This week’s Learning at a glance
This week’s learning in Early Years at a glance!
EYFS |
Learning Link: People who help usWelcome to Reception! We are so excited about getting to know our new St Salvatore and St Henry classes and we know that we have a fantastic year ahead of us. The first thing that we will be doing is making lots of new friends, learning everyone’s names, and finding out about each other and our school. We are also going to be learning about the people who help us in our community. Not only those we turn to in emergencies, like doctors, nurses and firefighters, but also those who help to keep everything running in our daily lives. We are looking forward to hearing which jobs you would like to find out about and are hoping that we will have some visitors to come in and tell us about their roles. Just before the Christmas holidays we will have a special S=P+A+C+E Day to celebrate and reflect on all the learning that we have done during our first term together at St Thomas’. |
| Mrs Sumsion – mrssumsion@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk
Mrs Hills- mrshills@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk Mrs Wichmann – mrswichmann@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk |
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| Latest Curriculum Information Booklet
Curriculum Evening Presentation Early Literacy Evening Presentation |
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Year Group Reminders |
Week A – Commencing: Monday 16th September
Wednesday 18th September – Curriculum Meeting You are only required to one of the curriculum presentations meetings as they are repeated. Please do attend the SLT presentation either side. 6.00pm-6:45pm Curriculum Evening (in St Henry’s class) 6:45pm-7:00pm SLT presentation (in the Infant Hall) 7:00pm-7.45pm Curriculum Evening (in St Henry’s class) In this meeting we will be telling you more about your child’s school day, also how and what and how they will be learning in school. This is a very useful meeting so we strongly advise you to attend. |
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Reading for Pleasure |
Book of the Week: ‘When God made the World’ by Matthew Paul Turner | ||||||
RE |
Topic: Creation and Covenant
Scripture: God created the world and said, “Indeed it is very good” (Genesis1:31) We will be taking time to discuss the sequence of the days of creation |
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Personal, social, emotional development |
We are learning to make new friends and learn their names. | ||||||
Literacy and Phonics |
We will be learning the following new sounds: s, a, t and p | ||||||
Communication and language |
We will be sharing our Chatterboxes with our new friends.
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Mathematics |
Term 1 Week 1: Focus – Subitising
This week, the children will be encouraged to quantify sets of objects by subitising, rather than counting. When subitising, children can say how many there are in a small group of objects by ‘just seeing’ and knowing straightaway without needing to count. Subitising can be categorised as ‘perceptual’ or ‘conceptual’. Perceptual subitising is used for very small sets of objects (initially up to about 3) and conceptual subitising is used when sub-groups can be perceived within a larger set and the whole is recognised, e.g. if 6 dots are arranged in a dice pattern, children may recognise this as ‘two 3s’ and know this is 6. Some arrangements are easier to subitise than others, e.g. a set of 3 dots arranged in a triangular pattern may be easier to recognise than a random arrangement, and children need to be exposed to many different arrangements. |
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Understanding the World |
We are learning to look after our outdoor environment. | ||||||
Expressive arts and design |
We are learning where to find the resources that we need and how to look after them. We are learning to use scissors safely. | ||||||
Music |
Introduction to First Thing Music – first three action songs to help us feel the beat individually, in pairs and as a class: Swing Me over the Water, Copy Cat and Touch Your Shoulders. | ||||||
Physical Development (in PE) |
To move safely and sensibly in consideration of others. | ||||||
Home learning |
Phonics
Today is a very exciting day for your child as they will be bringing home a small wallet containing the first set of sounds 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. |
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Vocabulary |
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