9th October

October 8, 2017

Our topic for this half term is “All About Me” to coincide with starting school, and work will centre around this. This week we are looking at “My Family”

Book of the week Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson.

Homework.

Draw a picture of your family. Ask an adult to help you label the people in your family.

Early morning work. This week we will begin early morning work. When the children arrive at school they will be practising writing their names using a capital letter followed by lower case letters. Please come in and help your child and model how the letters are formed.

Learning for this week

Maths. We will be revising counting to 10 and number recognition to 10. We will introduce the name of 3D shapes.

Literacy. We will be story mapping Monkey Puzzle and making characters and masks from the story.

PE. Dressing/undressing independently. Listening to instruction.

PSED. Good to be green, class charter, 5 C’s, rules on the carpet.

Getting changed for PE on Friday there are still many children who do not have their uniform or kit named. Please ensure that all uniform, including P.E. Kits, coats and bookbags are named, as this helps prevent loss of belongings. Also children should have a water bottle in school every day (plain water only please).

Can we ask that you collect Reception children before siblings at the school as they get anxious waiting to be collected if they are last.

The doors from the outdoor area and from the school are to remain closed until Reception staff open them at 8.50 am and 3.30 pm. This is to ensure the safety of your children.

We will be holding 2 phonic workshops on 11^th October to explain how phonics is taught at Howard Primary school. We hope you can make it to 1 of the sessions as we will begin phase 2 phonics after half term.

Junk modelling.

This week we are collecting different size/shape plastic bottles if you have any.

Important dates

11^th October 9am to 10am and 2.30pm to 3.30pm Parent’s Phonic Workshops

11^th and 19^th October 2017 Parent’s Evenings

23^rd to 27^th October 2017 Half Term

20^th December 2017 End of Term

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