Weekly Reception Newsletter 23.02.15

Term: Spring 2
Date: 23.02.15

 

Welcome back! This half term is going to be as busy as ever. Our topic is, ‘Growing and changing.’ This week’s learning will be based around the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’

Your child will be taking part in the following activities within the seven areas of development (activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests; however, the skills remain the same):

 

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Initiates conversations, attends to and takes account of what others say
• Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.
• Takes steps to resolve conflicts with other children, e.g. finding a compromise.
• During circle time we will be discussing what the children already knew about Jack and the Beanstalk and who was wrong and who was right? Should Jack of taken the golden hen? Why shouldn’t we steal? What could Jack of done instead?

Communication and Language

• Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations.

Physical Development

• The children will be continuing to go out in small groups with Mr Portway
• Negotiates space successfully when playing racing and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles.
• Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp.
• Holds pencil near point between first two fingers and thumb and uses it with good control.
• Can copy some letters, e.g. letters from their name.
• Jumps off an object and lands appropriately.
• Experiments with different ways of moving.
• Observes the effects of activity on their bodies 
• Travels with confidence and skill, around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment.   

Literacy

• We will be continuing with our daily Read, Write Inc. groups.
• Hears and says the initial sounds in words.
• Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together and knows which letters represent some of them.
• Writes own name and other things such as labels, captions.
•  Please ensure your child’s reading book is in school on their reading day.
•  Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
•  Suggests how the story might end.

Mathematics

• Begin to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes & ‘flat’ 2D shapes, & mathematical terms to describe shapes.
• Select a particular named shape.
• Find the total number of items in 2 groups by counting them all.
• Say the number that is one more than a given number.
• Ordering numbers from 1-10/1-20.

 Understanding of the World

• Developing an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time.
•  Shows care and concern for living things and the environment
•  Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
• Children know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Realises tools can be used for a purpose.
• Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects.
•  Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.
• Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using

Learning Challenge

Each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.

Poem/Song to learn: Jack and Jill went up the hill

Jack and Jill went up the hill,

To fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

And Jill came tumbling after.

 

Up Jack got and home did trot,

As fast as he could caper,

And went to bed to mend his head

With vinegar and brown paper.

 

Piece of music: March Johann-Strauss Radetzky

Person: Mr Bloom

	Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	Listen to the piece of music	Draw a portrait of the person. Watch the person in action
Advanced	Find out about Jack and Jill	Draw an illustration to represent their feelings	Find out facts about the person
Deep	Re write your own version of the nursery rhyme	Able to name the piece of m usic when they hear it	Make/grow something that the person has  made/grown

 

Messages

•  The children may bring in something related to our topic for Show and Tell on Friday.
•  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.
• If you wish to contact a member of the EYFS staff please email them at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Thank you for your constant support.