Term 6, Week 4

Each class has enjoyed learning about their chosen minibeast this week. In class 3 we have had lots of fun learning about snails and studying them very closely! Next week we hope to share our learning about minibeasts with each other’s classes. This will be our last week learning about minibeasts before we join the whole school working together on the topic of Journeys.

Notices

  • The children now know which class they will be in next year and who their teacher will be. You should also have received an email informing you of this information. This week they will all have an opportunity to meet their new teacher and visit the classrooms.
  • Next week on Wednesday 7th July we will be having our ‘Learning Share’ sessions outside on the class patio areas. This is an opportunity to come and share your child’s books and learning with them. You will also be able to visit the inside of the classrooms in small groups to see where all their amazing learning has been happening! Please bring a pen with you so that you can fill in the parents view section on our end of year reports.

To follow COVID social distancing guidelines these will be organised by  odd / even class numbers: 

Class 1 and Class 3: 2.30pm – 3.15 pm

Class 2:  9.10am  – 9.55am

  • Please continue to send your child with a coat everyday as even on sunny days it can be quite chilly outside on our patios and in the playground.

Observation challenge 

This week we would love to see some observations of the children doing some measuring at home.

This week’s Learning 

The full plans are available here  if you are isolating at home.

PSED 

In addition to our Jigsaw and Daily Wellbeing, we will be including circle times to support friendships and play as appropriate for each class.

Our Jigsaw session this week continues our theme of “Changing me” and we will be talking about Moving on to Year 1

We will also continue to do daily wellbeing activities.

Communication and Language

This week we will be reading the well known story of  Superworm by Julia Donaldson. Watch it here.  Superworm by Julia Donaldson

We will be joining in and looking out for rhyming words. 

Physical

Gross motor skills: We are going to use agility and skill as we practise some relay activities for Sports Day. This week we are going to try the running race and obstacle course.

Literacy 

Phonics 

This week we will be recapping all sounds and tricky words up to phase 4.

We will becoming master’s of the following sounds: ai, ee, igh, oo, oa, oi, th, ng

Reading

This week we will be reading with the children 1:1 or in small guided reading groups.

Please remember to try and read with your child for 10 minutes every day.

Writing        

This week we will be looking at non-fiction facts about minibeasts and writing facts about our favourite one. 

Mathematics

This week in our number work we will be revisiting doubling / halving /sharing and odd & even numbers.

We will be also be revisiting measurement and learning to use cubes (or other regular sized objects eg pasta shapes) ) to measure height and weight. Outside we will  be thinking about distance (measuring who can throw a bean bag the furthest) and time ( How many star jumps etc can you do in a minute?).

Understanding the World

The World 

This week we will be reading non fiction books about minibeasts and writing facts  about our favourites. We will be sharing our learning from last week’s class focus with each other’s classes.

RE

This week we are talking about the Judeo-Christian belief in God as Creator, and how they might show care for our world.

Expressive Arts

This week we will be using clay to make our very own clay minibeasts!

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