Reception were entranced and captivated by the performance of The Elves and the Shoemaker on Monday. This launched our week as elves in Santa's workshop...........making presents and wrapping them (in the junk modelling area) - excellent using and applying of maths skills was observed here where children thought carefully about the shape of their gift and cut the appropriate shape and quantity of paper before wrapping it independently;cards have been created, collage father christmas portraits and fork christmas tree paintings are adorning our classroom, Santa letters are almost written, the ice cave has inspired some poetic writing, the home corner has been decorated and lit up a multitude of times, christmas baubles have been sorted and the vocabulary fewest, least and most have been used to describe them, tinsel has been measured in order to answer my problem - which colour is the longest, quiet time has been enjoyed in our christmas reading den as well as our Power Maths this week. In Power Maths we are exploring number stories using the words, "
first there were........
then one more came,
now there are........."
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hibberd and I enjoyed a truly magical and very special "books at bedtime!" The Winterland at night was enchanting with the falling snowflakes and the twinkling lights. The children loved seeing Stickman, listening to stories, sipping hot chocolate, exploring the Winterland as nocturnal animals, singing songs and playing the sleeping snowflake game. Thank you Reception!
Tomorrow is Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day, children may wear home clothes with their christms jumper.
Please may I suggest all children have a pair of wellies they leave in school. Every lunchtime we have an outside slot where we are able to have the entire school field to run and play on but, as you can imagine at this time of year, it is quite muddy! Therefore we do change them into their wellies for this. They absolutely love playing on the field but we don't change them into all in one suits for this, these are for rainy days when the children want to go out. Do feel free to ask for second hand uniform at very reasonable prices if your child does tend to come home a "little" muddy!!!!!! Failing that, do feel free to send them in in leggings or tatty joggers and old trainers that can get messy!
Home Learning: I read in one response to the Parent Questionnaire that more home Learning was asked for - If you think that you would like further work than the Power Maths and RWInc books please do contact me directly. We always encourage learning through play as the preferred and most beneficial method of learning for the EYFS. As I have said before, children need to be read to and to have rich, outdoor experiences that provide opportunities to communicate and develop language and vocabulary;the impact of this will be evident in their writing when they are further up the school. Please also use the New EYFS Curriculum, that you were all given, to further enrich home learning and send in related WoWs.
Please return the plastic wallets we sent home so that we can send your child's current RWInc assessment along with their special "Magical Achievements" book for you to share together.
Check out Waterstones for some wonderful Christmas gift ideas! I particularly like the Gift Books section!
Many thanks for all your support - as always do email me or speak to me if you have any queries.
See you all tomorrow!
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hibberd and Mrs. J
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