Reception Newsletter 29.01.18

Term: Spring 1                      Date: 29.01.18

Dear Parents,

We have been invited to attend Jump Evolution for a one hour PE lesson, free of charge.  This will be taking place on Monday 5th February.  If you are available to help chaperone the children there and back in the afternoon on this day please speak to your class teacher.  We have been advised by Jump Evolution, for Health and Safety reason all parent helpers will have to remain in the cafe, which has a viewing gallery for the one hour session.

The children will be reading  The Three Billy Goats Gruff this week and carrying out planned linked activities such as designing bridges retelling the story and recording ideas.  

       The learning objectives:

Personal, Social and Emotional

Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.

Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.

Can usually manage washing and drying hands.

Communication and Language

Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e.g. went downslide, hurt finger).

Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object.

Joins in with repeated refrains.

Literacy

Enjoys increasing range of books.

Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together.

Hears and says the initial sound in words.

      

Physical Development:

Jumps off an object and lands appropriately.

Handles tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control.

Begins to use anticlockwise movement and retrace vertical lines.Forms recognisable letters.

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Mathematics

Order two items by weight or capacity.

Order two or three items by length or height.

Understanding The World

Talks about why things happen and how things work

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences.

Expressive arts and design

Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.

Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.

Begins to build a repertoire of songs and dances.

       This newsletter will  be posted on our EYFS blog and facebook page at the beginning of each week.   It will also be available in the outdoor area, in a blue tray labelled ‘Weekly Newsletter’

  

     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.   

This is an ongoing activity that should take place over a  number of weeks, it should be the children’s own work (supported by the parents) and it needs to be brought into school by the latest on Friday 2nd February so that we can organise the certificates.

 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.

Nursery Rhyme	Artist/Illustrator	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about bears..	To find out facts about the illustrator. Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator. To draw a picture in a similar style	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2.   Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Dates for your diary:

Jump Evolution - Monday 5th February

Read Write Inc Stay and Play - Wednesday 7th February at 9.15am

Number  Day - Friday 2nd February

Sharing Assemblies - Apple  Wednesday 9th May

                                       Alder   Wednesday 13th June

                                       Aspen Wednesday 4th July

Paradise Park -  Trip for children - Thursday 28th June

      The school will be closed on the following days for pupils:

       INSET Days: Polling Day:

9th February 3rd May

25th May

29th June  

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

Reception Star Readers

Congratulations to all of our star readers this week!

In Apple Class Lexie-Mae Dixon and Maggie Potts received their bookmarks for reading 10 books. Awwal Aisimyi received his Bronze Star Reader Award. Noah Livingstone, Lidia Catlin and Zoe Middleton all received their Silver Star Reader and £5 book token.

In Alder Class Anish Kokulan, Jayden Awuah and Preston McGuire have all been working really hard on their reading at home. Each of them has read over 50 books and received their Silver Star Reader Award and a £5 gift token as a reward for their hard work. Well done boys!

In Aspen Class Alessandra Ivanova got her book mark, Danny Constable and Freddie Davey were awarded their Silver award and gift token.  A great effort by all and keep up the hard work.

Nursery Newsletter 29.01.18

Term: Spring 1                     Date: 22.01.2018

Dear Parent/Carer,

The children really enjoyed the story 'The Gingerbread Man' last week. We have decided to continue to focus enhancements around this story this week, the children will continue to make and bake gingerbread men in small groups. This week the children have a fairytale workshop to look forward to on Wednesday and we will celebrate Number Day with the rest of the school on Friday. The children will be able to wear number themed fancy dress on Friday, please see the Number Day handouts/blog for ideas.

 

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

Mathematics
We have a variety of number games planned to celebrate number day including, bingo, hopscotch and number board games.

Physical

The children have started small group sessions with our PE coach Miss Evans. This week they are developing their co-ordination using a large ball to roll, throw and catch.

Literacy

The children have lots of props available for them to create their own fairytale puppets and talk about characters in stories.
In our letters and sounds the children will have key pictures for them to talk about and create their own stories. 

Workshop/Creative
Introducing printing - using various materials such as duplo blocks, shapes, rollers.

Snack

Following a recipe to make and bake gingerbread men.

Communication and Language

Encouraging children to use simple sentences correctly.

Encouraging children to hold a conversation and respond to comments.

Personal and Social Development

Ensuring children are able to co-operate with routines and some boundaries.

Modelling the correct behaviours in play, ensuring children use resources well and begin to share with other children.

Messages

Please remember the whole school newsletter is published on the school blog and Facebook website every week.

Kind regards,

The Nursery Team

Nursery Explore Herbs and Spices

After focusing on the story 'The gingerbread man' the children have been exploring ginger. We used ground ginger to bake gingerbread men and also added this to the play dough. After looking at the ginger root and talking about herbs and spices the children also had the opportunity to explore different herbs and spices in the play dough area. They had scissors available to carefully cut the herbs and make their own creations. This led to lots of discussion and use of the senses.

"I know this smell!" Charleigh

"This one looks like Christmas tree leaves!" Alex

"I'm chopping it and making dinner for everyone." Dominique 

Number Day this Friday!

Broadford's very first Number Day is this Friday! Remember it is a dress up day and there will be a prize for the best dressed child in each class. You can dress up as anything Maths related. Here are a few ideas:

• Sport's shirt with a number on 
• Your favourite number or shape 
• Numicon, calculator, ruler, domino, dice, scales, clock, road sign 

Get creative! We cannot wait to see everyone dressed up on Friday for a day of Maths fun! Staff will be dressing up as well! 

Reception Newsletter 22.1.18

Term: Spring 1                      Date: 22.01.18

Dear Parents,

We have been invited to attend Jump Evolution for a one hour PE lesson, free of charge.  This will be taking place on Monday 5th February.  If you are available to help chaperone the children there and back in the afternoon on this day please speak to your class teacher.  We have been advised by Jump Evolution, for Health and Safety reason all parent helpers will have to remain in the cafe, which has a viewing gallery for the one hour session.

The children will be reading  The Three Little Pigs this week and carrying out planned linked activities such as designing houses, retelling the story and recording ideas.  

Charlie the Storyteller was a great success on Friday.   He engaged the children in amazing stories that they were encouraged to act out and helped to retell.

       The learning objectives:

Personal, Social and Emotional

Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.

Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.

Can usually manage washing and drying hands.

Communication and Language

Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e.g. went downslide, hurt finger).

Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object.

Joins in with repeated refrains.

Literacy

Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together.

Hears and says the initial sound in words.

Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.

      

Physical Development:

Handles tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control.

Begins to use anticlockwise movement and retrace vertical lines.Forms recognisable letters.

Can usually manage washing and drying hands.

.

Mathematics

Order two items by weight or capacity.

Says the number that is one more than a given number.

Counts out up to six objects from a larger group.

Understanding The World

Talks about why things happen and how things work

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences.

Expressive arts and design

Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.

Begins to build a repertoire of songs and dances.

Constructs with a purpose in mind.

       This newsletter will  be posted on our EYFS blog and facebook page at the beginning of each week.   It will also be available in the outdoor area, in a blue tray labelled ‘Weekly Newsletter’

  

     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.   

This is an ongoing activity that should take place over a  number of weeks, it should be the children’s own work (supported by the parents) and it needs to be brought into school by the latest on Friday 2nd February so that we can organise the certificates.

 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.

Nursery Rhyme	Artist/Illustrator	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about bears..	To find out facts about the illustrator. Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator. To draw a picture in a similar style	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2.   Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Dates for your diary:

Storytelling Man - Friday 19th January

Jump Evolution - Monday 5th February

Read Write Inc Stay and Play - Wednesday 7th February at 9.15am

Sharing Assemblies - Apple  Wednesday 9th May

                                       Alder   Wednesday 13th June

                                       Aspen Wednesday 4th July

Paradise Park -  Trip for children - Thursday 28th June

      The school will be closed on the following days for pupils:

       INSET Days: Polling Day:

9th February 3rd May

25th May

29th June  

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