated websites providing additional online learning and support during this period of school closure if you wish to complete additional learning activities.
Oak National Academy Reception taught sessions.
BBC Bitesize Lessons from the BBC
Maths
White Rose Math Reception Home Learning Math sessions from White Rose Math
Phonics & Reading
RWI Phonics YouTube Daily RWI Sessions. Reception currently follow Set 1 sound sessions.
PE
PE with Joe Wicks Joe Wicks has just announced he will be starting his sessions weekly again.
Wellbeing Wednesday
Reception, on Wellbeing Wednesday you can take a break from your computers and devices and take part in lots of fun, different activities outside or around your home.
This afternoon, complete a finger breathing exercise. Calmly breathe in and out, as you trace up and down your fingers.
You could also go for a walk in your local area. What did you notice on your walk? Did you see any animals or notice any changes to any of the trees or wildlife?
You may want to help your family with any chores around the house. You could tidy your room or help with folding clothes away or washing up.
Why not help your family to prepare and make a healthy dinner or bake something delicious in the afternoon!
We hope you enjoy taking part in Wellbeing Wednesday.
Please let us know what you got up to and share your learning with us!
Please email us at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk to contact a member of the Reception Team. Please submit work using a Parent Postcard on Evidence Me. Keep checking the Broadford More Blogs page EYFS Blog Page and Facebook page for updates.
Best wishes
The Reception Team
