Nursery Certifictates 21.04.25

 

This week, one child in Nursery has received an 'E for Excellence' certificate.

Well done to Samad who has been awarded an E for Excellence certificate this week because of your amazing art skills during this weeks art activity. You were willing to have a go and try something new. Well done, Samad! 

This week, one child in Nursery has received an 'I made my teacher happy' certificate.

Well done to Keegan who has been awarded the I have made my teacher happy certificate because you were able to mix the paint to make the colours of the rainbow. You then taught one of your friends how to mix the colours. Well done, Keegan! 

Nursery Learning 21.04.25

Important dates:

Bank Holiday- 5th May 

INSET day- 21st July 

The children have had a great first week back at nursery and have been keeping busy. Our focus book this week was 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. This story led to the discussion of growing and changing, which we explored in our focus group time. The children will soon be growing their very own cress heads and will learn to care for them and watch them grow! 

Communication and langauge

This week the children have continue to recognise rhyming patterns in words. The children are learning to hear that the rhyming patterns are found at the end of the words. 

Practise finding the words that rhyme with the following words: 

Moon (Spoon)

Bat (Cat)

Bee (Tree)

Expressive Arts and Design 

 

The focus on the art table has been how to use a glue stick correctly. To help practise this skill, the children designed a flower with collage paper. 

Understanding of the World 

On Wednesday, the children had lots of fun learning about the history of St Georges' Day! They listened to a story about George and the Dragon and then made their own St Georges' Day flags. 

Physical development 

The children were provided with loose part materials needed to make flowers on the playdough table. The children moulded and shaped the dough in different ways to make thier own type of flower. 

 The children have had lots of fun outside continuing to develop their balance and co-ordination skills. 

Continuous Provision 

Inside we have added some enhancements to our continuous provision areas. The children have especially loved the new connecting rods in the construction area. They enjoyed building houses and buildings as tall as them!  

 

Reception - What we were learning about W/B 21.04.25

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

This term our topic is Plants and life cycles. Our focus book this week was Jasper’s Beanstalk.

Here is what we have been up to:

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. The children have all been reassessed and are now working in groups based on this. This week we learnt all about Plants.  We thought about what plants need to grow and the life cycle of a bean. 

We recapped our red words the, a, I, of, he, go, to, my, was, you and remembered that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop. This week we learnt how to write the red word ‘we’. 

Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 or 2 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

We also learnt about St George and how it is a very special day for English people.

In Maths this week the children have been building numbers beyond 10.

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!

Reception certificates 25.04.25

                   Reception E for Excellence

We have had a fantastic week of learning and there has been so much to celebrate and be proud of in Reception! 

These children worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their determination and efforts.

Apple 

E for Excellence - Zacky H for his hard work this week. Zacky H tried hard to apply his sounds to his writing. He used a sound mat to help him find sound out and write words. Well done Zacky! 

Dojo points - Warda for listening well in all lessons this week. Well done Warda! 

Star Writer - Adelynn, for writing sentences describing what we need to give to a bean plant to help it grow. Well done Adelynn!

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford- 

These pupils have read ten books and earned their Silver certificate - 

These pupils have read fifthteen books and earned their Gold certificate -

Aspen 

E for Excellence - Emmanuel

Dojo points - Eva

Star Writer - Thomas

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford- 

This pupil have read five books and earned their Silver certificate - Bonnie Blu

These pupils have read ten books and earned their Silver certificate - Viyan

Alder

E for Excellence - Jazelle

Dojo points - Kamari

Star Writer - Renae

Happy St George's Day from Reception

Happy St George's Day from Reception!

 

Reception Summer Newsletter - Updated

Dear Parents and Carers, Term: Summer        

Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed the Easter break and are looking forward to the Summer term. This term our topic is ‘Growth and Life Cycles’. In Summer 2 our topic will be Journeys. During these topics your child will continue to develop all of the independent skills we have been working towards since September; we are now aiming for those Early Learning Goals. 

Trips and Experiences

We would like to give you advance notice that there will be a trip to ‘Call of the Wild Zoo’ in July and this will cost £15. We will send out more information very soon. We will be visiting the pond and growing butterflies this half term. In summer 2 we will build a fort and take part in transitional activities to prepare us for year 1.

Dojo

Thank you for your engagement with Class Dojo. We are very pleased to see what the children have been getting up to outside of school! We hope you are enjoying the weekly photos and updates. Please feel free to use this platform to contact your class teacher with any questions you may have during school hours 8.30am - 4pm.

Reading 

Thank you for all of your support with the children’s reading at home so far. Just to remind you that the expectation is to read and sign the reading record at least 5 times a week. This is part of the home / school agreement that you signed at the beginning of the year. It is important that your child reads every day to help prompt not only the development of reading but also the love of reading.

Please continue to ensure that your child brings their reading folder to school on their reading day. If you are unsure of your child’s reading day please ask your child’s class teacher.

Additionally, if you have misplaced your child’s current word sheet please let your child’s class teacher know. Please also continue to record any reading you do at home in your child’s reading record. Thank you.

Uniform

In sending your child to Broadford Primary School, you agree to follow the uniform policy and work within the spirit it was written. The policy has been set out to be informative and clear; should you require clarification on any area of the school’s uniform, please contact the School Office or your child’s class teacher. The uniform options are:

Navy blue sweatshirt (preferably with the Broadford logo)

Navy blue cardigan (preferably with the Broadford logo)

Navy blue fleece (preferably with the Broadford logo)

Collared white t-shirt (preferably with the Broadford logo)

Grey trousers tailored, knee length grey shorts (worn with grey or white socks)

Grey regulation knee-length skirt (worn with grey or white socks)

Grey tights

Blue and white gingham dress (full length pattern)

Black shoes or trainers (no heels or coloured markings)

All school uniform is available through Khalsa School Wear. Children are permitted to wear stud earrings. Children must also not attend school wearing make-up or nail varnish/fake nails. Jogging bottoms and leggings are not part of our uniform policy.

Hair accessories

We kindly ask that children do not come to school with large hair bows and accessories. Hair accessories  should be small and limited to simple ribbons, bands or clips and restricted to basic colours of blue and white. 

Missing clothing

Please ensure ALL items of clothing that are brought into school are labelled. It is important that children are responsible for their own items but in order to help them locate these, names must be included. We have asked all children to put their jumpers and cardigans in their tray. Thank you for your support with this.

Phonics

The children have once again been assessed and placed into phonics groups based on their current stage of learning in phonics. They will continue to learn ‘special friends’. This term is used to refer to set 2 sounds - ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo, ar, or, ir, air, ou, oy. They will continue to learn to blend sounds into words moving from oral blending to reading short sentences.

Literacy

Stories are a key part of our curriculum and high quality texts will be used throughout the day to foster the children’s love of reading. This half term we will be focusing on Growth and Life Cycles. We begin with Jasper’s Beanstalk, Oliver’s Vegetables, Tango Makes Three, A Tadpole’s Promise and The Hungry Caterpillar. Please check Dojo and our blogs to see what the children get up to. 

Maths

The children have spent the Spring term building their understanding of numbers within 5 and learning lots of new maths vocabulary. In Summer, we now move on to the composition of numbers to 5, mass and capacity, building on our knowledge of numbers to 10 and length, height and time. Please see some further information around these topics below:

Summer 1
Week 1 & 2		Week 3	Week 4 & 5
To 20 and Beyond		How Many Now	Manipulate, Compose and Decompose
Small Steps
Build numbers beyond 10  Continue patterns beyond 10   Build numbers beyond 10  Continue patterns beyond 10 Verbal counting beyond 20 Verbal counting patterns		Add more How many did I add? Take away How many did I take away?	Select shapes for a purpose Rotate shapes Manipulate shapes  Explain shape arrangements Compose shapes  Decompose shapes  Copy 2-D shape pictures Find 2-D shapes within 3-D shapes

Summer 2
Week 1 & 2	Week 3, 4 & 5			Week 6 & 7
Sharing and grouping	Visualise, build and map			Make connections/ consolidation
Small Steps
Explore sharing Sharing Explore grouping Grouping Even and odd sharing Play with and build doubles	Identify units of repeating patterns Create own pattern rules Explore own pattern rules Replicate and build scenes and constructions Visualise from different positions Describe positio Give instructions to build Explore mapping			Deepen understanding Patterns and relationships

Communication and Language

We will be finding information about plants from non-fiction texts and the internet. We will use the library to research our favourite vegetables. We will continue to practise our high frequency words and letter formation. We will recount our own experiences of plants, grow cress, design posters, write fact files and label life cycles. 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development 

Children will be encouraged to think about the importance of caring for plants and looking after them properly. We will talk about forests, parks, ponds and trees. We will go out to the large playground to have a look around and prepare us for year 1, as part of our transition for next year. 

Physical Development

We will continue with our indoor P.E lessons, introducing greater independence to each child by helping them to select and move equipment. 

Key Dates

Monday 5th May	Bank holiday (School closed)
W/B 12th May	Reception trip to the pond (onsite)
Wednesday 21st May	Reception Stay and Learn afternoon
Friday 23rd May	Last day of Summer 1
Monday 2nd June	First day of Summer 2
Wednesday 11th June	Reception and Year 1 Sports afternoon
Thursday 12th June	Clas photos
Friday 11th July	Call of the Wild Zoo trip
Thursday 17th July	The Colour Run - Attendance Reward

If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team please drop us a message on Dojo or email at reception@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Thank you for your continued support and working hard with your children at home. 

    

Mrs Marie, Miss Mullan, Miss Hurell and Mrs Ellender