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Teaching Team Miss Oliver Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Paynter
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Support Staff Miss Hardwick Miss Shaw |
Week beginning: 9th March 2026
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Squirrels Class weekly theme The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This week we mix Science Week with the hungry caterpillar! We will continue thinking about what the caterpillar ate whilst comparing it to foods that we like to eat at home. We know that families enjoy different foods. Linked to Science week we will be asking the children 'what is your question?' and encouraging them to share what they would like to find out. |
Owls Class weekly theme Science Week Linked to the recent Winter Olympics the children will have a go at creating their own snow! We welcome family members to come in to visit our classroom on Friday from 2.45.
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Our Learning this week includes:
Literacy - The children will role play cafes in groups with each child taking on different roles (caterpillar/customer or waiter/waitress/chef). The children will be given written orders with mistakes in them and they will support each other to read and identify the mistakes. Can they have a go at writing them correctly?
Linked to our PSED learning about us all being unique, children will have the opportunity to create their own butterfly designs. They will have a go at writing about their own design. We will support children to use the skills we have already taught including saying our sentence out loud, counting the words, using our segmenting fingers to spell each word and using the little wandle rhymes to support letter formation. What do our sentences describe? How do they inform our reader?
Children will have sound mats and tricky word mats to support their writing. We will remind children about pencil grip using the ‘pinch and flick’ method. We will remind children to use their correct writing position with feet flat on the floor.
Maths - The children will be consolidating their understanding of the composition of numbers by exploring the numbers within 7. The children will deepen their understanding that a whole number is made up of smaller parts through games and practical experiences, for example by building towers of 7 and hiding a part, or by exploring which Numberblocks can be hidden behind Numberblock 7.
A key focus will be partitioning 7 (splitting it into parts) and identifying a missing part, such as exploring how many ducks out of 7 have come back to Mummy and how many are still out playing ‘behind the hills’.
Understanding of the World - Linked to Science Week this week the children will be encouraged to think about 'what is your question?' We will share some of this and have a go at finding out the answer by using different methods e.g. non fiction books, asking friends or teachers, using the internet or AI. We will also be thinking about what we notice, what is the same or different, when making cloud dough. Mixing just two ingredients we will explore how they change, and have a go at describing it using new vocabulary.
We welcome families into the classroom from 14:45 on Friday afternoon to talk about our Science Week activities.
| Phonics focus of the week | Song of the week | Words of the week |
Poem of the week |
| Recapping sounds learnt so far | A tiny caterpillar |
Spring Wind |
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 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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