St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Spring 1 information sheet for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Reception Literacy, Communication & Language We will: ∗ practise writing and reading our names ∗ Continue to learn new sounds in ‘Read Write Inc’ ∗ practise blending the sounds to read words ∗ Reading a range of books related to our new topic ∗ practise using our sounds to form simple words ∗ writing words and forming captions ∗ Role-playing stories and asking and answering lots of questions related to them ∗ Share our experiences from home,using our ‘what I did at home sheet’ Nursery Literacy, Communication and Language We will: ∗ draw pictures with greater detail e.g eyes nose mouth legs tail ∗ answer simple questions about a shared story. ∗ write our own name (copy from a card) ∗ to say “Good morning Mrs…” every morning (without needing reminded) ∗ join in with some repetitive parts of fairy tales e.g “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!” “Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin” ∗ listening to and reciting nursery rhymes remembering the rhyming words (different one each week) Understanding the World, Technology, People and Communities We all will: ∗ continue to notice the weather change and know what the seasons are. ∗ to notice different homes e.g terraced house, flat, caravan etc ∗ to notice similarities and differences when exploring homes around the world ∗ to know the names of some animals homes e.g burrow, pond, sea, jungle, tree etc ∗ an estate agent will visit the children to discuss their job and different homes ∗ learn their address and experience posting a letter home ∗ listen to a police officer who will talk to the children about stranger danger following Hansel and Gretel Teachers Nursery Mrs Rundle (EYFS Leader - Maternity leave for Mrs Pearson) RJF Miss Fairbank RSH Mrs Hirst PPA Miss Holden (temporary) Support Staff Nursery Mrs Coonan (permanent) RJF Mrs Boylan and Mrs Short RSH Mrs Sieradzan and Mrs Crossland Reception Mathematics We will: ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ Count objects carefully with 1:1 correspondence say and recognise lots of numbers write the numerals 0 -20 order numerals O-20 Learn new number songs Learning days of the week,including everyday language related to time Estimate how many objects they can see then check by counting them Using language of size Using familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models Nursery Mathematics This half term’s topic is: We will: Homes & Animals Physical Development We all will: ∗ play games and do activities to build up our hand and arm muscles to help with our pencil control ∗ manipulating tools such as hole punch, stapler and sellotape dispenser when we are building our own homes ∗ make large structures and learn den building skills. Creative Development ∗ acting out the well known stories, Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears ∗ Sing songs about animals ∗ paint pictures of animals with increasing accuracy ∗ use a variety of mediums to build homes and houses, straw, sticks, bricks, duplo, boxes etc ∗ counting objects as carefully as we can using our finger ∗ reciting numbers up to and beyond 10 in the correct order. ∗ say and recognise numbers 1 -8 ∗ use the language of different colours and shapes square, circle, triangle and rectangle ∗ singing counting songs like “5 little ducks went swimming one day” and “five little speckled frogs” Religious Education ‘Getting to know Jesus’ Reception will: * Know that Jesus has a great love for each one of us. *Hear that Jesus cured people who were ill. *Think of ways we can show our love for people who are ill *Begin to know that Jesus showed that he was the son of God at the wedding of Cana. Begin to think about what this means for us Nursery Will: ∗ join in when we sing “sing and shout for joy” hymn ∗ Sit quietly in a circle with hands together ∗ make the sign of the cross and recite the morning prayer together Please turn over for other information Dates for your diary Other notices for my class * We are now collecting for the Spring *we will be doing a few local Term baking fund. We walking trips this term. Nursery *encouraging your child to underestimated how much money we dress independently; in will take a trip to post their would need for baking ingredients letters in a near by post box. Nursery taking off and putting (including playdough and guinea pig Reception will take a trip to coat on. food) last term and ask if parents look at houses in the local could donate £2.50 for the Spring area. We are asking parents to *helping to practise new Term please. We greatly appreciate sign a “local trip” permission sounds and words any amount that your family can slip for children to attend small (reception)completing phonic donate.We bake and make playdough trips like this more often without rocket books on a weekly basis and both activities staff chasing parental are incredibly valuable for your child’s signatures for separate walking *labelling ALL uniform, coats development. We plan to bake a trips. Normal trips will still and shoes gingerbread house from Hansel and require a separate signature as Gretel, porridge from Goldilocks and usual. *sending in interesting things the Three Bears, for show and tell to share with vegetables in boiling water from the *Reception Trip : Colne Valley school friends and completing Three Little Pigs, animal shape Museum (letter already sent) biscuits, Gruffalo Crumble the “What I did at home” and scrambled snake (eggs). sheets. *Our canopy has now been installed through lottery *Please welcome Mrs Susan Coonan *Nursery - continuing to funding. We also have a encourage your child to greet who is joining our Nursery Team. She dedicated gardening planter is a qualified nursery nurse who has the members of staff with which will be developed over worked in a school nursery for many “Good Morning Mrs …” and the following months. If you years. She begins at St Josephs on have any donations you would finding their own name on the Tuesday 13th January. We also table. like to make e.g compost, welcome Miss Holden who is covering plants, time to volunteer, Miss Fairbank’s PPA every Thursday *Reception - please only take and Mrs Hirst’s PPA on alternate please get in touch. We will have a celebration launch day the school books out of the Wednesdays on a temporary basis. for people involved in the EYFS book bags when you are outdoor project including reading with your child. *Have you moved house recently? Do governors and sponsors. We you have any photographs? Would Please return them to school will of course invite EYFS every day. The reason for this you be available to come into school parents once we have a date in is because the staff hear to help your child share their place. experience with their school friends? different children read every *If any parents have any time to volunteer one morning/afternoon per week on a regular basis we would love to hear from you. You may be asked to listen to children read or help out with art projects in Reception or Nursery depending on your child. You can help by... day and we may need to *We update our class blogs weekly so swap your child’s book on any you can keep up to date about what day. *Please send in a stamped addressed envelope so your child can post a letter to themselves. we are learning on a regular basis. These can be accessed via the St Joseph’s website: www.stjosephscps.co.uk