Useful things to know and reminders from the team
PE is on a Wednesday.
Music is on a Wednesday
Books are changed on a Friday, however it is important that your child brings their reading book to school each day.
Children have access to Reading Eggs at home.
Explore what we're learning this term below...
English
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Maths
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Music
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Art
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PSHE / Wellbeing
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RE
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Science
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Geography / History
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Computing
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PE
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MFL
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Explore what we're learning this term below...
Personal, Social and Emotional development
Relationships: My Family and Me, Making Friends, Falling out, Bullying, Being the best friends we can be.
Changing Me: My Body, Respecting my body, Growing up, Fun and Fears and Celebration.
English
ENGLISH
Summer term books:
Summer 1:Jack and the beanstalk,
Billy goats gruff,
Goldilocks,
Three Little Pigs,
Jolly Postman.
Hansel and Gretel, Alternative: Goldilock and Just one bear,
The Wolf and the big bad pig.
Summer 2:
Mrs Armitage on wheels
The Hundred Decker Bus
Here We Are
The Man on the Moon, The Darkest Dark
The Night Pirates
The Pirates Next Door, Deep Sea Diary.
Phonics:
Phase 4 graphemes
Short vowels
Long vowels
Longer words
Compound words
Root words ending in: –ing, –ed /t/, –ed /id/ /ed/ –est
Phase 4 words with –es /z/ at the end
Root words ending in : -er and -est.
Tricky words:
Review previous tricky words.
New tricky words: said, so, have, like, some, come, love, do, were, here,little, says, there, when, what, one, out, today.
Writing
Sentence writing
Focusing on finger spaces.
Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
Rhyming words.
Write sentences with understanding of beginning, middle and end.
Writing sentences using a range of tricky words that are spelt correctly.
Character descriptions.
Story writing.
Fact writing.
Continued writing opportunities and resources available within the continuous provision.
Understanding the World
Past and Present:
Understand thepast through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in classand storytelling.
Focus in Summer 1on fairy tales: Theatre trip, fairy tale workshop, end of topic ‘Fairy TaleBall’ hosted in school.
The Natural World:
Understand some important processes andchanges in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changingstates of matter.
- Explore the natural world around them,making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
- Melting Gingerbread man experiment
- Planting and growing cress heads
- Building bridges and testing them –link to STEM
- Porridge cooking – testing ingredients/amounts
- Huff and Puff experiment and testing materials
- A basket of food – weight experiment
Expressive Art & Design
We will explore: Watercolour castles, finger puppet/stick puppet making,building houses, mask making, sweet houses/cottages, paper mache planets, tyedye t-shirts
Artists: Steven Brown, Henry Pearson, Vincent van Gogh
Music
Children will continue to have a weekly music session with Miss Rose, where they will get the chance to play and explore a range of musical instruments.
Playing Together
Learn and remember 5 new songs to sing alone, with a partner and in a group
Recognise and tap 4 beat rhythms from known songs
Learn to play gradually faster and slower on percussion instruments.
Recognise known songs > played from rhythm alone>
Maths
Number and Pattern: Counting on to add, counting forwards and backwards,counting to 20, doubling, halving and sharing, odds and evens, data, wordproblems.
Shape, space and matter: Mass, volume and capacity, money
Problem solving : Solving simple problems.
Physical Development
Children will have P.E with CoachLewis again this term. They will be focusing on cooperating and problemsolving. With this there will be lots of opportunities for team work and teamgames.
Within their independent choosingtime, children have free access to the outdoor area and we will continue to visitthe garden on a weekly basis this term.
Within the provision and during adult ledactivities, children will:
Continue to work on pencil grip (using the tripod grip)
Continue to work on letter formation to write recognisable lettersindependently
Continue to practise cutlery skills.
Beginning to cut more complex shapes
Plus:
Weaving, cooking, planting, junk Modelling, collaging, following maps, sports day practise!