Class teachers: Mrs Stewart, Mrs Barkwith and Mrs Finch

TAs: Mrs Mills, Mrs Sullivan and Miss Jackson

 

Key Information:

Hedgehogs will be doing Forest school this half-term on a Tuesday morning. Please ensure your children have appropriate clothing for the forest including a coat and alternative footwear e.g. wellies. Remember children need to have long sleeves and long trousers to ensure they are covered up. We will change to swimming after the October half-term.

 

Squirrels will be going swimming this half-term on a Tuesday morning. Please ensure your children bring swimwear, a towel and swimming hat. We will change to forest school after the October half-term. 

 

PE will be on a Thursday. For the time being, the children will wear their school uniform to participate in these lessons. 

 

Please ensure that all jewellery, including earrings, are removed before coming to school on PE, forest school and swimming days. This will allow your child to participate in our school curriculum. 

 

Reading books will be collected in on Thursday and returned to the children on Friday. Please ensure your children bring in their reading folders on that day in order that books can be changed.

Curriculum:

English:

This term we will be looking at the text Peace At Last by Jill Murphy. We will orally retell the story using actions and props. We will also be exploring the text of The Three Little Pigs by Mara Alperin. We will be labelling a plan for the story and attempting to write a caption. 

 

We will also have a focus on poetry through the books 'a Bundle of Rhymes', 'Creepy Crawly' and 'Busy Bugs'. We will even have a poet in to celebrate national poetry day! We are very excited!

Maths

This term children will focus on:

• building their experience of number 
• further developing subitising and counting skills
• exploring the composition of numbers within 5
• comparing sets of objects
• using the language of comparison 

Phonics

Children will be taught the initial code of the Sounds Write phonics programme. Opportunities for children to apply and embed the skill of blending will be provided throughout the learning environment. High frequency words will be taught alongside the Sounds Write Programme. 

RE

Our topic this half-term is 'Being Special; Where do we belong?' We will explore this topic through a variety of faiths. 

After October half-term, we will be thinking about why Christmas is special to Christians and even put on our own nativity performance for you to enjoy. 

Music

In Music we will be exploring sound, music and movement. 

Art and DT

In Art and DT our topics will be junk modelling and marvellous marks. 

Technology

We will focus on 'awesome autumn' and 'winter warmers'. 

PE

In PE we will be exploring fairytales through dance. 

PSED

We will be learning to self regulate, to listen and follow instructions and building relationships. 

The Natural World 

We will be exploring properties of materials and thinking about where we live. 

People, Cultures and Communities 

We will be looking at who is in our families and people who help us. If you have an exciting occupation, please get in touch. We would love you to come and talk to us about what you do!

Past and Present

During our lessons on the Past and Present, we will be learning about Bonfire Night and Christmas in the past.