Reception Weekly Newsletter 15.09.14

Term: Autumn 1
Date: 15.09.14

 

 I hope the children thoroughly enjoyed their first week in Reception. 

 

This term we are focusing on work about ourselves, our families and our friends. We will be basing our learning around familiar stories. Following on from last week, 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.
• Beginning to accept the needs of others, take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others.

 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 begin to go out in small groups to work with our Sports Coach, Mr Clark. Please bring in PE kits as soon as possible.

Literacy

• 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 always be their school reading book.
• 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.

Mathematics

• Number songs.
• Introducing Ten Town – our number formation scheme.

Understanding of the World

•   Introducing the 2simple paint programme on the computers.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Exploring the art area and resources available.

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.
• Show and tell this week should be linked to the theme of: bears.
• 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.

Thank you for your support.