Essentially Local May-June 2017

Children’s Page
Charlotte’s Joke Corner
Where do fish wash?
In a river basin!
What fish goes up the river at 100mph?
A motor pike!
How does the ocean say hello?
It waves
What do sea monsters eat for lunch?
Fish and ships
Send your jokes to info@essentiallylocal.co.uk
Word wheel
Try to find as many words of 3
letters or more, only using the
letters in the grid. You can only
use each letter once in the words
you make and you must always
use the letter in the middle.
No proper names are allowed.
Can you find the 9 letter word?
G
B
V
L
E
E
A
T
E
Good: 8+, Excellent: 10 +, Outstanding: 12+
Answers
Aqueduct, Canal – Wolverton/Cosgrove; Envelope, Train – Wolverton;
Horsefair – Stony Stratford; Iron – Deanshanger; Lace – Wicken, Potterspury; Ouse
–Old Stratford, Stony Stratford; Sailing – Haversham; Spire – Hanslope; Tram –
Wolverton, Stony Stratford, Deanshanger; Watling – Stony Stratford, Towcester
3 letter words: ate, bee, bet, beg, eat, get, lea, leg, let, tea, tee, vet. 4 letter
words: able, bale, bate, beat, beet, belt, eave, gale, gate, gave, glee, late, lave,
tale, teal, vale, veal. 5 letter words: bagel, beget, bevel, blate, bleat, eagle, elate,
gable, leave, levee, table, valet. 6 letter words: eaglet, legate 7 letter words:
elevate, beagle, beetle. 9 letter word: vegetable
May-June wordsearch
T P J H E R I P S
C E P O L E V N E
U S M R A H W C A
D U Z S N M A R T
E O K E A L T G I
U T X F C R L L R
Q Z H A A H I K O
A S A I L I N G N
B R N R Q C G Y G
Find the words in the wordsearch and see if you can
find a link with a local town or village – either an activity
or place. Can you work out which village has a famous
spire that can be seen for miles around, where lace and
envelopes were made and where you can go sailing?
We’ve given you our answers below!
AQUEDUCT CANAL ENVELOPE
HORSEFAIR IRON LACE
OUSE SAILING SPIRE
TRAIN TRAM WATLING
The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFS), what’s it all about?
The statutory EYFS profile in early
years settings provides Year 1 teachers
with an overview of each child’s
progression and development.
The EYFS profile records specific
observations and interactions of
your child in early years settings. In
particular, it shows where your child’s
levels of knowledge, understanding
and ability are against the expected
progress for their age. Practitioners
are trained to look for evidence of
learning and development which are
set out in the Early Years Foundation
Stage framework. The areas include
communication and language,
physical development, personal, social
and emotional development, literacy,
mathematics, understanding the world
and expressive arts and design.
Assessment is observational and
interactive rather than formal testing.
By the end of reception a profile will
be created for the start of their Year 1
education. It keeps parents up-to-date
and can be useful to identify other
professionals who may help your child
to develop certain skills. If your child
is exceeding the levels it helps to
identify where s/he can be challenged.
Practitioners are interested in
developing the child’s skills through
play and exploration, active learning
and thinking critically. The learning
profile is as much about developing the
personality, relationships and resilience
as it is about learning to count.
Ultimately the government want
our children to become confident and
independent through being in the right
environment surrounded by positive
relationships. When you look for a
childcare setting take into account the
learning environment and how staff will
help your child to develop.
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