Dear parents,

A belated Happy New Year to everyone!

Our theme in Reception throughout the Spring Term is Toys. We would appreciate it if you could talk to your children about this topic at home. We have also planned several activities that will require your help!

On Monday we would like the children to bring in their favourite toy to school. This toy will be kept safely during the week and will be used to extend the children’s understanding of how toys work and what they are made of. They will also be used as a stimulus for art, dance and language activities.

The children will then be learning about the similarities and differences between toys of today and toys of the past. To help the children understand how toys have changed since their parents and grandparents were children, we would appreciate it if you could talk to the children at home about the toys that you played with when you were a child.

To help you with this we have attached a simple questionnaire with a few relevant questions for you to complete. There is also space on the sheet for you to draw the toy that you are describing or maybe even attach a photo of you playing with the toy! If the children are able to talk to an older relative, such as a grandparent or older auntie /uncle about the toys that they played with, we would also love to hear about this. Additional questionnaires are available.

We would appreciate it if the questionnaires could be returned by Monday 1st February.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Mrs Vaughan, Mrs Abel and Mrs Utting.

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My favourite toy
Completed for (child’s name): ………………………….………………………………….
By (your name/relationship to child):……………………………………………...

What was your favourite toy when you were a child?



Can you explain how you played with the toy?




How did the toy work?




What was the toy made of?



Can you draw a picture of the toy / attach a photo?