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Teaching Team Miss Oliver Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Paynter
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Support Staff Miss Hardwick Miss Shaw |
Week beginning: 20th April 2026
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Squirrels Class weekly theme Flowers and plants As the sun began to shine last week we enjoyed many moments outside. The children loved digging in the upper playground and some even went to Gardening Club at lunchtime. We talked about the new flowers we have seen growing and the tomato plants which are beginning to shoot too. This week we will be focusing on identifying and naming parts of a plant. |
Owls Class weekly theme
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Our Learning this week includes:
Literacy - We retell a familiar story together taking a walk around our classroom, can we remember what happens next? We remind children that stories have a beginning, middle and end. We remind children about the word character and introduce the word setting.
Children will come up with their own ideas to change parts of the story - can we make it funny/silly? What can we change?
We are then going to have a go at creating our own story ideas selecting from our story telling bag. During playing, learning and exploring time the children will be encouraged to become storytellers complete with storytelling cape and hat.
We will read the story of Little Red and discuss what we think about the story. We will record what we think about the story.
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 - This week, the children will continue to develop their subitising skills (seeing the quantity without counting) in increasingly complex arrangements. Some arrangements are easier to subitise than others – e.g. a set of 6 dots arranged in a structured die pattern that exposes the double-3 pattern is easier to recognise than a random arrangement of 6 dots. A key focus this week is to use the children’s developing understanding of doubles to support their subitising skills.
Understanding of the World - This week we shall be looking at plants and identifying the correct name for the different parts of the plant. We will have a go at labelling a plant picture with the correct names and also labelling the plants outside in our playground. We will also be planting our own sunflower seeds to grow in the classroom. When they are big enough we will bring them home to care for further and plant! We can't wait to see how tall they grow!
Shared Reading - Friday 24th April at 2:45pm - we look forward to seeing many of you there!
| Phonics focus of the week | Song of the week | Words of the week |
Poem of the week |
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Short vowels CVCC and CCVC |
Five little flowers | root, stem, flower, bud |
Hungry Birdies |
Our Summer Term letter is viewable here
See below for phonics information for the Summer term
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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