|
Teaching Team Miss Oliver Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Paynter
|
Support Staff Miss Hardwick Miss Shaw |
Week beginning: 8th June 2026
|
Squirrels Class weekly theme Natural Art This week we are inspired by Andy Goldsworthy who created art using natural resources. We started thinking about this last week when we created mini beast homes using sticks and leaves. This week we will look at examples of Goldsworthy's art and try to recreate some and also create our own. We welcome any donations of leaves, sticks, stones etc which have been collected on the way into school! We will also be talking about the World Cup 2026 and what this means for our country's football team.
|
Owls Class weekly theme
Around the World - World Cup… Superheroes |
Our Learning this week includes:
Literacy - Our current writing unit is to explore a hero and villain story. We will be writing for purpose linked to themes in the book. This week we focus on:
- Remembering what happens in the Supertato story. Can we remember the 5 important parts a sentence needs? 1. Capital letter, 2. Finger Spaces. 3. Words (which include the sounds using segmenting fingers). 4. Does the sentence make sense? 5. A stop sign.
- The children will get creative making baddie traps and they need to create an ‘instruction manual’ for their baddie trap. They will practise writing a sentence, so that it can be read back to help others to create their own baddie traps.
Maths - We will be practising and deepening the children’s automaticity with number facts within 10. We will be revisiting these key skills:
- knowing the different ‘numbers within’ 4 and 5, and naming the parts that make the whole number (e.g. that 5 is composed of 4 and 1, and 3 and 2)
- when shown a quantity to 5, saying how many are subsequently hidden under a cloth or bowl
- knowing the different ‘numbers within’ 10, and naming the parts that make the whole number, e.g. that 10 is composed of 5 and 5, or 6 and 4
- knowing doubles facts up to ‘5 and 5 make 10’
| Phonics focus of the week | Song of the week | Words of the week |
Poem of the week |
|
long vowel sounds |
Superheroes song |
Under a stone |
Our Summer Term letter is viewable here
See below for phonics information for the Summer 2 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.
Swing Gate Lane, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2LJ
01442 863913
admin@swinggate.herts.sch.uk