Reception Newsletter Autumn 1 26.09.16

      Term: Autumn 1                      Date: 26.09.16

Dear Parents,

This week the children will be meeting the rest of their class and staying for the whole day.  The door opens at 8.30am and collection time is 3.05pm, how exciting!

      We are encouraging the children to think about the feelings of others and sharing, therefore we will be reading ‘The Rainbow Fish’ this week.  We have prepared lots of exciting activities in relation to this text.

      We will continue the teaching of phonics, each day we will send home the sound we have learnt, these are sheets for you to complete at home, to support your child.   In addition,  we will  introduce a numeral a day, these number formation sheets will also be sent home. Please note, these sheets do not have to be returned to school.

 

     Personal, Social and Emotional:

      Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others.
 

     Confident to talk to other children when playing, and will communicate freely about own home and community.

      Aware of own feelings, and knows that some actions and words can hurt others' feelings.

      Initiates play, offering cues to peers to join them.

 

Communication and Language:

Beginning to understand 'why' and 'how' questions.

Listens to others one to one or in small groups, when conversation interests them.

Responds to simple instructions,

 

Physical Development:

      Runs skilfully and negotiates space successfully, adjusting speed or direction to avoid obstacles.

Uses one-handed tools and equipment.

Draws lines and circles using gross motor movements.

   

Literacy:

Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.

Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.

Ascribes meanings to marks that they see in different places

 

Mathematics:

Beginning to represent numbers using fingers, marks on paper or pictures.

Shows an interest in representing numbers.

Shows curiosity about numbers by offering comments or asking questions.

 

Understanding the World:

Recognises and describes special times or events for family or friends.

      Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.

      Knows how to operate simple equipment, e.g. turns on CD player and uses remote control.

 

      Expressive Art and Design:

       Uses various construction materials.

       Enjoys joining in with dancing and ring games.

       Captures experiences and responses with a range of media, such as music, dance and     paint and other materials or words.

 

      This newsletter will be made available in the outdoor area, in a blue tray labelled ‘Weekly Newsletter’, however we appreciate that many of you wish to be ‘paperless’ so a copy will also be posted on our EYFS blog and facebook page at the beginning of each week.

 

Messages.

      

      Your child should have received a reading books last week, well done to all of the children, parents and carers who read at home and recorded the reading in their reading record.  As we have previously said it is a school expectation that parents or carers read with their child every night.

      We will be happy to change reading books on a daily basis. Each class will have a box in the entrance. If your child’s reading book needs changing, please help them take their reading record and book from their book bag and place it in this box.

      If you have any questions about reading expectations or routines in Reception, please speak to your class teacher.

 

      If you are collecting your child at 3.05pm, you will need to follow the one way system, which we have had to put in place because of the limitations of the building work.  Please note this means you are unable to walk back up the slope at afternoon collection time.

 

      Many of the Reception children have started to use our Breakfast Club facility, we are very lucky at Broadford that this facility is free of charge to the parent, however there is a requirement that the children will purchase food or drink whilst they are there.  

 

     Thank you to all of the parents who have already sent in the spare clothes and wellington boots.

 

      If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 

      Kind regards

The Reception Team