Monday 12th January 2015
High Street EYFS Weekly Newsletter
Our new topic is ‘Traditional Tales’, a topic web can be found on the back of this newsletter to share with you the
activities that we will be working on at school.
What are we doing this week?
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Listening to the story of the Gingerbread Man
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Acting out the story of the Gingerbread Man
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Baking Gingerbread Men
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Phonics – Working on blending sounds to read words.
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Maths – Addition (practical and writing the number sentence).
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Letter formation/number formation practise and writing our names using the correct letter formation
(curly caterpillar family c, o, a and g).
What can you do at home to support our learning at school?
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Sounds book – daily practise to help your child learn and remember the sounds of the alphabet.
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Sharing your child’s reading book with them. Please write a comment in the reading diary to show that you
have read with your child.
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Read and talk about the story of the Gingerbread Man
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Act out the story of the Gingerbread Man
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Practical addition using toys, for example, 3 cars + 2 cars = 5 cars. Show your child how to write the
number sentence to match (3 + 2 =5).
If your child has been well-behaved at school all week and followed our Golden Rules, a text will be sent home on a
Friday to celebrate your child’s fantastic behaviour.
Thank you for your parent contributions on the ‘Wow I am so impressed’ stars, the children enjoy sharing their
achievements in our circle time sessions. The star cards are added to your child’s Learning Journey as a record of
their achievement.
Staff are available on a Wednesday night after school from 3.15 – 4pm if you would like to talk to us about your
child and need a longer time to talk to us rather than a ‘quick word’ at the gate before or after school.
Snacks – Thank you for sending in a healthy snack (fruit, vegetables, raisins, bread sticks) in a labelled pot. Please
do not send in sugary snacks/biscuits as we are a healthy school. The children eat their snack from home at
morning play (10.30am) with a drink of milk provided by school. The children are given a piece of fruit in the
afternoon (2pm). The children are able to buy toast on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning which costs 20p,
toast and a drink of juice costs 50p.
As the weather is colder and wetter please send your child to school with a warm coat, as part of the EYFS
curriculum we work outside every day. Please make sure that coats are labelled with your child’s name and they
know where to find their name label. Hats, scarves and gloves also need to be labelled as the children often have
the same pair.
Please return your child’s ‘I am so proud’ sheet to school by Friday 16th January with your
comments added. If you need another copy of your child’s sheet please speak to your child’s
class teacher.
Have a great week!
EYFS Staff