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Teaching Team Miss Oliver Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Paynter
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Support Staff Miss Hardwick Miss Shaw |
Week beginning: 29th June 2026
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Squirrels Class weekly theme Summer sun Inspired by the warm weather, the children have started talking about summer time and what this brings. We have been talking about the importance of shade, which led to conversations about shadows. This week we will be creating some summer sun artwork to sell at the Art Gallery on Friday afternoon. We will also be starting sports day practise.
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Owls Class weekly theme Our Amazing Bodies! This week we will be using our bodies in various ways as we practise for sports day. Please can you return any remaining sports day letters to us. We continue to reflect on our changes and how we have grown up over the year. Please come and speak to us if your child is worried about any aspect of transition into Year 1. |
Our Learning this week includes:
Literacy - This week we focus on asking questions and learning we ask questions to find out information. We will be looking at different sentences together and the children will identify if a sentence is a question or not. Linked to transition the children will think about what they want to find out about moving to Year 1, their new teacher or their new class. They will ask questions and have a go at writing these down. Their next teacher will then have a go at answering all their questions. We will continue to remind the children of the importance of reading back their work - the reader needs to be able to read the question so they can answer it!
We recap our 5 key parts of our sentence using our hands to help us:
- Capital letter
- Finger spaces
- Segment the sounds in each word so you can spell it.
- Check the sentence makes sense - read it back.
- A stop sign (full stop, exclamation mark or question mark).
Maths - The children will be practising their counting skills, with a focus on exploring the number system beyond 20 and enjoying the challenge of counting larger quantities. We will be revisiting and practising these key skills:
- tagging each object in a group
- knowing that the last number counted gives the total in the set
- counting things that can't be seen, such as jumps, hops, sounds, etc.
- understanding that the quantity remains the same when objects are counted in a different order.
- developing strategies to keep track of what has and has not been counted (e.g. rearranging objects into a line, moving objects as they’re counted)
- using a ‘counting wand’ to tag items that cannot practically be moved or written on e.g. the number of pictures in our art gallery or the number of trees in our wild area.
- recognising the pattern of the counting system, when counting beyond 20.
| Phonics focus of the week | Song of the week | Words of the week |
Poem of the week |
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words ending in s, es |
In and out the dusty bluebells | full stop, question mark, exclamation mark |
Thunder Storm |
Our Summer Term letter is viewable here
See below for phonics information for the Summer 2 term
Last week's poem was:
Pitter Patter
Pitter patter falls the rain,
On the roof and window pane.
Softly, softly it comes down,
Makes a stream that runs around.
Flowers lift their heads and say,
“A nice cool drink for us today.”
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 for both classes are:
- Tuesday
- Thursday
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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