Chelsea

Welcome to Chelsea Bridge Class.

Class teacher: Mrs Jeevahan & Miss Pillay

Teaching assistants: Mrs Begum, Miss Thompson, Mrs Edgeler, Mrs Rajani

Week beginning 4th November 2019

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We look forward to seeing you at parents evening this week.

If you have not yet booked a 10 minute slot, please speak to your child’s class teacher to arrange a time to meet. Please check the Parent evening booking times displayed on the classroom doors facing the playground. A reminder slip of your appointment time will also be sent in your child’s book bag.

Please note that if you arrive at 6.00pm or after 6.00pm on Wednesday 6th November, please use the main entrance on Dering Place.

Kind Regards,

Reception Team [/dropshadowbox]

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This week’s learning

LITERACY

Book Focus: Whatever Next by Jill Murphy

The children will enjoy this wonderful story about a little bear’s adventure to the moon, developing their understanding of the story through role play activities. We will read and discuss the key events using sequencing vocabulary such as ‘First, Then, Next, Last’ or ‘At the end’.

Phonics: /i/, /n/, /m/ /d/ and /g/

Please keep sound sheet at home and continue to practise saying and writing these sounds every day. As your child continues to learn more letter sounds they may forget the earlier sounds taught so it is important to practise daily recognition and writing (using each of the sound cues eg /a/ - round the apple , down the leaf)

MATHS: This week the children will be learning to:

• explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.

• recognise, create and describe patterns • use mathematical names for ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes

• select a particular named shape

Knowledge and Understanding of the World: The children will begin to learn about aspects of space exploration as they become more familiar with the focus book Whatever Next . Later this week we will also discuss the significance of Remembrance Day .

Communication and Language: To listen to others one to one with increasing attention and recall [/dropshadowbox]

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Take some time this weekend to look up at the sky when it becomes dark outside. What do you see? Can you draw a picture about what you see? Ask an adult to help you write labels for your picture (eg. fireworks/ the moon/stars/aeroplane lights flickering)

READING BOOKS

Please read with your child and write a comment in the yellow reading diary. Please keep both reading books and yellow diary in your child’s bookbag after each reading.

Please note that if reading books have been lost, they will need to be replaced. [/dropshadowbox]

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Monday, 4th November: Visit to Croydon Library. Grosvenor at 10.00 and Chelsea at 11.00am. Parent helpers please check your phone for text messages about what time to arrive at school to walk with us to the library

Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th November: Parent meetings for Reception children

Further dates to follow – Check parent noticeboard [/dropshadowbox]

Week beginning 29th October 2019

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Welcome back to school for the start of Autumn 2 . We hope you have had a restful break.

Please note that school re-opens for children on Tuesday 29th October 2019 at the usual time of  8.50. Please arrive promptly by 8.50am  as the children will be starting early morning activities once they arrive at 8.50am.

Please remember to send your child's PE kit back to school as well as any reply slips for parent evenings and for our visit to the Whitgift school wildlife area.

If you have signed up to help on our visit to the Whitgift school, please arrive as follows:

  • Chelsea Class: arrive at the school at 8.50 as usual on Wednesday 30th October 2019
  • Grosvenor Class : arrive at the school at 8.50 as usual on Thursday 31st October 2019

Many Thanks

Kind Regards

Reception Team

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AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark

This week’s learning

LITERACY

Phonics: This term the children will begin learning letter sounds in Phonics lessons. They will learn to say, recognise and write one new letter sound each day.

This week’s sound focus: /s/, /a/, /t/ and /p/

The children will bring home a daily sound sheet. Please help them with letter formation and practise ‘stretching’ or ‘bouncing’ the initial sound for each of the pictures on the sheet sent home

MATHS

This week’s Maths focus: Counting with accuracy within 1-5

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

This week we will introduce our new topic: Light and Dark, and explore the first of several celebration during this half term. The children will learn about the Hindu celebration of Diwali also known as the festival of lights. We will also discuss fireworks and the safety of handling these. [/dropshadowbox]

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Well done to the children who received certificates for completing all their homework in Autumn Term 1. Keep up the good work and they will receive another certificate at the end of Autumn 2 too.

The first homework for Autumn 2 will be issued on Friday. Check book bags for green homework books.

Reading books will be changed on group days. Please note that Red group and Blue group will change their books on Tuesday 29th October [/dropshadowbox]

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IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 30th October 2019: Chelsea Class visit to the Whitgift School wildlife area at 10.00am

Thursday 31st October 2019: Grosvenor Class visit to the Whitgift School wildlife area at 10.00am

Monday 4th Novemeber 2019: Reception visit to Crodon Library: Grosvenor Class at 10.00am and Chelsea Class at 11.00am

Tuesday, 5th Novemeber and Wednesday 6th November 2019: Parent meetings for Reception children from 3.50pm

Further dates to follow [/dropshadowbox]