Autumn term Newsletter2017/2016

Nursery and Reception

Beckbury CofE Primary School

Talking tins In the next 2 weeks, the children will all have a personalised tin in the classroom. These tins will provide a space for children to place something in from home that relates to our topic. A note will be sent home asking for something to go in the tin and then the children will take it in turns to show the contents of their “Talking Tins” and we will encourage the others to ask questions. We are looking forward to seeing what‘s inside. The first object we would like the children to ring in will be a photo / photo of the members of their family. These will need to be in school by 25th September.

PE Children’s PE days will be Wednesday and Fridays. Nursery children need to be wearing something suitable or have pumps and shorts to change into. Reception children will need to have a fully labelled PE kit in an appropriate bag in class. Unless asked the PE kits will stay in school for half a term. Contributions

If anybody has any of the following items they could donate to the unit we would be very grateful.

Pots and pans Small plates and cups Kitchen utensils Corks Wicker baskets

Craft and cooking contribution To ensure that we can offer the children a wide range of cooking and craft activities we are asking for a contribution of 50p every week.

Expressive arts

and design

Explore using body parts, including voices, to make sounds

Clap syllables in children’s names and make into patterns over a steady beat

Explore different ways of making sounds with musical instruments

Explore tools for painting; brushes, sponges, rags and fingers, use these tools to print patterns

Names colours and experiment with them Finger paint name for display Painting self-portraits, looking in a mirror at our

facial features Understa

nding the

world

Touch different fabrics and materials in class feely book/alphabet/names and describe

Play feely bag games, describing objects hidden within

Draw round a child and name/label body parts Learn about finding books in the library. Walk around the local environment and look at

different homes which we live in Make our homes using construction materials Talk about our homes. families and places that

we go to, compare to other children and discussPhysical develop

ment

Play starting and stopping on a signal games Explore ways of travelling using different body

parts (feet only, hands/feet, tummies, etc.) Discuss posters concerning personal hygiene

routines- brush your teeth Talk about effects of exercise after PE or outside

play – perspiration, racing heart beat, heavy breathing, tiredness.

Follow chalk lines outside, practice balancing and working up to obstacle course of balancing equipment

Communication

and language

Retell above texts with magnetic story props/small world toys/puppets

Form letters in name using pens, paints, sand, by labelling models

Talk about personal experiences in class and group circle times, review times, class discussions

Talk about ourselves and our experiences in news time

Our topic’s are always driven from the children’s interests and after discussion this week the children have lots to share with us all and are enjoying getting to know each other. Therefore we will start the next few weeks focussing on ‘Fantastic me’ . The children will be -

Telling us about their family, friends and pets as well as special traditions for their family

Learning all about their bodies and how to keep healthy and safe.

Thinking about our community of Beckbury and how we can help look after it

Talk about things they enjoy doing as well as goals for the future

Celebrating festivals from cultures around the world helping us to learn about different types of families and their traditions.

English Reading and discussing a variety of texts from their interests & link in to our topic

Attending daily phonics lesson to will learn about the sounds the letters make. This will help them with both their reading and their writing.

Adult led activities modelling language and use of reading and writing. E.g. following a recipe to make playdough

Opportunities for writing in all areas of the classroom – clipboards, dry wipe boards etc

Activities to develop fine motor – popping bubbles, threading activities, small construction

Maths Count in various ways such as count out loud, touch and count, move objects and count

Recognise, name and order numbers from 0 to 10 then to 20,

. Measure heights using large plastic bricks and count

Compare heights and weights of children. Order heights of groups of children

Sort/count sets of animals, compare bears, play people, shapes and other classroom objects by size and compare and order

Personal,

social and

Role play rules and manners to establish class protocols

Explore stories about caring for each other through role-play, small world and puppetry.

Play circle games to emphasise turn-taking.