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Teaching Team Miss Oliver Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Paynter
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Support Staff Miss Hardwick Miss Shaw Mrs Gardener Mrs Edwards Miss Draper |
Week beginning: 31st March 2025
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Squirrels Class weekly theme Butterly Life Cycle
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Owls Class weekly theme Butterfly Life Cycle
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Our Learning this week includes:
Literacy - We will look at non fiction and the butterfly life cycle. Using images as stimulus the children will orally discuss the stages of the life cycle. They will have a go at forming oral phrases and sentences. We will use our sentence check list and sound mats to support our writing. Saying our sentence out loud, counting the words and segmenting each word. Children can use tricky words on display in the classroom to help them.
Maths - We will begin the week by exploring the concept of sorting. The children will be encouraged to notice different attributes in groups of objects – such as colour, size or function – and to describe what they notice. Beginning with adult-led sorting activities and games of ‘How am I sorting?’, the children will go on to develop their own criteria for sorting. Alongside this, we will continue to practise recalling the composition of numbers as doubles. Then, towards the end of the week, the children will apply their sorting skills to numbers and will investigate ways to sort the Numberblocks. Within the context of building Numberblocks characters, they will notice when a number can be composed of 2 equal parts.
EAD - In Art this week we will be printing using different objects - thinking about what can be used to print with that we've never tried before. We will try to make a chick picture for an Easter card, using something to print chick shapes with. The children will share their ideas, and test them out first before deciding which object was best to use for printing. We know that each chick will be unique and can't wait to see how they turn out!
| Phonics sounds of the week | Song of the week | Words of the week |
Poem of the week |
| Recap of phase 3 digraphs | The Doubles Rap | hatch, cocoon, unhatched |
Oh Dear by Michael Rosen |
Our termly Class letter is viewable here
What the children say...
In our EYFS unit we plan according to the children's interests. We spend time talking to the children, asking them what they already know and what they would like to find out.
Our weekly themes are led by the children. Each week we share ideas and then pick a theme for the coming week.
Our PE days are:
- Wednesday (am) Squirrels
- Thursday (am) Owls
- Friday (am) both classes
RE learning
In Religious Education, we will be learning about different celebrations and festivals which link to the heritage of some of the children.
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