Ready, Steady, SNOW!

Nursery children wrapped up, put on their wellies and explored the snow today. Many of the children could not remember seeing this much snow before! They commented on how sparkly and magical the field looked and were amused at the 'squeak' they could hear as they walked across in wellies.

The children enjoyed throwing snowballs, making snow towers and those who were brave enough joined Year 1 in sledding down the hill. The children finished off the sessions by enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows to warm them up. 

"Wow, look it has shiny bits!" Larissa

"I went so fast!" Michael 

Winter Wonderland in Reception

Today at Broadford, our Reception superstars have been enjoying the 'Beast from the East' snow.
For many of our children it is the first time that they have seen such a winter wonderland.

This morning we all had a think about what to wear outdoors. We dressed from our head to our toes in our outdoor gear - we were ready to tackle the snow and ice! With wellies and snow boots, hats and scarves, gloves and mittens, the Reception team went out to explore.

The children made the best snow angels that Harold Hill has ever seen. 

Frankie: "I make the best snow angels!"

Reception Superheroes!

The children in Reception have been busy saving the day in their new role play area.  Role play provides children with the chance to develop their communication and language skills, social skills and also provides opportunities for writing and expressive arts and design. The children have been donning capes and masks and responding to emergency phone calls. They demonstrated great reciprocity with their peers as they developed narratives within their play.

“We need to work together, the baddies are coming!” Nicholas 

“I’m Supergirl.” Millie 

“The phone is ringing, someone get it, there’s an emergency!” Isla 

Nursery Make and Bake Gingerbread Men

The children made their own Gingerbread men just like the baker in the 'The Gingerbread Man'. They enjoyed exploring the ingredients needed and following the recipe. We spoke about how the lady baked the gingerbread man in the story and looked carefully at the ingredients in her recipe. The children worked well as a group to follow the pictures on the recipe. They used all of their senses; we smelt the ginger, touched the sticky mixture, looked carefully as we rolled the dough thinly, listened carefully to instructions and finally tasted the delicious end product!

"I hope he dosen't run away from me!" Michael

Reception Star Readers 23.02.18

Congratulations to all of our star readers this week!

In Apple Class  Danny Little received his bookmark. Awwal Asimiyu and Zachary Auger both received their Silver Star Reader and £5 book voucher. Summer Carruth, Lottie Eve and Tele Onabajo all received their chosen books for reading 75 books at home. Lucas Kalmakrian received his Gold Star Reader Award for reading over 100 books. 

In Alder Class  Hussameldin Bashir and Theia Emate received their Bronze Star Reader Award for reading over 25 books. Ellie-Maie Dekeyzer received a bookmark for reading 10 books. 

In Aspen Class Alessandra Ivanova received her bookmarks for reading 10 books. Korey Stewart and Aksanan Jegathas received their Bronze Star Reader Award whilst  Maya-Rose Cripps gained her Silver Star Reader Award and £5 book token. Lastly Nevaeh Gibb-Clark received her Gold Star Reader Award for reading over 100 books. 

A great effort by all and keep up the hard work.

                               

                                     

Reception Newsletter 26.02.18

Term: Spring 2                      Date: 26.02.18

Dear Parents,

We are going to start our Superhero topic off with Sportacus and healthy living particularly looking at healthy eating and food groups.

       The learning objectives:

Personal, Social and Emotional

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

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

Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.

Communication and Language

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

Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.

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

Literacy

Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts.

Knows that information can be retrieved from books and computers.

Enjoys increasing range of books.

      

Physical Development:

Eats a healthy range of foodstuffs and understands the need for variety in food.

       Shows some understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health.

Use a pencil and holds it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.

Mathematics

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

In practical activities uses the vocabulary involved with adding and subtracting.

To match numerals to quantity.

Understanding The World

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

Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences.

Shows an interest in different ways of life.

Expressive arts and design

Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects.

Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.

Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.

       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.

 Person:  A Superhero

 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:

Romford Recorder School Photos - Wednesday 7th March

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 (Non Pupil Days) Polling Day:

  25th May 3rd 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

Nursery Newsletter 26.2.18

Dear Parent/Carer,

The children enjoyed learning about the traditions of Chinese New Year and sampling Chinese food.
They have been acting out making pancakes in the home corner so we have decided to follow the
children’s interests and focus on the story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ this week.
The children will be able to make pancakes in small groups and choose from a selection of fruit
toppings.

This Thursday is World Book Day. Nursery will join the rest of the school and dress up as their favorite
book character for the day.

Art

The children have access to different mark making resources and equipment to make collages
and create their own pictures.

Mathematics

This week we will begin our ‘Ten Town’ programme and learn the number stories relating to zero
and one. This will support the children to recognise and form these numbers correctly.

Physical

In their weekly PE lessons the children will be learning how to throw a catch small soft balls.

Snack

The children will be making pancakes to taste this week.

Communication and Language

Encouraging children to use simple sentences correctly.

Encouraging children to hold a conversation and respond to comments.

We will be supporting the children to learn how to tell stories this week by selecting pictures
from story bags.

Understanding of the World

In the home corner we will be giving the children opportunities to re-enact experiences and talk
about their home lives.

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

We have had a report of threadworm in EYFS. To control the spread of this it is important children
regularly wash their hands well. We will make new playdough with the children every day and ensure
equipment is thoroughly sterilized after use to ensure this is not spread in Nursery .

Kind regards,

The Nursery Team

Reception Star Readers

Congratulations to all of our star readers this week!

In Apple Class Ellie-Jane Pudney received her Bronze Star Reader Award whilst John Owers and Finley Clark gained their Silver Star Reader Award and £5 book token. Harry Cole and Lucas Kalmakrian both received their chosen books for reading 75 books. Tele Onabajo received his Gold Star Reader Award for reading over 100 books. 

In Alder Class, Kyle Mitson received his Bronze Star Reader Award for reading over 25 books.

Nicholas Adeniyi received his Gold Star Award and his trophy for reading over 100 books.

In Aspen Class Mihai Eftene and Gregori Soteriou received their bookmarks for reading 10 books.

Nevaeh Gibb-Clark received a book of her choice for reading 75 books.

A great effort by all and keep up the hard work.

                                              

                                              

Reception Newsletter & Learning Challenge 19.02.18

Term: Spring 2                      Date: 19.02.18

Dear Parents,

A big welcome back to all of the pupils and their families, we hope you all get an opportunity to recharge your batteries over half term.  This half term our new topic is ‘Fact or Fiction?’ with a particular focus on ‘Superheroes’ , however this week we will be exploring Chinese New Year.

This week we will carrying out various Chinese New Year activities including lantern making and tasting Vegetarian Noodles.

      The learning objectives:

Personal, Social and Emotional

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

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

Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.

Communication and Language

Responds to instructions involving a two-part sequence.

Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.

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

Literacy

Knows that information can be retrieved from books and computers.

Enjoys increasing range of books.

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

      

Physical Development:

Travels with confidence and skill around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment.

Jumps off an object and lands appropriately.

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

Mathematics

To match numerals to quantity.
To recognise and order numbers to 10.
Order two items by weight or capacity.

Understanding The World

Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences.

Shows an interest in different ways of life.

Shows interests in the lives of people who are familiar to them.

Expressive arts and design

Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects.

Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.

Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.

       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.

 Person:  A Superhero

 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:

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 (Non Pupil Days) Polling Day:

25th May 3rd 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