Reception Newsletter 13.03.17

Term: Spring 2                      Date: 13.03.17

Dear Parents,

We look forward to an exciting week this week. We will continue look at Superheroes and we will be reading and exploring the text ‘Supertato’.  We had great fun starting our Wormery’s last week and we will continue to explore and maintain them this week during Science Week.  We will also be making some vegetable superheroes.

Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-

Personal, Social and Emotional:

Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.

Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.

Can describe self in positive terms and talk about abilities.

                       

Communication and Language:

They listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions.

Uses talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.

Links statements and sticks to a main theme or intention.

Physical Development:

Children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements.

Uses simple tools to effect changes to materials.

Show good control and coordination in large and small movements.

Literacy:

Enjoys an increasing range of books.

Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.

Enjoys an increasing range of books.

Mathematics:

Finds the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.

Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.

In practical activities and discussion, beginning to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting

Expressive Art and Design:

Create simple representations of events, people and objects.

Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using

Uses simple tools and Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.

Understanding the World:

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

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

They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

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:  A Super Hero

 Piece of Music: Johann-Strauss Radetzky: March

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

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about the origin of the rhyme.	Listen to the music and dance to it. Find out facts about the composer. Produce a collage or picture to illustrate the piece of music.	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2.   Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Dates for your Diary:

Tuesday 28th or Wednesday 29th March - Parents evening

Details will follow

      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