Reception Archived 2016-17

Dear parents and carers,

Topic for next half term: Down at the farm

Book for next week: Old MacDonald had a farm

sounds for next week: ch, q, x

Sight words: to, the, I, go, into, no, we, he, she, all, you, my, be, are (please try and help you children read and write these words).

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be thinking about how we need to look after animals and how we take care of ourselves.

Communication & Language and Literacy

We will be reading Old MacDonald had a farm and learning to read and write some animal names.
We will also be practising our tricky words.

Mathematics

We will be learning about our important times of the day and what these look like on a clock.

Understanding the world

We will be thinking about our new topic, down at the farm and discussing what we already know about the farm.

Physical development

We will be doing P.E. on Tuesday- please remember to bring in P.E. kits.

Expressive arts and design

We will be making animal pictures and farmer footprints.

We hope you have a lovely break, see you on Monday 20^th February at 8.55am.

Many Thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for the term: Space

Topic for next week: My little star/ Chinese New year

Personal, social and emotional development

To talk about how we must always be kind to all the friends in our class and make sure that we make each other feel better if we see that somebody is sad.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to be reading a story called ‘My little star’.
We will be describing stars and talking about what else is high up in the sky.

Mathematics

We are going to learn capacity vocabulary.
We are going to explore and experiment with water and different containers.

Understanding the world

We will be learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year on Monday.

Physical development

Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to be making constellation finders using kitchen roll tubes.

We would greatly appreciate any kitchen roll tubes you can collect at home. We need as many as we can get to make our constellation finders on Friday.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for the term: Space

Book for next week: Q Pootle 5 (An alien story book)

Personal, social and emotional development

To talk about how we must always be kind to all the friends in our class and make sure that we make each other feel better if we see that somebody is sad.
To remember to use our inside voices in the classroom.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to be reading a story called ‘Q Pootle 5’.
We will be writing sentences with one adjective in. e.g. The alien is slimy.

Mathematics

We will be learning how to add and take away numbers.
We will be practising how to write number sentences.

Understanding the world

We are going to continue learning about space.

Physical development

Many children do not have their PE kits. This is disappointing as they are unable to join in with activities unless they have their full PE kit. Please make sure children have it ready for Tuesday.
We will be considering what foods and drink are healthy for us and how to look after our bodies.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to make alien pictures using a variety of materials .

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

9^th January 2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for the term: Space

Book for next week: Bob – Man on the moon.

Personal, social and emotional development

To talk about how we must always be kind to all the friends in our class and make sure that we make each other feel better if we see that somebody is sad.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to be reading a story about a man called Bob who is the man on the moon.
We will be looking at features of a letter.
We will be writing letters.

Mathematics

We will be learning about how to describe different sizes & weights using vocabulary such as bigger, smaller, lighter, heavier, greater, shorter and longer.

Understanding the world

We are going to continue learning about space.

Physical development

Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to be making spaceship.

Welcome back to school! We hope you have had a lovely break!

We would greatly appreciate any kitchen roll tubes you can collect at home. We need as many as we can get to make our constellation finders.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

16^th December 2016

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are going to continue with a range of Christmas activities next week. The following information is about our first week back in January. This is going to be the last Reception newsletter of the term.

Topic for next term: Space

Topic for first week back: Bob the man on the Moon

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be reminding ourselves of the classroom rules and how we need to behave whilst we are at school.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to be reading a story about a man called Bob who is the man on the moon.

Mathematics

We will be learning about how to describe different sizes & weights using vocabulary such as bigger, smaller, lighter, heavier, greater, shorter and longer.

Understanding the world

We are going to be learning all about Space next term so we are going to watch some videos of space to help us talk about what we already know.

Physical development

Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to talk about different things we could make this term to reflect our Space topic. We will then use some of these ideas to inform our planning and develop a Space display for our classroom.

Thank you to everyone for coming to our Christmas performance. We hope you had a lovely time.

We have given your child a homework pack to ensure they continue to practise their numbers and phonic sounds throughout the holidays. It is very important that children continue to spend at least 15 minutes daily engaged in some sort of learning activity so they do not fall behind. We hope you find the pack helpful. Next week’s homework is included within this pack.

This will be the last newsletter for this term however please remember that school will continue next week as normal. Children will break up for the holidays on 21^th December at 1.30pm.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for the term: Colour my world

Topic for next week: St Andrews & Advent

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be making sure we use our indoor voices when we are in the classroom. It is important for us to remember this as it can disturb other children’s learning if we are playing too loudly.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to be learning about St Andrews day and Advent.
We are going to be making and labelling a Scottish flag to celebrate St Andrews day.
We are going to learn all about the Christmas story.

Mathematics

We will be learning about 2d and 3d shapes.

Understanding the world

We will be talking about who celebrates Christmas and what some of the traditions are during this time of year.

Physical development

Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to continue practising our Christmas performance and making all the props to go along with our performance.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for the term: Colour my world

Topic for next week: Carnival

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be making sure that we are following classroom rules at all times.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to watch a video about carnivals and think of describing words.
We are going to use these words to read a simple sentence about carnivals.

Mathematics

We will be learning about 2d and 3d shapes.

Understanding the world

We will be learning about carnivals and how they are colourful events.
We will be learning about the Christmas story and preparing for our show.

Physical development

Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to begin practising for the Christmas performance. Details of the show have been announced on the main school’s newsletter.

We would like to ask all Parents and Carers to ask their child about the school day in order to develop their speaking and listening skills. Encourage your child to include as much detail as possible when answering and ensure they are speaking in full sentences when they are talking. This will support oral sentence structure which will then be of help to your child when it comes to writing sentences.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for next term: Colour my world

Topic for next week: Birthdays

Personal, social and emotional development

Next week is anti-bullying week; we will be thinking about what bullying is and how we can stop it. We will be completing activities throughout the week to show what we have learnt.

Communication & language and Literacy

Next week will we will be reading the book ‘The Tunnel’ by Anthony Browne.

Mathematics

We will be learning the names of 3d shapes and their properties.

We will have a range of everyday 3d objects.

Party hat, presents, chocolate roll.

As a class we will identify shapes and discuss some of their properties.

Understanding the world

We will role-play setting up a party, getting dressed up, wrapping presents, giving gifts, playing party games, eating food and giving cake and singing happy birthday.

Physical development

We will be changing for PE from this week. Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to be making our own wrapping paper.

Please continue to practise phonic sounds with children at home. We have daily sessions to read and write sounds ensuring that they are formed correctly. We move on to supporting children read and write simple words once they are confident with their sounds. Please encourage and support children with this at home where possible.

In addition we are practising how to write numbers 1-20. Please ensure children spend time doing this at home.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for next term: Colour my world

Topic for next week: Birthdays

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be making sure that we are following classroom rules at all times.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to learn what to write in a birthday card.

Mathematics

We will be learning how to count objects up to 20 and beyond.

Understanding the world

We will role-play setting up a party, getting dressed up, wrapping presents, giving gifts, playing party games, eating food and giving cake and singing happy birthday

Physical development

We will be changing for PE from this week. Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We are going to be making our own wrapping paper.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for next term: Colour my world

Topic for 1^st week: Colour my world (Diwali/Bonfire)

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be talking about our holidays and what we did during the week.
We will be taking care to listen to each other carefully during this activity.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to introduce our new topic for the term.
We are going to be talking about and writing about fireworks.

Mathematics

We will be learning how to recognise, continue and make up new patterns. We will be doing this using a range of resources.

Understanding the world

We are going to find out about Diwali and Bonfire night.
We will be looking at a range of artefacts and using them to develop our discussions.

Physical development

We will be changing for PE from this week. Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

We will be making very special chalk pictures of fireworks. We are going to put these up to display in our classroom.
We will be making an Indian sweet for Diwali

Please continue to practise phonic sounds with children at home. We have daily sessions to read and write sounds ensuring that they are formed correctly. We move on to supporting children read and write simple words once they are confident with their sounds. Please encourage and support children with this at home where possible.

In addition we are practising how to write numbers 1-20. Please ensure children spend time doing this at home over the half term break.

Many thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

October is 'Black History' month. This week we will be looking at life in an African village.

Topic for the term: Ourselves

Book for next week: ‘Handa’s Surprise’

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be talking about how we can be kind to our friends. What sorts of things could we do to achieve this?

Communication & language and Literacy

We will be read a story called ‘Handa’s Surprise’.
The story is set in Africa so we will be writing a list about things we may need in Africa.
We will pretend to go on a trip to Kenya.

Mathematics

We will be practising counting up to 20 and matching to correct numbers.
We will be sharing objects into equal groups.

Understanding the world

We will be looking at African animals and discussing colour and pattern.

We are going to be exploring a range of materials and foods using our senses.

Physical development

We will be exploring different ways of moving to music.

Expressive arts and design

We will look at patterns and prints on African clothing. And print a pattern using specific shapes and colours.

Many Thanks

Miss Nanavati

We painted portraits of ourselves. We looked in the mirror and painted what we could see!

Can guess who is who?

Dear Parents and Carers,

Topic for the term: Ourselves

Book for next week: ‘Handa’s Surprise’

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be making sure that we are following classroom rules at all times.

Communication & language and Literacy

We will be writing lists.

Mathematics

We will be sharing objects into equal groups.

Understanding the world

We will be looking at African animals and discussing colour and pattern.
We will be looking at the differences and similarities between us and the Masai tribe.

Physical development

We will be exploring different ways of moving to music.

Expressive arts and design

We will be decorating and making African necklaces.

Many Thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are going to give your child homework. This consists of phonic sounds or words to practise writing, your child’s name which they have to trace over and rewrite on the yellow dotted lines below and maths sheets. Homework will be given in homework folders which must be returned with completed homework every Wednesday. New homework will be given every Friday.

Topic for the term: Ourselves and Super heros

Book for next week: ‘My body’

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be playing some cooperative games and discussing how to resolve conflict.

Communication & language and Literacy

We will be learning all about our body.

Mathematics

We will be practising counting up to 20 and matching to correct numbers.

Understanding the world

We are going to be learning about our hands and fingers.
We will talk to the children about the patterns on the pads of their fingers, telling them that the patterns are called fingerprints.
We will give the children some magnifying glasses to look more closely at their fingerprints.

Physical development

We will be practising moving in different ways through an obstacle course!

Expressive arts and design

We will be exploring colour and will see how colour can be changed.
We are going to make self-portraits of ourselves.

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Carers,

This is the first of the weekly newsletters which will be sent home every Friday informing you of what we will be doing at school during the following week; I hope you will find them useful. They will tell you our focus for that week, what we intend to learn and some of the activities we will be doing. This will help you talk to your child about what they have been doing at school and also to help support their learning at home. If you have any questions please just come and ask any day after school.

Topic for the term: Ourselves and Special People

Book for next week: ‘My body’ and ‘Superheros ABC’

Personal, social and emotional development

We will be playing some cooperative games and discussing how to resolve conflict.

Communication & language and Literacy

We will be learning all about our body.

Mathematics

We will be learning a counting rhyme all about superheroes!

Understanding the world

We will be rescuing superheros trapped in ice.

Physical development

We will be exploring different ways of moving to music.

Expressive arts and design

We will be listening to energictic and dramatic music to encourage the children to move like superheros.

Many Thanks

Miss Nanavati

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope you have all had a very healthy and happy summer, where has the time gone I don't know! I'm very excited about the year to come and looking forward to the experiences and the learning we are all going to share. As always if you have any queries or need to speak to me please don't hesitate to do so.

Miss Nanavati Mrs Wall

Our first week in reception.

We have really enjoyed our first week at school! The rules and routines have all been explained to the children and they have all adapted really well into school life.