Weekly Reception Newsletter 9.2.15

Term: Spring 1                       
Date: 9.02.15

 

 This week we will be looking at the superhero ‘Sportacus’ from Lazy town. We will be discussing how exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health. We have a visitor from ‘Farm to Fork Tesco’ coming in to talk to the children about where our foods come 

  

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

• Aware of own feelings, and knows that some actions and words can hurt others’ feelings
• Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.
• Can usually adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.
• Initiates conversations, attends to and takes account of what others say.
• Takes steps to resolve conflicts with other children, e.g. finding a compromise.
• Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting. 
• Beginning to be able to negotiate and solve problems without aggression, e.g. when someone has taken their toy.

 Communication and Language

•  Responds to instructions involving a two-part sequence.
•  Understands humour, e.g. nonsense rhymes, jokes.
•  Able to follow a story without pictures or props
•  Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.
•  Beginning to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.

 Physical Development

•  Eats a healthy range of foodstuffs and understands need for variety in food
• Shows some understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health.
•  Observes the effects of activity on their bodies
•  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.

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.
• We will be sending home words on Friday for you to practice with your child. Please can you practice Fred talking these and blending them back together e.g. c-a-t = cat

 Mathematics

•  Recognise some numerals of personal significance.
•  Counts up to three or four objects by saying one number name for each item
•  Counts actions or objects which cannot be moved.
•  Counts objects to 10, and beginning to count beyond 10.
•  Counts out up to six objects from a larger group   
• In practical activities and discussion, beginning to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.

Understanding of the World

• Completes a simple computer programme.

 Expressive Arts and Design

• Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.
• Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
• Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately
• Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.
• Creates simple representations of events, people and objects.   
• Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose.
• Shows understanding of the need for safety when tackling new challenges, and considers and manages some risks
• Practices some appropriate safety measures without direct supervision. (When cutting fruit for their fresh fruit salad/using smoothie machine etc)

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: Grand Old Duke of York

The Grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men

He marched them up to the top of the hill

And he marched them down again.

When they were up, they were up

And when they were down, they were down

And when they were only halfway up

They were neither up nor down.

 

Painting: Illustrations by Eric Carle

 

Person: A superhero

Messages

• The children may bring in something related to our topic for Show and Tell on Friday.
• Remember that the last day of term is Thursday 12th February as the school is closed on Friday 13th February for a staff INSET day.
• 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 all of your support. We hope you have a very enjoyable half term.