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! 

Reception Newsletter 19.11.18

Term: Autumn 2            Date: 19.11.18

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you for all your support and contributions towards Children in Need on Friday. There was a lot of money raised for a great cause and much fun was had by all. The children loved baking biscuits and dressing up the teacher was a hit!

We have a few jumpers and cardigans that can not be located as well as Max’s trousers. Please could you check your child’s school clothing in case they have taken anything home by mistake.

This week the children will be baking biscuits again, but this time they will need to buy their own ingredients. Each class will be visiting Lidl at some point this week to buy the ingredients they need, before returning to school to make the biscuits. The recipe has been turned into a simple spoon recipe and the children are able to follow this with just a little support.

This week we will be reading Elmer. We will be baking elephant biscuits, discussing what we are good and finishing the week with an elephant parade.



Communication and Language
The children will sequencing pictures from the story and retelling it in their own words. As well as discussing what they are good at.

Physical Development
The children will need their fine motor skills as we bake biscuits. Carefully measuring the ingredients, stirring, kneading and rolling. Baking and following the recipe will also allow the children to apply their maths skills.

Maths
This week we are looking at money and using everyday language related to money. We will be looking at different coins, setting up a shop in our role play areas and of course visting Lidl to buy our ingredients.

Literacy
They will also be writing simple instructions to make biscuits.


Dates for your diary

Lidl Trip
Apple - Monday 19th November
Aspen - Tuesday 20th November
Alder - Wednesday 21st November

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!


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

Children in Need in Reception!

The Reception children loved baking biscuits for Children in Need. They worked in small groups to bake shortbread biscuits. The children followed the recipe, carefully counting out the required numbers of spoons. They then mixed, rubbed and rolled the mixture before cutting out their biscuits. As it is for Children in Need we thought decorating them with spots would be fitting!

Friday was a fun packed day of fundraising activities. Highlights included dressing up the teachers from recycled materials, the coin race and the cake sale. I think you will agree the teachers outfits were incredible and the children loved putting their creative skills to the test. There was much laughter and a lot of reciprocity demonstrated!

Thank you for all of your donations and contributions on Friday. The children had a lot of fun and I am sure we raised a lot of money for Children in Need! 

Nursery Newsletter 12.1118

Term: Autumn 1                       Date: 12 .11.18

Dear Parents,

You have been given a time for a parent meeting with teachers, the first meeting is a chance to talk about how the children are progressing, what the end of year expectations are and to answer any questions you may have about your child's development. We look forward to meeting with you all, if you are unable to make the time given please speak to a member of the Nursery team so we can re-schedule your appointment.

This Friday we a hosting very special day to raise money for Children in Need.

This will include lots of fun events including:

Coin race - over the next week or so can you try to bring in any spare copper coins you have. Let’s see which class wins!

Teddy bear’s afternoon tea - The children will be given a timeslot to go to the hall for afternoon tea. Each cake/biscuit will cost between 20-50p and the children can then enjoy their treat with their teddies and friends. This event will be in the afternoon but Morning parents who wish to attend with their children can come at 2.20. Afternoon parents can attend at

We will be having our own in class Teddy Parties so Morning and Afternoon children can bring their teddy for their session on Friday.

Non-uniform day with a theme - The theme is yellow or polka dots - or both! The children can wear their own clothes and jazz them up with polka dots or wear yellow clothing. If you are struggling to find clothing to match the theme a simple idea would be to draw polka dots on a plain t-shirt. If you would like to add Pudsey accessories to your outfit feel free! We ask that you contribute £1 per family to this great cause if your child is in non-uniform and any further donations are welcome.

Understanding of the World 
This week the children will be learning to bake a cake following recipe. They will need to use balancing scales to balance the ingredients against 2 eggs.

Maths
The children have been carefully beads to add to pipe cleaners this will be available for them to continue to develop 1:1 correspondence.

Communication and Language 
The children are playing listening games to encourage them to hear sounds and sequence the order they hear sounds.
Our focus story this week is "The Owl who said Wow."

Malleable

This children enjoyed setting up an Autumn inspired tuff tray last week. We added dried ingredients such as peas, red lentils, chickpeas and pumpkins along with different sized containers and scoops. The children carefully scooped their mixtures developing concentration skills and adults were on hand to develop the children's language and maths as they explored the materials.

Key Dates
Parents Meetings will be towards the beginning or the end of a session during the week commencing on the 19th of November. You will receive your time shortly, please speak to a member of staff if you are unable to make your slot.
27th November - Healthy Eating Stay and Learn session. This will be an opportunity to stay with your child, learn about how we develop healthy eating in school. We also have a nutritionist and Chef visiting so parents can take part in some fun cooking activities with their children.

 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 12.11.18

Term: Autumn 2               Date: 12.11.18
Dear Parents and Carers,

Last week was a very busy one! The children loved learning about Diwali and Bonfire Night. They made some fabulous firework pictures and crafts. The bonfire was enjoyed by all and there definitely were a few sticky faces and smokey smelling children on Thursday. We hope you saw our video of the bonfire on Facebook and the blog last week. We were also busy making poppies for our school display, marking 100 years since World War 1. I think you will agree the school looked great on Friday and was a lovely display of remembrance.

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the Phonics Stay & Learn on Thursday, the turnout was fantastic. We hope you enjoyed the session and found it useful.

This week we will be reading Funnybones. We will be naming and trying to label parts of the body as well as looking at real animal bones. We also will be baking biscuits in preparation for Children in Need on Friday.


Communication and Language
The children will be joining in with key refrains an rhyme within the story. They will also be discussing where they would go on an adventure.

Physical Development
The children will need their fine motor skills as we bake biscuits. Carefully measuring the ingredients, stirring, kneading and rolling. Baking and following the recipe will also allow the children to apply their maths skills.

Maths
This week we will be looking at the key vocabulary ‘same’ and ‘different’. We will be comparing groups of objects as well as discussing which group has ‘more’ or ‘less’. The children will also look at splitting a group of objects in different ways but realising the total is always the same.

Literacy
We will be labelling parts of the body using our phonics knowledege.

Understanding the World
We have a variety of bones and skulls that the children will be able to observe, discuss and make their own representations of.


Dates for your diary
Children in Need: Friday 16th November
Your child can come to school wearing yellow or spots. If they would like to dress up we are asking for a donation of £1 per family to go towards Children in Need. There will also be a Teddy Bear’s Picnic in the afternoon and you may like your child to bring in some change (20-50p) to buy a biscuit or cake. There will be lots of other fun activities happening too, please see the Children in Need letter.

Lidl Trip
Apple - Monday 19th November
Aspen - Tuesday 20th November
Alder - Wednesday 21st November

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!

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

Reception Certificates!

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

Resilience - Grace and Macie

Reciprocity - Princess, Aisha and Ryan

Resourcefulness - Elyakim

Reflectiveness - Lexi

Congratulations also go to George and Miraz for receiving an 'I made my teacher happy' award. 

There were lots of reading awards this week! 

Bookmark for reading 10 books: Alex, Asad, Olivia, Maxi, Oliver, Eden, Macie and Liam 

Bronze certificate for reading 25 books: Larissa and Lacey 

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

Reception Toast Marshmallows!

You may have noticed your child coming home from school today smelling a little smokey! Reception have spent the afternoon toasting marshmallows and singing songs around a campfire. Singing songs around a campfire is one of the 48 experiences children will partake in during their time at Broadford. The week of Bonfire night seemed like a fitting time to do so.

Before heading down to the campfire the children discussed ways to stay safe around the fire. Each class agreed that they needed to listen to instructions, remember to walk and that they should stay seated whilst waiting for their turn. The children followed the rules fantastically and all of the staff were very impressed.

We sang a few of our favourite songs around the campfire and also learnt some new ones including Campfire's Burning. The children loved toasting and tasting their marshmallows and bananas and there were a few sets of sticky fingers and faces to be found.

"Campfire's burning, campfire's burning, 

draw nearer, draw nearer, 

in the glowing, in the glowing, 

come sing and be merry."

"It was so sticky!" Aisha 

"Look at all the smoke." Max 

"They tasted great!" Dominic J 

Firework Food

In preparation for the firework season and our week learning about Diwali, Reception children worked very hard to make lots of special pasta that they can use for their arts and crafts and finger gyms.



The children developed their fine motor control painting each individual piece of pasta and they took responsibility for all the mess by cleaning and tidying up after themselves!


After our pasta had dried we then mixed in lots of glue and glitter to make our pasta sparkly and glittery, ready to use in our own arts and crafts.




Luckily, nobody wanted to eat this special pasta because we think it might give us a tummy ache.

We have also been making spicy rice! Using a special blend of rice, food colouring and exotic spices, we have made a good supply of resources for tracing our letters and it looks just like fireworks!