Reception 2simple Parent Shares

We would like to share some observations with you, which we have made of your children since they started school. This is a great way for you to see what your child gets up to during the school day.

These observations can only be sent to you via email, this will only be received if you accept the email invitation which has been sent. You may have already done this earlier in the year or when your child was in nursery, in which case you don't need to do anything else.

If you haven't yet accepted the invitation can you please check your junk/trash inbox and do this as soon as possible. If you haven't received an invitation or you do not have an email address, please speak to your child's class teacher.

The observations will be sent to you on Tuesday.

Thank you for your continued support,

EYFS Team

Reception Certificates!

Congratulations to all our certificate winners this week! 4R certificates were awarded to:

Resilience - Chisom, Thea-Rose

Resourcefulness - Anushri 

Reflectiveness - Mahdi, Willian 

There were lots of reading awards again this week!

Bookmark for reading 10 books: Darci, Max, Louie-Ray, Lily-Anne

Bronze Star Reader: Mahdi, Olivia, Bernardo, Harvey, William, Anushri, Annabel, Louisa, Lucas
Silver Star Reader: Lily, Eddie, Aisha, Lacey, Ethan

Well done to Karimah for making your teacher happy!

Well done to our Star Writers: Maxi, Megan 

Loose parts wanted

Dear Parent/Carer,


We are trying to source various items for our home areas. If you can help and have any of the following resources they would be greatly received. Please send them to your child’s teacher or a member of the Early years team. Thank you for your support.

• Hats 
• Shoes 
• Bags/Purses 
• Watches/Clocks 
• Old phones 
• Necklaces/Bangles/Beads 
• Curtain rings 
• Corks 
• Old pots/pans 
• Old keys

                                                                                                                       

Kind Regards,

EYFS Team (Nursery and Reception)

Broadford Primary School

The Learning Federation

Nursery Newsletter 10.12.2018

Dear Parents,

Thank you to those who were able to attend the Christmas story evening, we hope you had a magical time!

Christmas Play - Tuesday 11th December - 10.30am for morning children, 2.00pm for afternoon children.

Christmas Jumper Day - Friday 14th December (School uniform with Christmas jumpers)

Christmas Party -  Tuesday 18th December Afternoon children will join with Morning children on this day and have the party together. All children will be collected at 11.30 and there will be no afternoon session on this day.

 Remember tomorrow  children will come in to Nursery wearing the following clothes with a coat on top. 

Nursery are performing a donkey song. They will need to bring in grey or black t-shirts with grey or black trousers. We have created our own headbands so please do not buy shop bought character costumes, t-shirts and trousers/leggings will be fine.

This week we have had a special visit from Twinkle the Elf. He is bringing our letters to the North Pole this week so we will make sure we have some lovely pictures and writing for him!

Maths

We are focusing on counting accurately and in order. The children are encouraged to count scoops and objects as they transfer them into cups. 

Communication and Language  

The children are playing turn taking games this week and are encouraged to name the object they have chosen and talk about it or listen to their friends.

Malleable

The children are manipulating clay and using tools to shape them into their own creations. 

 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 Nursery Team

Reception Newsletter 10.12.18

Term: Autumn 2                Date: 10.12.18

Dear Parents and Carers,

It was fantastic to see so many of the children in their pajamas on Friday evening for Bedtime Stories. We had a lot of fun and hope the children did too!

Last week we read Aliens Love Underpants. The children loved the story and were busy designing their own underpants. They also used their phonics knowledge to label underpants and create ‘missing posters’.

We have a few clothing items that can not be located. Please could you check if you have any school cardigans labelled with ‘Billie’ or LS at home that your child may have picked up by mistake. Thank you!

Often in December the children enjoy sending christmas cards to their friends. This year we ask that if you and your child choose to send christmas cards, that the children take part in this activity and the adults do not do all the work. At this time of year lots of children are practising writing their name and doing so in a christmas card,  gives them an opportunity to practice and one with a purpose. It will vary for all children but some may be able to independently write christmas cards, copying difficult words. Others may just write their name, whilst some children may trace theirs. Of course there is no expectation for anyone to send christmas cards, but we feel if this is something you choose to do, the children are involved with the process.

This week we will be reading Stickman. We will be going on our own stickhunt, writing letters to santa and of course performing the Nativity on Tuesday!


Physical Development
The children are working hard at writing their names independently as well as practising their letter and number formation.

Maths
This week we will be finding one more and one less than a given number. The children will go on a stick hunt and then order the sticks in order of length. We will also be working on our number formation.

Literacy
The children will be using their phonics knowledge to write a list to Santa. They will also caption what they would do if they found a stick. The children have also been using PhonicsPlay.co.uk to read and sort alien and real words.

Expressive Arts and Design
The children will be making Christmas cards as well as decorations.


Dates for your diary

EYFS Nativity: Tuesday 11th December 10.30am or 2.15pm

Christmas Dinner: Wednesday 12th December

Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 14th December


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

Kind Regards,
The Reception Team

Preparing for Christmas Stories

Nursery are busy preparing for a cosy Christmas story evening tonight. The mince pies that the children have made smell delicious and we are now starting to ice our biscuits. We hope to see lots of parents and children at 5pm tonight for a magical Christmas story session.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...... blast off!!

The Reception children have really enjoyed exploring their new role play area this week. After reading Whatever Next and Aliens Love Underpants we decided to build ourselves a space rocket! The children have been busy taking emergency calls at the control panel, warding off aliens, repairing their spacecraft and taking on space missions.

Role play is a very important part of a child’s education. The imagination is a powerful tool which as we know is innate in some children but needs encouraging in others. In order to accomplish this we have to equip the children with spaces, scenarios, props and the support they need to explore their real life or imaginary worlds. Imaginative play not only aids intellectual development but also improves children’s social skills and their creativity. In addition it gives children a chance to play out events that they have observed or experienced in real life.

"There is aliens outside!" Ralph 

"We need our space helmets." JJ 

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... blast off!" Megan 

Nursery Newsletter 3/12/18

Dear Parents,

Thank you for attending out Stay and Learn session last week, the children really enjoyed spending time cooking with their family members.

DATES: Christmas Bedtime Stories - 7th December at 5pm (This Friday) Children can come back to school in Christmas Pyjamas to hear Christmas bedtime stories, drink hot chocolate and eat cookies.

Christmas Play - Tuesday 11th December - 10.30am for morning children, 2.00pm for afternoon children.  

 The children will come in to Nursery wearing these clothes with a coat on top. 

Nursery are performing a donkey song. They will need to bring in grey or black t-shirts with grey or black trousers. We are creating our own headbands so please do not buy shop bought character costumes, t-shirts and trousers/leggings will be fine.

This week we have had a special visit from Twinkle the Elf. He loves kindness and has been tasked to find children behaving in a particularly kind way throughout the week!

Maths

We are continuing to focus on naming shapes and talking about their properties this week.

Communication and Language  

The children are playing listening games this week, the are listening carefully to animal noises to play animal bingo.

Malleable

The children are developing their scissor skills cutting beads to create their own Christmas inspired play dough creations.

 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 Nursery Team

Reception Newsletter 03.12.18

Term: Autumn 2           Date: 03.12.18
Dear Parents and Carers,

Last week the children really enjoyed retelling the story of Whatever Next and discussing what they would take to the moon if they went on a space adventure. The children really enjoyed their exercise and healthy eating session with Darren from Roots to Food. They learnt we need five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, as well as how to calculate a portion size (the size of your palm). The banana smoothies were also very tasty!

We have also been busy learning songs and starting rehearsals for the upcoming Nativity. Please remember to bring back to school your forms to requests tickets and also a coloured t-shirts if you received a letter.

We have a few clothing items that can not be located. Please could you check if you have any school cardigans labelled with ‘Billie’ or LS at home that your child may have picked up by mistake. Thank you!

Often in December the children enjoy sending christmas cards to their friends. This year we ask that if you and your child choose to send christmas cards we ask that the children take part in this activity and the adults do not do all the work. At this time of year lots of children are practising writing their name and doing so in a christmas card,  gives them an opportunity to practice and one with a purpose. It will vary for all children but some may be able to independently write christmas cards, copying difficult words. Others may just write their name, whilst some children may trace theirs. Of course there is no expectation for anyone to send christmas cards, but we feel if this is something you choose to do, the children are involved with the process. Perhaps just send them to your child's friends and not send 30 to make this more manageable.

This week we will be reading Aliens Love Underpants. We will be designing our own underpants as well as labelling them. Friday is also Bedtime Stories and we will be opening the classrooms at 5pm for hot chocolate, cookies and christmas stories.



Communication and Language
There will be a new role play area this week, we are creating a space station. This will provide the children to extend and develop narratives in their play.

Physical Development
The children are working hard at writing their names independently as well as practising their letter and number formation.

Maths
This week we will be finding one more and one less than a given number. We will doing this practically using Numicon, counting buses and using number lines to help us.

Literacy
The children will be using their phonics knowledge to label a range of underpants.

Expressive Arts and Design
The children will be designing their own underpants.


Dates for your diary
EYFS Nativity: Tuesday 11th December 10.30am or 2.00pm

Bedtime Stories: Friday 7th December 5-5.45pm
Come and join us in the classroom for Christmas bedtime stories, hot chocolate and cookies. Pajamas encouraged!

Christmas Dinner: Wednesday 12th December

Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 14th December

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


Kind Regards,
The Reception Team

Nursery Healthy Eating - Stay and Learn

Thank you to the parents and carers who were able to attend the Nursery Stay and Learn session. The Nutritionist was able to give us all some tips on how to make healthy choices for children. 

The children then really enjoyed having their parents stay with them and complete activities related to healthy eating. They had the opportunity to make fruit skewers, snack a jack faces with vegetables and practice using their knives and forks with playdough. 

Mr Borrell also organised a very impressive pizza workshop for everyone. After modelling how to create a pizza and talking about the importance of using a variety of vegetables as toppings, the parents and children were then able to make their own delicious pizzas.

A big thank you to Mr Borrell (the chef) and Sharon (the nutritionist) for their time on the day. It was lovely to see the parents and children working together so well. We look forward to welcoming everyone again for our next Nursery Stay and Learn session on January 31st focusing on storytelling. 

Reception Certificates!

Congratulations to all our certificate winners this week! 4R certificates were awarded to:

Resilience - Victoria, Raffy, Eric 

Resourcefulness - JJ,Thea-Rose

Reflectiveness - Abdulkarim

Reciprocity - Annabel, Domenique, Rosie

There were lots of reading awards again this week!

Bookmark for reading 10 books: Emma, Kenzie, Lillie, Ralph, Francesca, Annabel

Bronze Star Reader: Flynn, Camila, Billie

Well done to Callum for making his teacher happy!

Well done to our Star Writer, Francesca!

 Remember you can record your bedtime stories in Reception. Keep on reading! 

Nursery Newsletter 26.11.18

Dear Parents,

This week our Stay and Learn session for parents is on Tuesday the 27th. The focus is on Healthy Eating, we have lots of fun activities for you to join in with. The morning session will start at 9.45 and the afternoon session at 130.

DATES: Christmas Bedtime Stories - 7th December at 5pm. Children can come back to school in Christmas Pyjamas to hear Christmas bedtime stories, drink hot chocolate and eat cookies.

Christmas Play 
Nursery are performing a donkey song. They will need to bring in grey or black t-shirts with grey or black trousers. We are creating our own headbands so please do not buy shop bought character costumes, t-shirts and trousers/leggings will be fine.

Maths

We are focusing on Shapes this week. The children are encouraged to identify and name simple shapes when playing games.

Communication and Language  
  The children are playing listening games to encourage them to hear sounds and sequence the order they hear sounds.
Our focus rhyme this week is 'Ten Little Dinosaurs'.

Malleable
The children will explore clay this week. They will be encouraged to think about the texture and how they can manipulate this to create their own dinosaur inspired creations!

 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 Nursery Team

Ready, Steady, Smoothie!

The Reception children took part in their own healthy eating and smoothie masterclass this afternoon. The children started off with some activities to raise their heart beat including jumping jacks, running and some stretches. They then discussed how we need a balance diet and learnt that to keep healthy they need to eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

They were interested to find out that a portion size varies depending on the size of the person. The portion should fill the palm of your hand. We tested this out and found that for Darci this was 6 grapes, but for Darren the chef this was 10 grapes, as he was a lot bigger!

Next up.... smoothie making! Max, Francesca and Larissa stepped up as their class smoothie makers and everyone counted down as the ingredients were added and the blenders turned on. It was quite noisy! Then we got to taste our banana smoothies, they were delicious! We were now refilled and ready for the rest of the afternoon.

"Wow it's super noisy." Max 

"I can feel my heart beating fast." Ryan 

"It was yummy." Victoria 

Reception Newsletter 26.11.18

Term: Autumn 2                       Date: 26.11.18
Dear Parents and Carers,

The children all had a fantastic day during their Lidl and baking extravaganza! It was a very successful first school trip and a lovely experience for all of the children. They listened and behaved well despite high levels of excitement and the questionable weather! Thank you to all of our parents and volunteers, who without the trip would not have been possible.

We have a few jumpers and cardigans that can not be located as well Ryan’s bag of spare clothes. Please could you check if your child has taken something by mistake.

This week we will be reading Whatever Next. We will be discussing and writing about what we would take to space as well as acting out the story. We have also started practising our songs for the upcoming Nativity.

Communication and Language
The children will retelling and acting out the story. They will also be discussing what they would take to space.

Physical Development The children are working hard at writing their names independently as well as practising their letter and number formation.

Maths
We are looking at the language ‘more’ and ‘less’ this week. We will also be combining two groups of objects to find the total.

Literacy
The children will be using their phonics knowledge to write a list of items they would take to space.

Expressive Arts and Design
The children will be designing their own rockets as well as building some from construction materials as well as junk.

Dates for your diary
EYFS Nativity: Tuesday 11th December 10.30am or 2.00pm

Bedtime Stories: Friday 7th December 5-6pm
Come and join us in the classroom for Christmas bedtime stories, hot chocolate and cookies. Pajamas encouraged!

Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 14th December

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


Kind Regards,
The Reception Team

Nursery Stay and Learn - Tuesday 27th November

REMINDER: Nursery Stay and Learn - Tuesday 27th November

Times - 9.45 Start for AM children

1.30 Start for PM children

VENUE: School Hall 

Please come and join your children for a fun and informative session based on Healthy Eating. We have a short talk from a Nutritionist and practical cooking sessions led by a chef and staff. 

Alder Class...Ready, Steady, Bake!

Alder Class had a fantastic time shopping for baking ingredients, cooking, decorating and eating Elmer inspired shortbread biscuits today.

Diwali Breadstick Fireworks

As part of our Celebrations and Festivals topic, the children have been learning about Diwali. Diwali is one of the largest festivals celebrated in the Hindu religion. In Reception, the children enjoyed making breadstick fireworks. The children followed the instructions, taking turns to make the icing sugar, and then they placed the mixture onto their breadsticks. After they added the sprinkles and enjoyed eating their edible fireworks. 

A Little Trip to Lidl for Aspen

Today Aspen class went on their class trip to Lidl to buy all of their ingredients for the baking of their elephant biscuits!

We have been reading 'Elmer' and we wanted to make some elephant biscuits for our elephant parade and "Elmer Day" party. We were very lucky that some parents joined us for the walk in the rain and they helped us find our ingredients and prepare our delicious biscuits!



Flynn: "There are bird cages on these trees... Look!"

JJ: "Can I press the button for the lift?"


Our grown-ups helped us find all the ingredients for preparing baking and decorating our biscuits and then we got to use the tills ourselves. We learnt how to use the self-service tills and we collected our change all by ourselves.

Alex: "I know how to use the till!"



When we got back to school it was time for business! We had to carefully follow our recipe to make sure that our dough was just right for our elephant biscuits. We are already great at handling dough as we do it all the time for our play-dough so we really impressed the grown-ups with our baking expertise.



When the biscuits were baked we had great fun decorating them with all sorts of icing, sweets and goodies to make them pretty and delicious.









A big thank you to all the parents who helped us today and we can't wait for our next outing!

Apple Class Visit Lidl!

Today was a very exciting day for the children in Apple Class, it was their first school trip of the year! The children arrived at school ready for a very busy day ahead. The high vis jackets were on and the children ready to go. The children walked to Lidl following instructions and spotting things on the way. "Look it's the 496!" said George. Once we arrived in Lidl we had a fun filled trip up in the lifts and then set off to do our shopping. 

Each group was responsible for buying certain ingredients for our biscuits, including the decorations. The children set off thinking about were certain items might be kept in the store. Once they selected their shopping we headed to the tills to pay. The children packed their bags, collected their receipts and it was time to head back to school to get baking. After one more trip in the lift! 

The children worked in their groups to follow the same biscuit recipe as we used last week for Children in Need. This meant they were familiar with it and beginning to become more independent. The counted the spoons, mixed, rubbed and rolled. Today we cut out elephant biscuits as our story of the week is Elmer. 

Phew, it was nearly time for lunch! The biscuits were baked and after lunch we got set decorating them. We chose our own colours and decorations like the elephants who dress up for the elephant parade in Elmer. A busy day, full of lots of experiences and fun. The children listened and behaved well despite the high levels of excitement. We hope the children enjoyed the biscuits and maybe shared them with you! 

Reception Certificates!

Congratulations to all our certificate winners this week! 4R certificates were awarded to:

Resilience - Raffy, Kenzie, Megan, Manuella 

Resourcefulness - Bernardo 

Reflectiveness - Alex

Well done to Dominik for making his teacher happy!

Well done to Elyakim and Elise, this week's star writers!

There were lots of reading awards again this week!

Bookmark for reading 10 books: Amber, Mahdi, Niamh, Grace, Khalifa, Lucas, Loju and Jimmy!

 Remember you can record your bedtime stories in Reception. Keep on reading!