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 8^th June

Sports Day – Thursday 11^th June 9-10.30am

EYFS parents are very welcome to come and watch and are able to stay onsite from drop off until the end of our Reception activities at 10.30am. Please ensure your child has had suncream applied before school and they bring to school their normal water bottle (we will refill throughout the day so no need to bring in an extra bottle) and their school sun hat. Please NOTE the children are to wear their usual school uniform and black school trainers. In other words, on sports day the children in EYFS will come to school wearing their normal uniform and bringing their usual piece of fruit and school sun hat. If it is too wet for any of these events to go ahead, we would notify you and make alternative arrangements.

Sunhats and Suncream

As we head into summer, can we please remind you to make sure that your child has their school sunhat with them each day and to check that it is named.

As we are not able to apply sun protection, please ensure that your child has had sun cream liberally applied when they come to school in the morning, in order to afford protection for the day.

Birthdays

This is gentle reminder that to celebrate your child’s birthday we are unable to give out sweets. However, if you wish to buy a small gift in recognition of their birthday, we do have an Amazon Wish List which you can purchase from in honour of your child’s birthday. Please see link below.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2VW8SSMG5RYU9?ref_=wl_share

S=P+A+C+E for Me – Green Group

This week Green 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

Phonics

Please keep going over the digraphs (2-letter sounds) and trigraphs (3-letter sounds) that we have taught so far, along with all of the Tricky Words. Please see the link below for support.

https://youtu.be/3C1KTDag0ZA

School Jam

Please continue to access this wonderful number resource with your child each week.

Collins eBooks

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

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.

Reading for Pleasure

The Big Green Crocodile Poetry Book by Various

RE

Dialogue and Encounter - Objective 2: To know that Saint Paul is a friend of Jesus.

We will be hearing the story of how Paul was not always a follower of Jesus, but that he changed his life and travelled all over the world to tell people about how to be a friend to Jesus.

Personal, social, emotional development

We will be writing postcards to our friends to tell them why we think they are a good friend.

Literacy and Phonics

Phase 4 – Summer 2, Week 2

We will be looking at long vowel sounds in CCVC, CCCVC, CCV and CCVCC words.

The Tricky Words that have been learnt so far are being revised over the next weeks of term

Communication and language

S=P+A+C+E for Me

We will be talking about what it means to be a good friend.

Mathematics

Term 3 Week 27: Focus – Patterns within numbers to 10

We will be looking at the key skills of:

• assembling a whole object from different parts
• making a whole number from 2 parts
• splitting some numbers into 2 groups that each have an equal amount
• recognising that 2 equal groups can make a double, e.g. double 3 is 6 altogether
• understanding that double patterns are even; they have ‘flat tops’

understanding that odd numbers cannot be split into 2 equal groups; they’re not doubles, they have an ‘odd block’/’odd one out’

Understanding the World

We will be learning about maps and how they are used in different ways.

Expressive arts and design

We will be practising our talents to show our friends this week and watch others. In the Talent Show on Friday.

Music

We will rediscover a singing game, and learn a new one with a new song.

Physical Development (in PE)

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 to move safely, play against a partner and begin to explore striking and fielding. 

Vocabulary