5.11.12 parent sheet

Term:  Autumn 1                         

Date 05.11.12

We hope you all had an enjoyable break.  This term our topic is ‘Colours and Celebrations’.  We will be focussing on a different colour each week and will be thinking about special days that we celebrate.  Our book of the week is ‘Whatever Next’.  Your child will be taking part in the following activities. (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Circle time: Keeping safe during ‘Bonfire Night’. We will be reading a firework story and discussing firework safety.

Communication and Language

• Sharing the story ‘Whatever Next’ and providing materials for props, to observe children’s own outcomes.
• Listening to children read their reading books.  Please ensure books are brought into school every day.

Physical

• Playing on the bikes and climbing frame.
• Dance– Children to create firework movements to accompanying music – swirls, jumps, high and low moves etc… to use streamers.  Can we please remind you that all children need a full kit in school at all times.
• Developing fine motor skills through tracing activities and manipulating dough.

Literacy

• Writing our names using rainbow writing, encouraging correct pencil grip.
• Daily phonics sessions - reviewing set 1 letters –e,l,h,sh,r

Maths

• Firework songs – 10 little fireworks standing in a line, one zoomed off and then there were 9…

• Checking children’s recognition of colours. Exploring colour and how colours can be changed.
• Our colour of the week is blue.  Children may bring in an object that is any shade of blue for the colour table.

Understanding of the World

• Collecting natural materials to create a pretend bonfire in the small world tray ready for story and song time. 

• Using the paint programme on the computer to create firework pictures.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Making rockets using shiny materials.
• Firework pictures using paints and straws - children to blow through the straws to create firework effect.

Homework and messages

• Please follow Broadford on facebook (remember to press the ‘like’ button) and twitter.  We update the Early Years blog regularly with photos and information.
• You may not be aware that Free School Meals eligible children attract Pupil Premium funding of £600 per child. This additional money is used to improve achievement for that group but it also impacts on all of our children. For instance a chunk of it pays for the free after school clubs that everyone benefits from. Our Governing Body have discussed how we can use this money to directly help eligible families. Support we can offer includes: free school trips, support with uniform and help with residential trips. If you think you may be eligible, please apply now. You don’t actually have to eat the school dinners… you just have to sign up! The more children who sign up, the more money we get and the more we can help our children. If you feel you are entitled to free schools meals, please pick up a form from the office.  If you need help in completing the form, just ask!