Key dates 

• Monday 5th January – Inset day
• Tuesday 6th January – First day of Term 2
• Friday 30th January – Inset day. School closed to children

Noticeboard 

• Your child has been given a new reading book so that you can continue to read with them over the school holiday. This will ensure they retain the phonics learning from Term 1 and 2.
• We are asking for 2 Tapestry observation this week – see below!
• Please bring in clean cardboard boxes of all sizes for our Design and Build area (junk modelling). No plastic please. 

Tapestry observations

Observation 1:

In History this week, we will be learning about how humans change over time. Please send in a photograph of a member of your family at different stages of their life. For example, it could be a parent as a baby, a child, a teenager and an adult. 

Observation 2: 

In PSHE, we are learning about festivals that children in our classes celebrate. If your family celebrates a religious or cultural festival, please send in a photo of your child celebrating witha a short blurb explaining.

You can also send us any moments that you feel are significant in your child’s learning or want to share with your child’s class teachers.

Click the links below to find out how to add observations from different devices. 

Apple device Andriod device Desktop

Term 3

The information below should give you a short overview of Term 3 for Reception children.

Term 3 focus:	Communities and History
Key events and celebrations (within the school day):	Winter walk, Visitors talking about their jobs, Chinese New Year, 100 day, Internet safety day
Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning focus:	Playing and exploring – Playing with what they know Active learning – Keep trying Creating and thinking critically – Making links

Key text

The objectives below will be covered over the four ‘Structured Story Times’ this week.  

Book:	Clean Up
Vocabulary focus:	rescued, tangled, ruining, notice, collected, brainwave, wafting, release
At the end of the week, children will know:	what an island is. that animals are negatively impacted by litter / plastic pollution. that not everyone does the right thing with their litter.
At the end of the week, children will be able to:	understand that we need to look after our environment. talk about why it is important to clean up plastic on beaches. explain that working together sometimes makes things easier and quicker.

Next week’s learning

Subject	This week’s learning objectives
Communication and language	To link statements and stick to a main theme or intention when talking. To use language to predict.
Personal, Social and Emotional development	To understand that we all have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways. To think about the perspectives of others in the class.
Physical development	To create sequences using shapes, balances and travelling actions.
Phonics	ow, oi, ear, air CEW: are, my
Maths	To explore mass. To compare mass.  To find a balance when using scales.
Understanding the World	To know about life human cycles and recognise that humans change over time.  To talk about special people in the community. To name all basic parts of the human body.
Expressive Arts and Design	To understand that music can be written down/notated. To listen and recognise different rhythm patterns. To identify aspects of non-European music.