Class Teacher : Mrs Bott 

Terms Three and Four 

Our enquiry is: What could it be made of? 

This term, the children will be exploring the big question: “What could it be made of?”

To help us investigate this, we will work through a series of mini-enquiries:

• What is my toy made of?
• What is the difference between my toys and my grandparents’ toys?
• What do I need to keep my teddy warm and dry?
• What is a designer?
• What would you design?

Through stories, class discussions, and shared experiences, children will explore the concepts of comparison, purpose, identification, pattern, fairness, cause and effect, strength, phenomena, evolution, inheritance and impact.

Phonics 

We follow the Read Write Inc. phonics programme. This term, the reception children will continue learning their set 1 sounds and special friends. They will become more confident with blending sounds together to read words. They will continue to practise writing letters and words. 

Year 1 children will be learning sets 2 and 3 sounds and building their skills by reading and writing words containing these sounds. We encourage children to apply their phonics skills across all areas of learning.

Families can support at home by engaging with the Virtual Classroom films wherever possible.

English 

We will be doing daily reading and writing lessons based upon a new story each week. These are: Aliens love underpants, The giant jam sandwich, Crocodile, The three little pigs, The gingerbread man, Room on the broom.  These lessons will explore new vocabulary, grammar, comprehension skills and provide opportunities for children to learn how to form letters correctly and how to write a sentence. We will explore lots of other stories within our daily story time sessions.

Maths

Across the term, the children will develop themselves as mathematicians. Reception children will be taught the following units: Introducing zero, Comparison and Compare mass and capacity. Year 1 children will work on the units: counting within 100, measures – capacity, length and weight and Additive structures and facts within 10. The children will explore counting songs every day.  The children will also have a daily 10-minute ‘Mastering Number’ maths session. They will be given lots of opportunities to explore mathematical concepts through the provision.

R.E

In R.E we will be exploring ‘Why should we care for the world?’ and ‘Why should we care for others? 

PSHE

The children will explore ‘Health and well-being’ and ‘Safety and the changing body’.

 

Term 3 – Health and wellbeing.

-Understanding my emotions.

-Ready for bed.

-Handwashing and personal hygiene.

-Sun safety.

-Allergies.

-Safer internet day.

 

Term 4 – Safety and the changing body.

-Adults in school.

-Adults outside of school.

-Making an emergency phone call.

-Appropriate contact.

-Safety with substances.

PE
Our P.E. days are Thursday and Friday. Reception and Year 1 children will come in dressed for PE on their PE days. We will focus on Real PE sessions, gymnastics and dance.

Home learning

For home learning, children should be doing the following every week:
● Reading as often as possible – ideally 5 times a week
● Practising Maths on Numbots. 
● Spelling shed – Year 1 (Stage 1 first)

 Teach Your Monster To Read  is a fun resource for your children to use at home. Please use their login details to access the school account.

Children have logins for the websites above in their reading records. Please let Mrs Bott know if the children need another copy of their log-in details.