Reception Weekly Newsletter

Term: Autumn 1 Date 20.09.13

Monday 23rd October will be the start of our first full week. Doors open from 8.30 in the morning and the school day ends at 3.15pm.
This term we are focussing on work around ourselves, our families and our friends. We will be basing our learning around the book, ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears’.
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, ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears’ and recalling events.
Being detectives to ask questions and solve clues – Who broke into the 3 Bears house?
Sharing the stories of ‘The 3 Pigs’ and ‘The 3 Billy Goats Gruff’. 

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 continuing our daily phonics sessions, learning set 1 letters – t, i, n, p, g. We will be sending home a daily practise sheet for you to complete with your child.
The children have been issued 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 be their school reading book. Please ensure your child has their reading book in school on their reading day.

Mathematics:
Continuing Ten Town – our number formation scheme. Learning to form numbers 2 and 3 accurately.
Reading the story of The 3 Bears – children to sort compare bears and teddy bears into groups using size.
Estimating the number of bears in a group and then check by counting them.

Understanding of the World:
Using the paint programme on the computer to paint pictures of bears.
Making porridge – discussing the changes that occur when we use heat.

Expressive Arts and Design:
Home Corner – The 3 bears, using different sized cups, spoons, bowls etc…. 
Role play – A Police Station, to solve the crime – Who ate all the porridge and broke baby bear’s chair? 

Messages:
The children may bring in something related to our stories 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.

You may not be aware that Free School Meals eligible children attract Pupil Premium funding, which is going to be £1300 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, 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!

 

Thank you for your support!