This year your teacher is Miss Holland and your teaching assistant is Mrs Crompton.

PE will take place every Tuesday. This half term we will have Street Dance sessions.

For PE sessions, please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggings or jogging bottoms

- White T-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

Yoga will be every Monday afternoon with Mrs Ash. 

We will be doing Forest School every Wednesday with Mrs Powell. 

For Forest School sessions, please bring the following:

– Wellies 

- Waterproof coat or puddle suit

- A full set of spare clothes (please send in old clothes as the children will get muddy!) 

- Warmer clothes such as joggers and hoodies for the winter months

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as the days on which they will be able to read with an adult may change from time to time. It is also crucial that you listen to your child read each evening and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed.

Within this class, reading records will be checked and books changed on a Monday. Please make sure your child has their reading folder with them every Monday. 

Homework will be set on a Tuesday through our online learning platform, Tapestry.

Some homework will involve an activity through the app and other homework challenges will be a practical challenge for you to complete with your child. 

Our current topic is: Where would the naughty bus travel?

Throughout the half-term, the children will explore London and share their own experiences of different places they have been. They will make junk modelling buses and take part in a local area walk to help compare London with Broomwood.

Our key text is Naughty Bus.

Our weekly questions are...

Week 1 – DT (3 days), local history days (2 days)

Week 2 – What would we see if we took a bus through London?

Week 3 – Where have I been and what have I seen? (History enquiry)

Week 4 – How can I make a naughty bus?

Week 5 – How can the naughty bus travel to different places? (Science enquiry)

Week 6 – What can I see on the bus route around the local area?

Our stunning start – All aboard the Broomwood express!

Our fantastic finish - Walk around the Broomwood

Our Communication and Language focus for this half term will be...

Listening, Attention and Understanding

• Demonstrate good listening behaviours during whole-class and small-group activities

• Listen attentively when being read to and respond with relevant questions, comments and actions

• Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding

• Join in confidently with repeated refrains and fill in rhyming words

• Discuss characters, events and settings

• Listen carefully to and learn a wider repertoire of rhymes, poems and songs

• Listen to and talk about non-fiction books, developing familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary

Speaking

• Learn and use new vocabulary in a range of contexts throughout the day

• Ask questions to find out more and to check understanding

• Articulate ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences

• Describe events in some detail

• Use connectives to link ideas and actions

• Use talk to organise thinking, explain how things work and why things happen

• Retell simple stories with increasing accuracy, using both repetition and own words

• Engage with non-fiction texts and talk about new learning

Our Physical Development focus for this half term will be...

Gross Motor Skills

• Follow a sequence of instructions given by an adult or peer

• Take turns and wait patiently

• Work and play cooperatively with a partner or small group

• Navigate space confidently, finding and using space effectively

• Think carefully to solve problems and approach challenges positively

• Refine fundamental movement skills, including rolling, crawling, walking, jumping, running, hopping, skipping and climbing

• Combine movements with increasing fluency, control and grace

• Develop strength, balance, coordination and agility

• Use core strength to maintain good posture when sitting and moving

Fine Motor Skills

• Develop small motor skills to use tools competently, safely and confidently

• Use pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and cutlery with increasing control

• Consolidate effective pencil grip

• Develop correct letter formation in preparation for writing

Our Personal, Social and Emotional Development focus for this half term will be...

Self-Regulation

• Recognise, name and express a wider range of emotions

• Link emotions to personal experiences and story characters

• Recall and use strategies to manage feelings and stay calm

• Extend concentration during adult-led activities

• Set personal goals and show resilience and perseverance

• Identify and moderate emotions in social situations

• Think about and understand the perspectives and feelings of others

• Demonstrate empathy and kindness

• Show confidence in themselves and their unique talents

Managing Self

• Consolidate independence in self-care and personal hygiene

• Understand factors that support health and wellbeing, including sleep, exercise, healthy eating, screen time and dental care

Building Relationships

• See themselves as a valuable individual

• Build constructive, respectful and supportive relationships with peers and adults

Our Literacy focus for this half term will be...

Reading

• Blend sounds to read short words using known grapheme-phoneme correspondences

• Read simple phrases and sentences

• Read some common exception words

• Retell stories in correct sequence using story language

• Begin to predict what might happen next in a story

• Re-read books to develop fluency, confidence and enjoyment

• Develop phonological awareness through oral blending and segmenting

Writing

• Form most lower-case letters correctly

• Spell words by identifying and writing the sounds they hear

• Write captions, phrases and simple sentences

• Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces

• Re-read writing to check it makes sense

• Orally rehearse sentences before writing

Our Maths focus for this half term will be…

Number & Numerical Pattern

• Recognise and represent numbers 0–5

• Begin to explore and represent numbers 6, 7 and 8

• Subitise quantities within 5

• Understand the composition of numbers

• Find one more and one less within 5, extending to 10

• Begin to explore doubling numbers to 8 and making pairs

Shape, Space & Measure

• Compare mass and capacity of objects

• Explore balance using bodies and equipment

• Talk about what balance means and how it can be achieved

Our Understanding the World focus for this half term will be...

Past & Present

• Use sequencing language such as before, next, after and later

• Talk about past, present and future events

• Use time-related language including yesterday, today and tomorrow

• Share experiences from home and school life

• Talk about past settings, characters and events in stories and rhymes

People, Culture & Communities

• Develop friendships and play collaboratively

• Respect others’ likes, dislikes and beliefs

• Learn about celebrations and special events

• Explore a range of occupations and roles

• Talk about family members and their jobs

• Understand that some places are special to different people

• Compare life in the UK with other countries, including homes, food, animals and celebrations

The Natural World

• Name the five senses and describe different sensations

• Explore natural materials and talk about similarities and differences

• Identify and describe plants and animals

• Show care and responsibility for living things and the environment

• Talk about animals in different habitats and climates

• Observe and describe seasonal changes from winter to spring

Our Expressive Arts & Design focus for this half term will be...

Being Imaginative & Expressive

• Listen and respond to music through movement and discussion

• Watch and talk about dance and performance

• Sing a range of songs, rhymes and nursery rhymes

• Develop storylines in pretend play

• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with confidence

• Invent, adapt and recount stories with peers and adults

Creating with Materials

• Explore and use a range of materials and artistic effects

• Build on previous learning to refine creations

• Share ideas, resources and skills when creating

• Use props and materials in role play

• Safely use tools and experiment with colour and texture

• Talk about and explain finished creations

Design and Technology

• Explore mechanisms through a focused project on making buses