Reception Newsletter 14.01.19

Term: Spring 1                        Date: 14.01.19

Dear Parents and Carers,

The children have all settled in well after the holidays. They were excited to see their friends and teachers and to share stories of their holidays. We started reading The Gingerbread Man last week and a highlight of the week was definitely baking our own gingerbread men. This week we will continue to read The Gingerbread Man, retelling it in our words. We will also be thinking of alternative endings and building our own bridge for the Gingerbread Man to escape the cunning fox.

Thank you for all the Parent Share feedback forms we have received. If you still have one at home, we would love your feedback or if you would like another form please let your class teacher know.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
The children will be working in pairs to design and build a bridge for the gingerbread man to cross the river on from cocktail sticks and foam pieces. They will need to collaborate, communicate and listen to others ideas as they do so.

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



Maths

We are going to be focussing on a teen number each week this term. Many children already know their teen number but we will be looking at them in greater depth, including the different representations of the number (tally marks, ten-frames, Numicon, dots) as well as different ways we could make the number (addition and subtractions, use of coins and Numicon). This weeks number is 11. Perhaps you can spot the number at home or outside. We will be looking at counting out objects from larger groups and selecting the right numeral represent objects.

Literacy
The children will be reading a simple copy of The Gingerbread Man themselves, applying their phonics knowledge. As well as writing speech bubbles for the Gingerbread Man.

Expressive Arts and Design We will continue to model the new resources in our home corner and bakery. Encouraging children to add narratives to their play.

Dates for your diary:

Maths Stay & Learn Session: Tuesday 22nd January 2.00pm

Literacy Stay & Learn Session: Tuesday 12th March

Messages:

Can we please ask that your child has their reading folder in school on their reading day so that their reading books can be changed. If you are unsure of what day this is, please ask. A staff member will read with your child on this day also writing in their record. Remember to write in your child’s reading record each time you read together at home, as these will be counted towards reading awards as well as letting staff know how your child is getting on at home. You should be aiming to read together for around ten minutes on most days.

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 is optional and 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 optional ongoing activity that should take place over a number of weeks, it should be the children’s own work (supported by the parents).

Person: Choose a Traditional Tale Character
Artist/Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Poem/Song to learn: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

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.

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