Term: Spring 1
Date:
09.01.17
Dear
Parents,
The children have settled back into school well
after the Christmas break. We started our topic ‘What’s in a story?’ last week
and began by looking at the traditional tale The Gingerbread Man. We finished
the week off with a gingerbread hunt around the school as we retold the story.
The children enjoyed joining in with the repeated refrain ‘run, run as fast as
you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!’ This week we will be
reading The Little Red Hen for our topic book and the children will have the
chance to make bread in groups.
Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-
Personal, Social and Emotional:
Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.
Confident to talk to other children when playing,
and will communicate freely about own home and community.
Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.
Communication
and Language:
Responds to instructions involving a two-part
sequence
Is able to follow directions (if not intently
focused on own choice of activity).
Listens to others one to one or in small groups,
when conversation interests them.
Physical
Development:
Can usually manage washing and drying hands.
Understands that equipment and tools have to be
used safely.
Uses one-handed tools and equipment.
Shows increasing control over an object in pushing,
patting, throwing, catching or kicking it.
Literacy:
Enjoys rhyming and rhythmic activities.
Enjoys an increasing range of books.
Suggests how the story might end.
Mathematics:
Finds the total number of items in two groups by
counting all of them.
Beginning to use the vocabulary involved in adding.
Compares 2 groups of objects, saying when they have
more, les or the same.
Expressive
Art and Design:
Understands that they can use lines to enclose a
space, and then begin to use these shapes to
represent objects.
Explores
colours and how colours can be changed
Explores
what happens when they mix colours
Understanding
the World:
Looks closely at similarities, differences,
patterns and change
Knows some of the things that make them unique, and
can talk about some of the similarities and
differences in relation to friends or family.
Shows
interest in different occupations and ways of life.
Messages.
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, famous person, 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.
Person:
Choose a Traditional Tale
Character
Artist/Illustrator:
Axel Scheffler
Poem/Song to learn: Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Turn around
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the ground,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Reach up high,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the sky.
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Nursery Rhyme
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Artist/Illustrator
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Person
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1. Learn it off by heart.
2. Draw a picture to illustrate
the rhyme.
3. Find out about stars.
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1. 1.Draw a portrait of the person.
2. Find out facts about the person.
3. Watch the person in action.
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Please ensure your child has a spare set of clothes
on their peg in the event that they get wet and need to change.
Kind regards
The Reception Team
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