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St Edward's Reception Class.
Term 4
LITERACY AND MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT
Over the term, we will be sharing a variety of stories and exploring the language used within them. These stories will have a theme of Royalty. Our main text will be the Princess and the Pea.
Our daily phonics lessons have been very successful and the children are showing a good understanding of the phonetic sounds that we have learnt. We will be continuing to learn new sounds each week to support us with our early writing.
In Mathematics, we will continue to build on our subitising skills to be able to instantly recognise how many objects are in front of us. We will also be looking at length, height, time and building to 9 and 10. The children have been enjoying their White Rose Maths lessons and we will continue with these, working hard together to progress.
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD – History
We will learn all about the King and his family. We have lots of exiting activities planned for this, including role playing our very own coronation!
We have also watched some chick eggs turn in to chicks and have enjoyed watching them hatch. We even had a cuddle with them once the chicks were dry!
EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND DESIGN- DT
Our Expressive Arts and Design focus is food technology. We will be involved in lots of activities around food such as making fruit smoothies.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
We will be progressing further with our PE lessons, a step up from last term J We will also provide the children with many different opportunities to develop their fine and gross motor skills both indoors and outdoors. Our activities will continue to be very fun and very, very messy! J
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
During this term, we will be continuing to work on the
children’s communication and language skills. The children will be encouraged to listen to and respond to each other.
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We will continue to work with the children to ensure that their well-being is high and that their social and emotional skills continue to develop.
We will be encouraging children to name their emotions and how that emotion makes them feel.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The children will begin by exploring the Jewish Faith. We will also be continuing with our Catholic ethos, looking at Sorrow and Joy.
Class are taught by Miss Collins and are supported by Miss Palmer, Mrs Cork and Mrs Ralph.
Term 3
LITERACY AND MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT
Over the term, we will be sharing a variety of stories and exploring the language used within them. These stories will have Snow and Ice themes such as Penguins don’t wear sweaters, The Emperor’s egg and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, what do you hear?
Our daily phonics lessons have been very successful and the children are showing a good understanding of the phonetic sounds that we have learnt. We will be continuing to learn new sounds each week to support us with our early writing.
In Mathematics, we will continue to build on our subitising skills to be able to instantly recognise how many objects are in front of us. We will also be looking at mass and capacity.
The children have been enjoying their White Rose Maths lessons and we will continue with these, working specifically on identifying, naming and comparing circles and triangles, investigating shapes in our environment and describing position.
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD – Geography
We will learn about cold places in the world – we will explore the Arctic and Antarctica and know where the North Pole is.
EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND DESIGN
Our Expressive Arts and Design focus will be based on making collages – we will be using lots of different materials to make pictures that link with our Topic.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
We will also provide the children with many different opportunities to develop their fine and gross motor skills both indoors and outdoors. Some of this will be very fun and very, very messy! J
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We will continue to work with the children to ensure that their well-being is high and that their social and emotional skills continue to develop.
We will be encouraging children to name their emotions and how that emotion makes them feel.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The children will begin by exploring the Muslim Faith. We will also be continuing with our Catholic ethos, looking at who Jesus is, who are Jesus’ family and Jesus’ Disciples.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
During this term, we will be continuing to work on the
children’s communication and language skills. The children will be encouraged to listen to and respond to each other.
Term 3 pictures
Term 2
Welcome to Term 2 in Year R St Edwards Class! We have been working really hard this term.
In Maths we have been learning to count, numbers 1-5, one more, one less, and identify circles, triangles and 4 sided shapes.
In English we have been reading The Dinosaur that pooped Christmas! We have done some exiting activities linking to this.
We have still been progressing with our phonics lessons, learning and recapping a new sound each day. The impact of this is beginning to show in our early writing.
In Understanding Our World, we have been learning all about Fossils and Dinosaurs. We were even lucky enough to have an amazing workshop from Maidstone Museum to help us with our learning.
We are so exited to have started our Christmas Nativity! We can not wait for you to come and see us perform. We also had an RE lesson learning all about Sikhism.
Term 2 photos
Term 1
Welcome to Year R St Edwards Class! We have been super busy settling into the routine of school.
Welcome to Year R St Edwards Class! We have been super busy settling into the routine of school.
In Maths we will be focusing on matching, sorting, comparing, size, mass and patterns. We have been doing lots of practical activities to help us with this.
In English, our main text is We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Please see our pictures to see the exiting activities we have been doing!
We are so excited to have started our phonics lessons. Each morning, we have been learning a brand new sound to support us in our early writing.
In RE we have been learning about God’s World. We are beginning to understand the things God created. We have been doing activities such as walking around our school to find things that God created.
In Understanding the World, we are learning all about Autumn and Maps.
We are looking forward to working even harder and having more fun for the rest of the term.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt actions
We're Going on a Bear Hunt actions
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