Rabbits (Rec, Y1 and Y2)
Amazing Adventures!
Welcome back everyone!
Our weekly timetable will consist of lots of fun and purposeful activities that will take place indoors and in our outdoor environment. Learning opportunities will be planned around our seven areas of learning and development according to the EYFS curriculum and will involve adult let and child-initiated activities.
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Phonics |
(Reception) We will continue to do daily phonics using our school scheme Read Write Inc and will continue to work in our reading progress groups. (Pre-school) Children will begin to listen out for different sounds in the environment and begin to practise oral blending and segmenting sounds. READING BOOKS: All children will continue to bring home a sharing book. Please continue to make a comment in their yellow reading records. Reception children will continue to bring home a sound blending/story book to practise at home please practise at least 3 times a week to improve their reading fluency. |
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Literacy (Talk for Writing) |
All children will join in with our daily literacy session. Our talk for writing text for this term is ‘How to catch a star! By Oliver Jeffers. |
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Maths |
Daily opportunities will be planned through continuous provision and daily routines for all children. (Reception) We will continue to deepen our understanding of numbers to 10 including the composition of each number and use subitising (recognise quantities without counting) while also exploring shape, space and measure. |
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Understanding the World
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Our topic this term is Pirates and Mermaids! We will discover famous pirates from the past, make treasure maps and model boats. Will they float or sink? I wonder if Pirate Pete will leave us a treasure map to follow?
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RE |
Easter – Why do Christians put a cross in the Easter garden?
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Music |
Everyone! (Charanga music scheme)
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PSHE – Jigsaw |
Healthy ME! |
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PE |
We will do lots of physical development throughout each day, but on a Thursday we will have a PE session so please can the children come to school in their PE kits every Thursday. |
We will continue to share our learning journey of each week on Tapestry so please look out each week to see what your child has been learning about. Also, please share any photos from home that your child can share with the rest of the class. We look forward to seeing them!
From Mrs Gains, Mrs Pinner and Mrs Farmer
Curriculum Letter
I hope everyone has had a lovely half term!
Just to remind you Miss Jayne will be continuing her teaching placement this term.
This is an overview of our learning topics for this term.
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English |
PHONICS: YEAR 1 will continue to access daily phonics sessions in their progress groups to ensure they are ready for their end of year Phonics Screening Check. ‘Talk for Writing’ – Non-Fiction – Persuasive Text Reading Books will be changed every Friday so your child can practise their reading fluency of the story throughout the week. In addition to this, your child will bring home a library book that you can share together. Please comment in your child’s yellow reading record when your child has read. |
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Maths |
Children will explore mathematical concepts associated with the following topics:-
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Science |
We will be learning about ‘Animals, including Humans’ and observing seasonal changes. We will have hands on experiences for this topic at Farm School.
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History |
This term we will be learning about the different Explorers. This unit focuses on the local area and local people who have had a significant impact on the world. Explorers such as, John Smith, Matthew Flinders and James Cook.
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RE |
This term, we will continue to learn about Thankfulness in different religions. |
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PSHE (Jigsaw) |
The topic for this term is Healthy ME! |
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DT |
This term we will be learning about Mechanisms – Wheels and Axles – and we hope to do the making part at Farm School. |
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Computing |
We will be Making Music using digital software. |
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Music |
Our music topic for this term is ‘I wanna play in a band’ following our Charanga Scheme of Music. |
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PE |
Our PE sessions will take place on Thursday and Friday. Please make sure your child comes to school in their PE kits on these days. |
Kind regards, Mrs Gains and Miss Jayne