EYFS Snippets 6.10.17

Friday 6th October WEDNESDAY WORD – MESSENGER THIS WEEK – Within RE we have started our new topic on WELCOME and have been talking about how we are welcomed or make others feel welcome. The children have worked as a class to create a welcome to our class sign and have learned how to say hello in French, Polish and Portuguese. During Literacy, we have been thinking about describing words that describe the different Superheroes. In maths, we have been counting reliably and writing numbers. During the afternoon, the children have been making their own Super hero capes thinking about which material will be best to make the capes and creating patterns on them.

Within phonics, we have continued to work on Phase 1 activities focussing particularly on oral chopping and blending and oral segmenting.

CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEKEND – This week we are asking you to fill in the Parent and Child voice sheets that are in your child’s orange file that has come home today with their Interim report. Also please could you look through your child’s learning journal on See-Saw with the children and encourage the children to talk about what they have been up to in school.

NEXT WEEK – Next week within RE we will be talking about how we welcome a new baby into our family and will be learning about Baptism. During Literacy, we will be thinking about real life superheroes in our community (fire, police and ambulance service). We will be working together to label pictures and also create a “People who help us book”. In maths, we will be completing our post-learning task on counting and starting our pre-learning for our new maths topic. During the afternoon, we will be continuing with the designing and making of our Super hero capes as not all children have completed these. We will also be using the computer to find out more information about People who help us. Within phonics, most children will be starting phase 2 of our letters and sounds program looking at the letters s, a,t, p, however we will be still be reinforcing some of the Phase 1 activities for oral chopping and blending and oral segmenting.

PARENT INTERVIEWS – We will be holding our first Foundation Stage Parent Interviews on Tuesday 10th October 2017. Your interview time is inside your child’s orange file. If you have still not received an interview time we urge you to see the class teacher to arrange a convenient time. There are still a number of time slots available.

ORANGE FOLDERS – The children have brought home their orange files tonight. Inside the file is information regarding your child’s on-entry information. You will find their on-entry report and attendance report. Also inside the orange folder there is a parent and child’s Voice sheet which we would like you to fill in with your child. These will need to be returned along with the orange folder on Monday Morning. Please sign them once you have filled them in.

Please be reminded that it is important that you contribute to your child’s profile assessments giving us an insight into what they can do independently at home and it is important that you continue to send in any observations that you make at home of your child. These observations

may include dressing or undressing independently, counting that they do at home, things that they have said to you about what they have been learning about in school, early reading skills, talking about stories, pictures that they have drawn, copies of certificates that they have received for swimming, dance, gymnastics or writing that they have done. Send these written observations or pictures into school so that we can photograph them and add them to your child’s learning journal as your parental contribution.

PHONICS INSPIRE – Please remember that we have our third Inspire meeting on Monday 9th October on Phonics. The times for each class will be as follows Class 1G parents will attend the morning session – 9am until 11.20am Class 1K parents will attend the afternoon session – 1.10pm until 3.20pm.

Please come to the classroom door at these times.

HARVEST ASSEMBLY - Over the next couple of weeks we will be thinking about and practising our Harvest assembly. We will be giving some children small parts to learn. If your child has a part, please help them to learn their words and encourage them to speak their words in a loud and clear voice. Everyone will be involved in some way or another either speaking, role play along with joining in with poems and songs. Your child will be involved in their first assembly on Friday 20th October. The focus of our assembly will be Harvest. All family and friends are welcome to our assembly. Please come to the hall from 9.05 onwards the assembly will start shortly after this. An invitation will be sent home nearer to the date.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY THIS TERM – Phonics Inspire – Monday 9th October – Class 1G 9-1.20am Class 1K – 1.10-3.20pm Interim Reports sent home – Friday 6th October.

Parent Interviews – Tuesday 10th October – a letter will be sent home the week before asking you to choose a suitable time slot convenient to yourselves.

Early Years Harvest Assembly – Friday 20th October at 9.10am. Family and friends are welcome to attend.

PROGRESS AND CITIZENSHIP AWARDS - This week the awards go to:Reflective Learner of the Week – Class 1G – Emillie Rathbone Class 1K – Maja Nowak Ambassador of the Week – Class 1G – Joseph Stokes Class 1K – Ruby Addison Congratulations to you all Enjoy the weekend and remember to attend the Presentation Mass on Sunday.

Mrs Gill Early Years Leader and all the Foundation Staff