Reception Weekly Newsletter

Term: Autumn 1   Date 13.09.13

Welcome to Broadford Primary School. I hope the children have thoroughly enjoyed their first week in Reception. Every week, your child will bring home a letter explaining what we will be learning about during the following week. 
This term we are focussing on work around ourselves, our families and our friends. We will be basing our learning around familiar stories. For this week and next, the book we are sharing is called, ‘Peace at Last’.

Your child will be taking part in the following activities and routines:

Personal, Social and Emotional
Being encouraged to demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Responding to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object. 

Communication and Language
Listening to the story ‘Peace at Last’ and recalling events. 

Physical Development:
Making bears out of play dough developing fine manipulative skills.
Hall session: The children will continue to go out in small groups to work with our Sports Coach, Mr Clark. Please bring in PE kits as soon as possible.

Literacy:
We will be starting our daily phonics sessions, learning set 1 letters – m, a, s, d.  We will be sending home a daily practise sheet for you to complete with your child.
The children have been issued today with a reading book and reading record. Please encourage your child to talk about the pictures and make up their own stories. Every time you listen to your child read, please make a comment in their reading record- this may even be a bedtime story. It does not have to always be their school reading book. 

Mathematics:
Number songs.
Introducing Ten Town – our number formation scheme.

Understanding of the World:
Using the paint programme on the computer to write their name.
Making feely bears – discussing different textures. 

Expressive Arts and Design:
Exploring the art area and resources available.

Messages:
The children may bring in a bear for Show and Tell on Friday.
Each child now has a home/school book. This is a book to write their wow moments in and any important messages. If you make a comment in the book, please place it in the tray provided so that we respond to your comment straight away.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.
We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.

Thank you for your support.