Nursery - Barleylands Trip Tomorrow

Reminder: Nursery trip to Barleylands farm tomorrow

All children (AM and PM sessions) are leaving by coach at 9.15am and can be collected at 2.45pm. Children need to wear school uniform and comfy shoes to walk around the farm on. Lunch should be in a plastic carrier bag so this can be thrown away after the lunch session to avoid children carrying items all day. If it is a lovely warm day make sure the children have put on their suncream before coming to school and have sun hats.

We are looking forward to visiting all of the animals and making some tasty treats!

Jasper’s Letter

This week the children have been reading the story, Jasper’s Beanstalk as part of our Growing and Changing Topic. When the children returned from lunch they found a massive pile of mud, a spade and a letter! The children thought that Goldilocks had been back to our classrooms. Everyone was excited to read the letter and find out why they had been left in a mess. Quickly and excitedly, we opened the letter to find that Jasper had been trying to plant his own beans. He had to leave in the middle of planting and left a note apologising for the mess and asking for help, we decided to write instructions for planting beans and send them to Jasper!

Alder Class worked with their talk partner to discuss how to plant a seed. Next they discussed what a seed needed to grow. After they used their phonic knowledge to write a list of instructions for Jasper. Lastly, the children were enthralled to find out what happened to Jasper’s seeds as we read our story. 

“Look at that mess, I think it’s that Goldilocks again!” Danny.

“I know who Jasper is, he is a cat from our book.” Chloe.

Tadpoles, Tadpoles, Frogs...

The Reception children have been enthralled by the arrival of our new visitors, the tadpoles. Miss Poulter and Miss Tynan kindly arranged to bring some of our pond creatures into our Reception outdoor area. The tadpoles have been an amazing addition to our outdoor area and the children have loved observing and commenting on them. With magnifying glasses at hand, the children have been observing the tadpoles and talking about how they will grow and change.

As part of this terms unit of work, Growing and Changing, we have added the tadpoles and frog investigation area. The children will be able to make observations of all the developments they can see, while finding  out more about the life cycle of frogs. This is to encourage the children to talk about the changes that occur throughout the development and the differences between the stages from tadpoles to frogs. The children have looked at posters of the life cycle of frogs and commented that as the tadpoles grow they will become frogs. 

“ Tadpoles turn into frogs.” Awwal

“Do you know how I know they are tadpoles? I watched Ben and Holly and they had tadpoles and they turned into frogs!” Ellie-Maie

The Very Hungry Receptioners

Reception children were very lucky to have a special visitor come to visit them! As part of our ‘growing and changing’ topic, we have been developing our understanding of the world and learning about living things and their life cycles.

Paul came with his mini-beast workshop and the children enjoyed the interactive retelling of ‘The very hungry caterpillar’. The immersive workshop allowed them to discuss and develop their knowledge about minibeasts and life cycles whilst listening attentively and joining in with the story-acting. 

Mud Kitchen Fun - Worm hunt

The mud kitchen is always a fun option for the children to play and learn in.  A number of children from chose to explore the mud kitchen last week.  Thomas did some fantastic cooking and made a three course meal for the practitioner which included a 'Splendid Chocolate cake' whilst Steven, Janiya and Zuriel were searching for worms.  The children were delighted when they eventually found a worm.  Zuriel held it carefully whilst they all observed its features closely and sang the song "There's a worm at the bottom of the garden". Afterwards she carefully placed it back where she had found it, demonstrating care and concern for the living creature.

 

There's a worm at the bottom of the garden. 

And his name is Wiggly Woo. 

There's a worm at the bottom of the garden. 

And all that he can do. 

Is wiggle all night. 

And wiggle all day. 

Whatever else the people do say. 

There's a worm at the bottom of the garden.

Reception Newsletter 08.05.18

Term: Summer 1                     Date: 07.04.18

Dear Parents,

Our caterpillars continue to grow, the children have been very interested in the changes that have been taking place with them.  They can’t wait for the caterpillars to build their cocoons.

Furthermore this week, we will be reading the text ‘The Bad Tempered Ladybird’ and carrying out related tasks.

Important Notices:

Apple Class  Sharing Assembly - Wednesday 9th May

       Picnic at Central Park and visit to Mead School’s Farm.  

      Monday 14th May - Aspen Class

Tuesday 15ths May - Apple Class

       Wednesday 16th May - Alder Class

Any parents who are able to help on this trip please speak to your class teacher:

Walking down the ramp:

It is that time of year when  we start to encourage the children to develop their independence skills even further and walk down the ramp with their peers.  If you feel you child is ready, please encourage them to do so. Parents and carers can stand at the top of the ramp and watch them walk safely in their classrooms. This usually helps with the transition in Year 1.

      The learning objectives:

Personal, Social and Emotional

ELG: They are confident to speak in a familiar group, will talk about their ideas, and will choose the resources they need for their chosen activities.

Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.

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

Communication and Language

ELG: Children express themselves effectively, showing awareness of listeners' needs.

ELG: They answer 'how' and 'why' questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events.   

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

Literacy

ELG: Children read and understand simple sentences.

ELG: They also write some irregular common words.

ELG: They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately.

        Physical Development:

        ELG: Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.

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.

Mathematics

ELG: Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.
ELG: Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number.

To select the correct numeral to represent 1-20.

Understanding The World

ELG: Children know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

ELG: They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.

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

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.

       

         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. Please find some ideas in the table below.  Please ensure the completed challenge is handed in to your child’s teacher by Monday 21st May, so that the certificates can be prepared.

 

 Person:  Mr Bloom

 Piece of Art: Eric Carle - illustrator

  

Illustration by Eric Carle	Person: Mr Bloom
1.  To find out facts about the illustrator. 2. To make a collage of one of his illustrations. 3. To choose a favourite illustration and talk/write about why you like it.	Draw a portrait of the person. Find out facts about the person. 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)

         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

Weeds, weeds, weeds!

Reception have been busy preparing their flower beds ready for some more planting. The daffodils have now finished flowering and the children dug up the bulbs to store for later in the year. Whilst pulling up the bulbs the children were amazed to observe the roots they could see growing from the bulbs. They also looked at the other parts including the leaves, stem and bulb. The children also had to remove the weeds in the flower beds. As we removed the weeds we discussed why we needed to remove them. 

The children are very excited to plant the beanstalks we have been growing into our flower beds and hopefully some sunflowers soon! Watch this space! 

"These are the roots, they are white. What do they do?" Millie 

"My beanstalk is the tallest" Awwal 

"This weed is really tricky, look how big it is!" John