Reception Newsletter 14.3.16

Reception Newsletter 14.3.16

This Wednesday the Reception children have their first sharing assembly at 9.00am.

Our story of the week is A Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. 

This week the children will be planting and labelling herbs and bulbs in the outside planting areas. They will also be hunting for minibeasts in the school grounds and discussing the similarities and differences between them.

Due to of the volume of drink money being collected, distributed and organising the change for drinks is beginning to take away valuable teaching time.  We kindly request that if you would like your child to purchase a drink (30p each) that they bring in the correct money daily in a labelled purse, envelope or wallet, which can be kept in your child's tray.

These are the skills we will be focusing on this week;

Personal, Social and Emotional:
Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.
Encouraging children to negotiate and solve problems without aggression e.g. when someone has taken their toy.
In the maths area we are introducing games such as snakes and ladders, simple addition dice games and dominoes to encourage the children to share and take turns.

Communication and Language:
Modelling extending sentences encouraging children to explain their reasoning.
Extending vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words. Particularly related to growing and minibeasts.

Physical Development:
Ensuring the children use the correct pencil grip.
Ensuring letters are correctly formed.
Throwing and catching a large ball.

Literacy:
Encouraging the children to use their phonics in their play and write simple captions.
Ordering the life-cycle of plants.
Creating labels and learning the names of herbs and plants.
Captioning pictures from the story.
Creating minibeast fact books.

Mathematics:
Consolidating knowledge of more and less.
Ordering numbers to 20.


Understanding of the World:
Looking at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
Focusing on planting seeds and learning what plants need to grow and hunting for minibeasts.
The children will be able to explore plants in the tuff tray using tools and magnifying glass and look closely at the different parts e.g. roots, leaves etc.
In the water area we have included flowers so they can pull apart the petals and examine them closely.
In the sand tray there will be onions, sprouts, seeds and soil for the children to investigate.

Expressive Arts and Design:
Introducing a story line or narrative into their group play.
Manipulating materials to achieve a planned effect.
The children will be able to complete observation drawings of plants and use pastels or paint to add color.

Thank you for your continued support.