This year our teacher is Mrs Hunter
Our P.E. days are Monday and Thursday
Miss McManus will cover the class on Tuesday afternoons for Health and Wellbeing.
Class Dojo
Please join our class Dojo to keep up to date with class news, photos and more! You can use Dojo to view the points your child has been given and to view our class Dojo story.
Homework
During our first term which will take us to Christmas, the children will be introduced to 2 or 3 sounds each week. The order in which these are introduced, and their associated actions are included in their red folders. A link to the songs is also included. Please practise saying the sounds and try some of the suggested activities on the Phonics Grid. Children will find it easier to blend sounds and read words if they use the sound and not the name of the letters. d rather than D, t rather than T etc.
Reading books will be sent home later in the term and guidance will be given on how you can help at home.
Look out for a sheet of numbers which you can cut out and use at home and a Maths Wall which will have lots of activities for you to try.
Class Leadership Role 
This year, our class has leadership responsibility for looking after the birds. This involves feeding the birds and recording the birds which come into the playground.
Reminder
Please ensure that all items that your child brings to school are clearly marked with their name. This is very helpful if items get misplaced!
Here are some of the exciting things we will be learning this term…
Literacy 
We will be reinforcing all the sounds which have been introduced through play, activities and some written tasks. We will enjoy a class story each day and discuss our Likes and Dislikes, Puzzles and Connections. We will explore rhymes and rhyming words. Rhyming is a very important pre-reading skill and an easy one to develop at home through sharing rhymes, stories, poems and silly rhymes!
Lots of listening and talking skills will be developed during the activities above.
We will introduce Talk for Writing and Foundations of Writing. Talk for Writing will encourage the children to listen to, learn and re-tell stories. We will start with Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle. Foundations of Writing encourages children to draw themselves and their experiences, adding more and more detail. The teacher will scribe their stories and then encourage them to ‘have a go’ at writing their own.
Numeracy and Maths 
We will be exploring months of the year through our class calendar, birthdays and other events. Having a calendar on display at home and discussing events with the children will help with this concept.
We will explore numbers 0-20. Counting, naming, ordinal counting, counting forwards and backwards (starting and stopping at random numbers) clapping and ordering.
We will recognise patterns in numbers, shapes and in our environment.
We will use the terms ‘more’ and ‘less’ and be able to estimate amounts.
Lots of Numeracy and Maths skills will be developed through play.
Health & Wellbeing 
Each week we have a PATHS lesson. Our puppet friends; Twiggle, Henrietta, Daphne and Duke help us with emotional understanding, self-control, social problem-solving, relationships and self-esteem.
Broad General Education
We will be learning all about Birds. The children will decide what they would like to find out about and how best to do this.
Other topics this term will be chosen by the children, following their interests.
Play
Play is a very important part of how children learn and our environment promotes challenge and enjoyment and personalisation and choice through opportunities to explore different activities, materials and contexts. Opportunities for the children to be imaginative and creative both indoor and outdoor are provided daily.
Here are some of the many skills being developed during play.
