This year you are lucky enough to have Mrs Stephani (M-W) and Mrs Lindop (W-Fr) as your child's class teachers, and Miss Walton as your child's teaching assistant, full time in Nursery.

 

This year we are extremely fortunate with our pd curriculum. We have yoga every Monday and We will also begin some multi- o skills practise for sports day.

We will be doing forest school every Wednesday so please send your child in with the appropriate clothing. come - waterproofs, wellies and layers during the winter months. 

It is important that your child builds up a love of books and reading for pleasure! 

Every Monday your child will be given a new library book when their previous one is returned. This book is to enjoy together throughout the week and over the weekend. 

Our text for this half-term is :The very bust spider

Homework will be set on a Wednesday through our online learning platform, Tapestry. You can search for this through the app store or via an email login. 

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and Mrs Stephani and Mrs Lindop will check and respond to this within that time.  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. 

Big Question: Mary, Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow?

During Summer 1 , children will explore different occupations, growing up and how to look after plants   through stories, songs, role play and hands-on experiences. The key text will be The very busy Spider, supported by a range of fiction and non-fiction texts including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Mad about Minibeasts and Ten Little Minibeasts.

Children will learn about how we change from being a baby to an aduly, what plants need to grow and different occupations.  

Special Experiences

• Wow Start: Farm trip

• Fantastic Finish: Planting

• Additional Learning Opportunities:

  • Arts' day

  • Outdoor maths learning day 

  • School trip to the farm

  • Cake sale

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Children will:

To begin to solve conflict using different social stories.

To be able to name things that we can use to help us to calm down when we feel angry.

To become more independent, using zips to fasten our coats and persevering with challenges.

To select and use resources with a goal in mind.

To talk about feelings, referring to characters in our stories to support this understanding.

To continue to learn about differences and similarities in relation to likes/dislikes and religion

Talk about their feelings using a range of words …

Develop sense of responsibility and membership of a community

Show more confidence in new social situations 

Play alongside others

Takes part in pretend play 

Communication and Language

Children will:

To be able to talk in the past tense when sharing weekend and holiday news.

To be able to talk in the future tense when talking about plans and future learning.

To be able to listen and engage in a range of songs.

To be able to talk about what we use our ears, eyes, mouth and hands for in relation to the 5 senses.

To ask and begin to understand what questions - what did we do yesterday? What are you having for tea tonight?

To ask and begin to understand why questions - why does the worm live underground? What do some people celebrate Easter?

To build up a range of vocabulary related to our topic.

Physical Development

Children will:

To be able to balance on two points confidently and one point with practice.

To build up the skills to balance on a bike and push using the pedals.

To learn how to skip.

To begin to develop the skill of getting dresses and getting undressed for PE

To  practice throwing and catching using a range of ball sizes.

To develop our hand and eye coordination through activities such as threading.

To begin to learn some boundaries and get involved with active team games.

To continue to develop fine motor skills through dough disco, ribbon dancing, mark making, threading and daily funky finger activities. 

To use one handed tools and equipment

Shows a preference for a dominant hand

Literacy

Children will:

To continue to develop an understanding of how to handle books, that print has a purpose and it goes from left to right.

To continue to sequence familiar stories.

To give meaning to different marks and try to copy different shapes.

To match and spot some initial sounds that are of significance.

To practice recognising and writing their name using a name card.

To draw pictures with a purpose in mind -

To join in with daily phonics and instrumental sounds.

To engage in extended conversations about stories and non-fiction texts

To use print in their early writing

Mathematics

Children will:

To develop an understanding of size, using the words big, small, long and short.

To compare objects of different sizes.

To learn all about the number 5.

To recognise and count numbers to 5.

To count 1:1 correspondence with objects to 5.

To practice recognising and creating with shapes.

To solve real-life problems with numbers to 5.

To explore different patterns and complete puzzles

 

Understanding the World

Children will:

plant seeds and begin to care for plants

learn about the life cycle of the plant

respect and care for all living things

to develop an awareness of seasons

to investigate forces with toys-pushing and pulling

Expressive Arts and Design

Children will:

Explore a range of musical instruments and the sounds they make

Join in with familiar songs and begin to pitch match

Use role play areas, including the vet surgery, to act out experiences

Express ideas and feelings through art, music, movement and imaginative play

Take part in collaborative artwork with peers

To make marks to a range of different types of music.

To explore colour mixing using the prime colours.

To create different minibeasts using a range of media.

To use an object to represent something else in play.

To use loose parts to create patterns