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

The children have completed their first full week in Reception…….well done to them, and to you as parents. They have settled incredibly well and we have had many comments from Miss De Saules on how impressed she is with how happy and engaged the children are!

We are continuing to use the school “Good to be Green” policy to promote good behaviour and are encouraging the children to work towards achieving their reward badges. We completed our class charter last week and all agreed on how we want to be treated and how we should treat others. We all drew round our hands and have made a display showing us all holding hands together.

Lunch time is going very well, the children have adapted to the routine really well….congratulations to them as this is a huge achievement for them.

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.

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 Owl Babies by Martin Waddell.

Homework.

Look for shapes in the environment and draw or take photos of them. Write a label for each shape.

Learning for this week

Maths. We will be introducing/revising counting to 10 and number recognition to 10.

Literacy. We will be story mapping Owl babies and making characters and masks from the story.

PE. Dressing/undressing independently. Listening to instruction.

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).

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.

Thank you to those who attended our 2 Parent Information meetings on Wednesday, it was good to see so many parents there. We hope you found the meetings valuable. We will also be holding phonic, maths and writing workshops, dates to be confirmed.

Important dates

Date TBC      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