EYFS

Learning Link: Our Wonderful World

A warm welcome back, we hope you had a happy and Holy Easter. We are looking forward to a fun-filled term with the children.

We will start by looking at our RE topic – ‘To the Ends of the Earth’ and as our learning is child-led, we look forward to seeing where this will take us.

St. Salvatore:

Mrs Sumsion 

St Henry:

Mon – Tues: Mrs Morgan

Weds – Fri: Mrs Hills

Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available

The Curriculum Evening Presentation can be accessed here

Year Group Reminders

Week commencing – Monday 27^th April

S=P+A+C+E for Me – Orange Group

This week Orange Group are invited to bring in a small item that they would like to talk about linked to our learning below.  Please can you support your child to be ready to talk about their object in front of the class.

Home Learning

Gently Bentley by Caragh Buxton

Reading for Pleasure

To The Ends of The Earth – Objective 3: To know that the Holy Spirit is our friend.

We will be talking about how the Holy Spirit is the friend that Jesus promised to the Apostles when He went back to His father.

RE

We will be sharing the story of Gently Bentley and thinking of all the times we need to be gentle with each other and with our friends.

Personal, social, emotional development

Phase 4

Our focus will be on short vowels, longer words and words with CCVCC (e.g. stamp), CCCVC (as in strap) and CCCVCC (e.g. strict).

We will continue to review Phase 3 long vowel sounds (ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air er) and Phase 2 digraphs (ck sh th ch ng nk) for those children who are not yet secure in their knowledge of these.

We will be learning four new Tricky Words, were, here, little and says.

Literacy and Phonics

S=P+A+C+E for Me

We will be asking questions to find out more and check that we understand what is being said.

Communication and language

Week 23: Focus - Composition

This week, the children will consolidate their understanding of the composition of 5. They will also deepen their understanding of a ‘whole’ being made up of smaller parts through games and practical experiences, such as investigating different ways to represent 5 monkeys jumping on a bed.

Although we have worked on the composition of 5 in previous weeks, a key focus this time will be on visualising and using spatial language to describe the groups within 5. The children will also have opportunities to explore and make links between different, increasingly abstract, representations of the numbers within 5. Using and making links between these different representations (fingers, die frames and 10-frames) will draw attention to the composition of 5 and encourage the children to develop a deep and holistic understanding.

Mathematics

We will be taking stock of our garden beds and thinking about what else we might like to grow in them.

Understanding the World

We will be experimenting with colours and colour mixing.

Expressive arts and design

We will learn another new song which will allow us to explore the difference between our speaking and singing voices.

Music

Dance 

Topic ‘everyday life’.  

Children explore and use space safely. They explore shapes, travelling movements and balances. Choose their own actions in response to stimulus and are shown how to copy, repeat and remember actions whilst counting in time with the music. They perform to others and provide simple feedback.  

Games unit 1 

Children will work individually and with others. Engage in cooperative physical activities. Participate in team games and understand how to use equipment safely. 

Games unit 2 

Children will learn to develop simple throwing skills, following instructions and keeping score. They will continue to develop skills

Physical Development (in PE)

Phonics

On Friday your child will be bringing home their small wallet containing the next set of Tricky Words learnt in school this week. Please keep the cards safe at home to use in a fun way.

Please return the small wallet for the new sounds each Monday.

Collins eBooks

These are updated each week for you to access each at home.

School Jam - Mathematics

Please continue to access the School Jam program which has digital activities you can use to support your child to develop their maths skills.

Story Sacks

Please continue to enjoy these wonderful literacy resource. The sacks will come home on a Monday and will need to be returned on the Friday of that week. It is really important that they are returned on time so that there are enough sacks to send out again to each child on the following Monday.  These sacks have taken a huge amount of time and care to put together, and we are so grateful to all the families and staff members who have helped to make this project possible.  Please, please can we ask that you take care of these story sacks, so that they can be enjoyed for many years to come! A photograph is included inside each bag; please use this to ensure that all of the contents are back in the bag before returning it to school. 

Any lost or damaged contents will need to be replaced or paid for.

Prayer and Liturgy Bag

We are continuing share the Prayer and Liturgy bag once again. When it is your turn for you and your family to use the class prayer and liturgy bag. We invite you to write a prayer, reflection, drawing or a photo to show how you, as a family, have used the prayer resources tonight.

We conduct liturgy in school using the four-part structure of: Gather, Listen, Respond and Go Forth. In the information guide you will find some ideas of how you could use the prayer and liturgy bag at home but these are only suggestions and can be used how you wish.

If you received this om a Monday, please return it on Thursday. If you received it on Thursday then please return it on Monday.

Vocabulary