Noticeboard
- Please alert your child’s class teacher when your child has filled up one side of their bookmark.
- Please find the lunch menu by clicking here.
- Please make sure your child has a coat in school every day. We will go outside even when it is cold and raining.
- Please do not allow your child to play with the resources that are on the Reception patio in the morning. These have been carefully positioned and are there to support your child’s learning during the school day.
Key dates for Term 6
Please use the school calendar to find up-coming dates. There are some key dates below:
- Monday 2nd June – First day of Term 6.
- Thursday 5th June – Class photos during the school day.
- Monday 16th June – Inset day. School closed to all children.
- Friday 20th June – Sports day (morning only). Parents are welcome to come support.
- Monday 30th June – Open afternoon (after school). An opportunity for you and your child to visit their new classroom and look at their books/work this year.
- Tuesday 22nd July – Last day of the school year.
Celebrations
We have enjoyed wrapping up this terms learning this week. The children have made final observations of the beanstalks they have grown and we answered the questions they had at the start. They will be bringing the beans home, so please continue to nurture them and keep us updated with their progress via Tapestry! We’ve been impressed with the children’s pointillism skills too. They looked at the artist Georges Seurat and mimicked his style when painting flowers and plants.
Star of the Week
Daisy Class – Sebbi
Buttercup Class – Lucia
Tapestry observation request
This week, is Expressive art and design. We would like your child to make a musical instrument and send in a video of them playing it. If they like, they can also bring it into school!
You can also send us any moments that you feel are significant in your child’s learning or want to share with your child’s class teachers. Click the links below to find out how to add observations from different devices.
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This week’s learning
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
This term we are focusing on well being! This week the children will be learning about the importance of exercise and how it affects different body parts differently.
Communication and Language
Book of the week: Mini Beasties – a collection of poems
We always encourage the children to engage in story times and non-fiction books in these ways:
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what is being said.
Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.
Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives.
Describe some events in detail.
Physical development
This week the children will be practising for sports day!
Literacy
This week in Phonics, we will practise mastery of Phase 4 words with adjacent consonants: dr, cl, bl, lk, lp, xt, st, sm, sn, fr, fl
And revisiting the common exception words: like, so, do
We will practise blending phonemes to read, and segmenting words to spell them using the phonemes and graphemes we have learned so far.
Writing: This week, the children will be writing dictated sentences to support our assessment of their writing.
Maths
This week the children will be exploring how to rotate, manipulate and compose shapes. They will use physical resources to help to understand these concepts, allowing them to manipulate and compose shapes in different ways.
Understanding the World
We will be going on a walk around the school ground using our senses to notice the changing seasons and asking what are the signs of summer?
Religion and Worldviews
Continuing our Big Question: How should we live our lives? We will learn about who is important for Christians – Jesus.
Expressive arts and Design
In music, we will be continuing our unit of work focusing on pitch. They will be looking at written music this week and will be able to recognize that music is notated to show both pitch and duration.