Timetable

Monday and Thursday- PE

Thursday- Forest School

Friday- Book change

Week 1

What an amazing first week, they children should feel very proud of themselves.

We spent some time learning the names of all our new friends. We explored the classroom, learning about the different areas and created our classroom rules.

We took part in some Dough Disco and tried our hand at some pre-writing shapes.

We even stayed for our first school lunches.

Week 2

An another amazing week of firsts for the children.

This week we started our journey to learning to read with our first Phonic lessons. We learnt the sounds:-

m  a  s  d  t

We began our journey to becoming Mathematicians by looking at the quantities 1 and 2. We matched the quantity to the correct numeral, we collected the correct amount ensuring we stopped at the correct number. We looked at the relationship between them and we found we could subitise them easily.

We also started to understand stories with our first Drawing Club lessons. We used the book "My Play Can Be....." by Stephanie Seidler and Anastasia Sikilinda. We explored the vocabulary:-

dainty, courage, gleaming, play, dart, adventure

We then drew the main character, ourselves, and a setting for our play.

In our first PE lesson we played Simon Says and Follow the Leader for our warm up. We then used some simple equipment to practice our balancing, our jumping and landing, and some simple ways to move across the floor.

Week 3

In Phonics this week we learnt the sounds

i, n, p, g, o

This week we added Wordtime, where we use magnetic letters to blends sounds to make words.

In Drawing Club we used the book "The Dot" by Peter H Reynolds as our inspiration. We drew Vashti, the main character, and the art classroom, the setting. We also created our own pictures from a dot.

In Maths we explored 3 and 4 and the relationship between them and with 1 and 2. We noticed that if we build towers of each quantity they look like steps when placed next to each other.

Week 4

In phonics this week we learnt the sounds 

c  k   u  b  f

We continued wordtime, adding the previous weeks sounds to try to blend into words.

For Drawing Club we used the text "The Leaf Thief" by Alice Hemming as our inspiration. We drew the main character, Squirrel, and the setting of the woods.

We added a second PE session to our timetable. We used one to do Yoga to build our core strength and focus. In the second we pretended we were witches and wizards to help us learn about staying safe and personal space when moving around the room.

In Maths we learnt about the quantity 5 and made groups of 5 objects. We also learnt a game called Fast Eyes where we have to spot how many objects are visible without counting. We also played 3 or not 3, again spotting how many objects are in a group.

We then found groups of 3 in a large quantity. We also learnt about repeating patterns and how to continue them.

Week 5

In Phonics this week we learnt the sounds:

e  l  h  r  j

We continued to blend and make words using m a s d t i n p g and o during wordtime.

We used the book "Pumpkin Soup" by Helen Cooper as our inspiration for Drawing Club. We drew the characters, Duck, Cat and Squirrel and we drew their cabin as the setting. We also made and tasted our own pumpkin soup. The children learnt how to safely use knives to chop the pumpkin and carrot before it was cooked. We then got to taste it with a slice of crusty bread to dip. The recipe is in our Virtual Cookbook if you would like to cook it at home.

In Maths we practiced our careful counting. The children helped teach Mr Todd, our class fox, that to count carefully we need to ensure we say the numbers in the correct order, and to count each object just once. We learnt that this was easier to do if we lined the objects up, or moved them as we said each number.

This week the children started The Big Brush Club a government and NHS strategy to improve oral health. Each child has their own toothbrush which is kept in school and after lunch the children brush their teeth for 2 minutes.

In PE we again a Cosmic Kids yoga activity to build our core strength, flexibility and focus. In our 2nd PE slot we continued building on staying safe as we move in a variety of ways.

Week 6

In Phonics this week we learnt the sounds 

v  y  w  z

and we used Fred talk to hear them in words.

We continued making words during wordtime using sounds we have learnt.

In Maths we were looking at large groups of objects and finding smaller groups of things within it. We made sure we used the full stem sentence "I can see ........."

As this week is International Space week we used the book "Whatever Next!" by Jill Murphy as our inspiration for Drawing Club. We drew the main character, Baby Bear and we drew the setting, the moon. We sequenced pictures of the story to help us remember it and used props to retell the story. We also were scientists investigating which solution; water, lemon juice or vinegar, made our "moon rock" fizz.

This week we had our first Forest School session. We practiced putting on our protective trousers and coats and finding our wellies before heading to the forest area. We sat around the fire circle, no fire this time, and learnt the rules and boundaries of our area. We then had time to explore and play. Some of use chose to use the mud kitchen, some of use used the rope ladder, we played in the bushes and we collected acorns.

In PE we continued to learn about the fundamentals of PE, about safe space and moving safely with control.

Week 7

For Drawing club this week we used the book "We're going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury as our inspiration. We drew the bear and the forest. We also learnt about drawing Story maps to help us retell the story and had a go at drawing our own. We also used our phonics to begin to label our map.

In Phonics we learnt our first "Special friends"

x, sh, th, ch, qu

We also continued to blend and make words with the sounds we have learnt.

In maths we continued to ensure we were able to count objects carefully. We then used our careful counting to compare quantities. We looked at which quantity more and used the phrase "___ has more than ____".

In Forest School we went on a bear hunt. When we got to the forest area a letter waiting for us which said that lots of bears were hiding around the area. The children had great fun finding, and re-hiding the bears. The children also enjoyed playing hide and seek around the area.

Week 8

In Phonics this week we completed learning Set 1 sounds:

ng, nk, ll, ss, ff, ck

Our inspiration for Drawing Club was "Room on the broom" by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. We drew one of the characters and the setting. We then designed our own truly magnificent broom.

In Maths we practiced our careful counting to ensure we added the correct amount of ingredients to our spells. We also continued to look at comparing 2 quantities, this week exploring fewer than.

At Forest School the witch had left us her cauldron to make our own natural potions. We collected leaves, acorns, berries and twigs to add before saying the magic words "iggety, ziggety, zaggety zoom!"

In PE we worked in partners to mirror each others ways of moving around the room. We needed to remember how to move safely without bumping into others.