Reception Newsletter - Friday 21st February What we learned about this week
In Communication and Language we focused on Our Town. We talked about the different types of buildings and their uses and made a town from recycled boxes and card. We looked at pictures of buildings in Bucharest and at a large map. In Maths we talked about directions and co-ordinates and used ourselves and Beebots to move to different locations on a map. We also talked about grid maps and placed buildings in different squares or found the location of buildings on the grid. In phonics we revised all the sounds we have covered this year and blended and segmented words. We found missing sounds in words. We also practised reading tricky words by playing some fun games and reading some funny questions using tricky and cvc words, where we had to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
What we plan for next week In Communication and Language we will focus on Spring and talk about the changes in weather and seasons. We will make crafts for Martisor, Spring and Mother’s Day. We will also be practising our songs for the show. In Maths we will learn vocabulary of addition and begin to use number sentences. In phonics we will be learning: w, oa and ay
You can help your child at home by: Practicing tricky words using the following game: http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaursEggs/ Read questions using http://www.ictgames.com/tellAtRex_v3.html
By PLEASE using login and password to log onto www.educationcity.com to find the Maths and Phonics, Literacy and Understanding of the World homework that has been set. These games can be repeated more than once and your score will be saved on the success tracker for yourselves and the teacher to view. Using bug club for reading if you have registered. There may still be some registrations available but please check with Miss Adriana. The cost is 25 RON for the year.
Reading with your child at home- talk about the title, author, front cover, blurb on the back cover and the pictures in the story. Ask questions about the story e.g. about the characters, what happened at the beginning, middle, end, etc Notices and reminders
Next week (24th - 28th February) the school is closed for the half-term holiday. School will open again on Monday 3rd March. Miss Sarah will be absent on 3rd/4th March. She is attending a teaching course in London. The photographer has taken some lovely photos of the children for Mother's Day. Please pay 35RON for the pack byWednesday 5th March. You will receive the photos on Mother's Day. Don't forget to email 3 photos of your child (as a baby, now and you and you child together). We will use these photos for a presentation on Mother's Day. The Mother's Day Breakfast will be held on Friday 7th March. All mothers are invited to spend the morning with us. We will have tea and coffee in the staffroom at 8:30am. From 9-10am you will visit your child's class for some songs and to do an activity together. Snow Days - The schools will be open on Saturday 22nd March and Saturday 5th April to make up for the days lost when we had snow storms. Please let your child's teacher know if you intend to bring your child on these days. If only half the students are coming then we may not need all teachers present on both days. Thank you! If your child is in Reception or Year 1 we ask that you let them walk up to the classroom on their own in the morning. The lessons start promptly at 8:45 and prior to this teachers are preparing their classrooms. If you have an important message for the teacher you may go up but otherwise help your child to develop their independence by sending them up alone. Thank you!
Dates for your Diary: Half-Term Break - Monday 24th - Friday 28th February Mother’s Day Breakfast (7th March) Maths & ICT Week (10th March) Parent-teacher meeting – Monday 17th March School Day - Saturday 22nd March 8:30am - 3pm School Day - Saturday 5th April 8:30am - 3pm Spring Show (8th April) Art Week (14th April) For news and updates please follow us on Facebook PE lessons are on Mondays. Please wear the PE uniform and suitable footwear on this day. Library is on a Friday. Please remember to return your book either before or on this day. Our stars of the week are:
Discoverers: Sasha - for sharing his covrigi at snack time Explorers- Ivan – for excellent phonics and reading work ESL – Ana, Sisi and Yu Xin for their speaking skills
Have a wonderful holiday! From everyone in the Reception team: Miss. Kitti Miss. Corina, Miss. Madalina and Miss Larisa