Welcome to Our Robin Class Page!

Now we have got to know each other a little better it’s time to carry on with some of that fantastic learning.

English and Phonics

We will continue with our Sounds-Write phonics working through from unit 3 to unit 6. The children will begin to bring home reading books this term. We ask that you read daily with your child to help with their segmenting and blending. Children are to bring books in daily to allow for the opportunity for adults at school to read with them. Books will be changed weekly to allow your children to build a fluency and understanding of each text. Our focused Literacy groups will continue to focus on the children’s letter formation through a range of writing activities. Please continue to practice their names at home, we really do appreciate your support.

Maths

This term in Maths the children will continue to explore finding different representations of 1to 5. We will ensure that children can confidently say the number names ‘one’ to ‘five’. Once they can do this, we will encourage them to match the verbal number names to numerals and quantities. Throughout this step, support children with the counting principles. We will encourage them to count 4 and 5 objects by touching each object as they count to support their one-to-one correspondence. The children will then be able to recognise that the final number they say tells them the total number of objects in the set, to develop their understanding of cardinality. We will also explore some 2d shapes that have 3 and 4 sides.

Understanding the World

In our understanding of the world lessons, we will have a focus this half term on Transport. We will look at all of the different types of transport and take ourselves around the world to see what this looks like. We will also become historians and look at transport in the past and what has changed. We will explore the explorer Ernest Shackleton and learn about his time in Antarctica. We will then put our creative hats on and design and make our own vehicles with wheels.

PE

Our PE this half term will be balance ability learning how to move safely and efficiently on balance bikes. This is while developing our gross and fine motor skills.

PSHE

In our Personal, Social and Emotional Development lessons we will begin to think a bit further than ourselves. We will think about our actions and how they can effect others. We will learn about our families and our customs and traditions. We will look at things that are similar and things that are different about each other and how to celebrate this.

Art

We will continue to explore colour and colour mixing. We will also have an artist focus on Pissarro and his paintings about the seasons. We will also practice our singing and performing skills ready for our Christmas carol concert.

RE

We will begin to understand the order and importance of the Nativity story. And develop our understanding that Christians, celebrate the birth of Jesus every year at Christmas time.

In our class you will find:

Class Teacher: Miss Shearman

HLTA: Mrs Brackley

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Motak and Miss Dunne

Contact Us: eyfs@st-johns-pri.cambs.sch.uk