RECEPTION SPRING TERM 2017

Rhythms of the World Information Booklet

Reception Team: Mrs Pista Class Teacher – Monday to Wednesday Mrs Britt Class Teacher – Wednesday - Friday

Mrs Judge Teacher Cover Mrs Prouse Teaching Assistant

This pamphlet informs you about the curriculum which your child will be covering this term. We hope this information will enable you to be further involved with your child’s education. Please come and speak to us at the end of the day or email with any concerns. How to help

Needed in school every day: Reading book, Reading Record, Home-School Liaison Book, Water Bottle, Wellies, PE kits (indoor and outdoor). Reception PE is timetabled for Tuesday afternoon.

 School Uniform is now purchased on-line. Book bags are available to purchase from the school office.(£4.60) Would you please ensure that all items are clearly labelled with your child’s name.

 Lunches:

o School Dinner: All children in Early Years, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a cooked school meal, free of charge.

o Packed Lunch: It is helpful for children bringing packed lunch, to place their own lunch box on the trolley before school, so that they can easily find it at lunchtime.

Please ensure that your child knows whether they are having packed lunch or school dinner, each day.

 Reading: please try to read with your child each day and record what has been read, together with any comment you would like to add and your initials or signature, in the reading record book. It is sometimes appropriate for books to be re-read to develop fluency and expression in reading aloud; school reading books may not always be changed each week.

 Homework: Take-Home Tasks will be set, for completion every term .

 Curriculum: Each of the subject headings overleaf covers a wide variety of activities. Some subjects are taught separately, but within the termly topic shared by the whole school, links between knowledge and skills are promoted across all areas and pupils are encouraged to develop independent learning. We hope this overview provides you with the opportunity to share activities with your child and may encourage you to share activities linked to the topic, outside of school.

Activities at Home:

Library books can be changed weekly. We like the children to comment on their reading and library books in Book Reviews so please encourage your children to tell you how they have enjoyed the books—or not!

From this September, in support of the introduction of the Creative Curriculum, homework is renamed ’Take-Home Tasks’ and is a combination of discussion, practical tasks and skills practice to be spread over a couple of weeks as suits your home routines. Again, please feel free to make any comments about how your child has responded to them.

 Mathematical Rhythms of the World development  Dressing and undressing for P.E English: Literacy   Counting in order to 20 and  Expressing likes and dislikes beyond.  Learning letters and sounds of the  Celebrating Harvest and Christmas alphabet   Finding 1 more than  Developing Social Skills  Reading books and listening to   Recognising coins  SEAL+ - New beginnings stories from around the world Personal, Social, Emotional ICT   Ordering objects by size alongside Traditional stories. Development  Recognise common uses of Beginning to use  Identify what characters are in a story    Continue to build on the information technology mathematical names for’ solid’  Writing lists, labels, menus rules/routines of school and the beyond school. 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D  Creating cards and letters classroom shapes, and mathematical  Rhymes and action songs  Understand the need for and  Personal hygiene (Washing hands begin to be able to create, terms to describe shapes.  Segment familiar words before lunch etc.)   Compare length, and into sounds; recall and precise and unambiguous  Dressing and undressing for P.E instructions in technological describe size write each alphabet letter   Talk about and as a sound, building  Expressing likes and dislikes programming.  recognise simple simple words  Celebrating Spring festivals(Chinese  Use technology safely and  patterns  Blend sounds to read New Year Lent Easter) respectfully. simple, familiar words.  Developing Social Skills  Interacts with age –   Describe position  Read books aloud, with  SEAL+ - appropriate computer increasing fluency and Social & Emotional Aspects of confidence. Learning (SEAL):  Understand what is read Expressive Art and Design Values : From this term we are . and heard; correct own changing our Values half termly, rather reading, for sense; discuss   Drawing pictures than monthly. This term our two values and predict events in  Painting pictures are Courage, e.g. stepping out of your shared stories.  Experimenting with mixing comfort zone or trusting God’s promises Say, then write simple colours(ochre mixing) and Forgiveness, e.g. wiping the slate sentences. Read own writing  Printing using a range of materials clean or forgiving others as God has aloud, clearly and confidently.  Singing and experimenting with forgiven you)  Attempts to write short sounds and rhythms Social & Emotional Aspects of Communication and Language Learning: (SEAL)  Express ideas, views and thoughts Our SEAL topics this term are ‘’Going clearly Physical  Follow instructions Development.  Listen to stories RE: Communication and  Becoming aware of space Language  Gaining confidence and control with  Anticipate key events  Express ideas, views and thoughts large and small equipment  Role play clearly  Moving bodies in different ways.  Follow instructions  Handling tools  Listen to stories correctly with  Anticipate key events increasing control  Role play Spring Term 2017 Date Event Notes January 4th Term commences for children

6th Values Day and Wellies required Care of Environment Activities 9th Urban Safari Animal Experience

12th Caterlink Assembly/Cookery Workshop 20th Family Praise Assembly Parents invited to attend 9.00 a.m. – School Hall 25th – 27th Jan Scholastic Book Fair School Hall 3.15 – 4.00 p.m. 27th Y3 Showing Assembly Y3 Parents invited to attend 2.30 p.m. in the School Hall February 10th Y4 Showing Assembly Y4 Parents invited to attend 2.30 p.m. in the School Hall 10th Break for Half Term 20th Children return to school 21st African Drumming Workshops

24th Family Praise Assembly Parents invited to attend 9.00 a.m. – School Hall March 3rd Y2 Showing Assembly Y2 Parents invited to attend 2.30 p.m. in the School Hall 8th KS2 Spring Sports Festival Full Outdoor PE Kit, water bottle Lincroft Middle School and packed lunch required 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. 10th Super Learning Afternoon Details to follow 17th Y1 Showing Assembly Y1 Parents invited to attend 2.30 p.m. in the School Hall 21st Queen’s Park Faith Tour Years 3 and 4 Bedford Details to follow 21st & 22nd Years 3 & 4 “In This Together” Big Spring Sing Concert Details to follow by separate letter The Kings House, Bedford 7.00 p.m. 23rd PTA Mother’s Day Gift Shop Details to follow 24th Family Praise Assembly Parents invited to attend 9.00 a.m. – School Hall 29th Reception Showing Assembly Reception Parents invited to 2.30 p.m. in the School Hall attend 31st KS1 Spring Sports Festival Full Outdoor PE Kit, water bottle Sharnbrook Upper School and packed lunch required 12.30 – 2.30 p.m. April 4th Parent Consultation Details to follow by separate letter 4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. 5th Parent Consultation Details to follow by separate letter 6.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. 7th Easter Church Service 2.00 p.m. 7th Break for Easter April 24th Children return to school 24th KS2 Swimming Details to follow by separate letter Block of 8 weekly lessons 1.30 p.m. -2.30 p.m.