Summer 1 Week 5
Week beginning 15th May 2017
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It is hard to believe that we are fast approaching the final term of your child’s year in Reception. We are currently planning ahead for your child’s transition into Year 1 in September and so we ask that you please support us to ensure they make a smooth transition over the remaining few weeks.
You could help us to do this by ensuring that your child enters the classroom on their own and by themselves so they can make a swift start to their morning routines. You could start by:
• saying your goodbyes in the hallway and swiftly exiting to allow other parents to do the same as the hallway can become quite crowded in the mornings.
• allowing your child to carry their own belongings when they enter the school building and reminding them of what they need to do when they get into the hallway : hang up their coat; put their word list in the green box, put their book bag in the group boxes and go straight into the classroom.
Thank you, if this is something you are already doing with your child.
If you have any concerns about your child separating from you in the morning, please let us know so we can discuss a few strategies that may help develop their sense of independence
Thank you
Miss Pillay
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Thursday, 18th May – Individual and Class Photographs
Friday, 19th May – Bring a bottle and wear your own clothes Day (organised by Friends of Howard)
Friday, 26th May 2017 – Last day of Summer 1. Children return to school for Summer 2 on Tuesday 6th June 2017 Friday, 26th May 2017 – Last day of Summer 1. Children return to school for Summer 2 on Tuesday 6th June 2017 [/dropshadowbox]
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HOMEWORK (sent out on Fridays and due back on Mondays)
Sent out Friday 12th May 2017
Different times in the day
Can you keep a diary of what you did at different times in the day (either on Saturday or Sunday)?
Draw a picture and write a sentence about what you did:
• Before breakfast
• After breakfast
• At midday
• In the afternoon
• In the evening
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THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
This term’s topic: Caring for animals
Theme: Farm Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: Farmer Duck by Martin Wadell
The children will read this delightfully engaging and slightly quirky tale about a very hardworking duck and an incredibly lazy farmer. It will contribute well to our discussions this week about working well as a team and how we can help each other to build a stronger class team.
READING AT HOME
Please continue to write a comment in your child’s yellow reading diary and let us know how they are getting on with their reading at home. Please ensure that books are in book bags on the days listed below.
KEY WORD LISTS and CHANGING READING BOOKS:
We change books and check key words on these days:
Monday – Red group
Tuesday – Orange group
Wednesday – Yellow group
Thursday – Green group
Friday – Blue group
PHONICS:
Please continue to practise sound recognition with your child using the video links provided in previous blogs. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them. The children continue to learn Phonics in small groups
MATHS:
This week we will be reviewing the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and exploring the language of time such as: ‘in the morning’, ‘in the evening’, ‘at midday’. The children will have an opportunity to develop their understanding of several mathematical concepts in the new role play Farm café area, exploring aspects of number and measures.
UW – Knowledge and Understanding of the World
During the next two weeks we will explore the different animals that live on farms. The children will learn to identify similarities and difference between adult and young farm animals and between farm animals and pets or wild animals.
We are also growing carrots and cress in our Reception garden and the children are enjoying watching their development. We hope to add to our vegetable patch by growing some tomatoes in a few weeks’ time.