Spring Term 2 2023
Spring Term 2 2022-23
Our Wonderful World
Welcome to Spring Term 2. Our Topic this term is Our Wonderful World. We will be learning about our amazing world, the oceans, land and animals. In particular we will be focusing on different minibeasts and their habitats. In English we will be learning to write sentences using our developing phonics skills. We will be reading and using lots of fiction, non-fiction and poetry books, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, What the Ladybird Heard and The Snail and The Whale.
We will use our daily phonics lessons to help us to read and write. Correct letter formation will continue to be a key focus.
In Maths, the children will be extending their learning on simple, complex and numerical patterns starting to learn to count in different numbers. They will be continuing their understanding of numbers by learning numbers to and beyond 20. They will learn the value of the number, to count to it, show it, and use it in real life problems and situations such as ‘How many minibeasts are here? How many are there if we add the ladybirds and snails together?’
In our topic we will be learning about ladybirds, beetles, caterpillars, butterflies, snails, slugs, millipedes, centipedes, bees and wasps. We will also be learning about trees and plants; planting seeds and learning what they need to live and grow.
Other Business
Forest School will continue to be on a Friday afternoon this term. Please send lots of warm clothes as the weather is still unpredictable and the children get cold easily. They always need their wellies.
P.E will be on a Monday afternoon.
PLEASE TRY AND LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD READ AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK. PHONICS SOUND CARDS High Frequency word sheets for reading will be continued this term. Remember to check out Tapestry www.eylj.org to see what your child has been doing and the class webpage on the school website.
There will be a trip to The Moorland Discovery Centre on Tuesday 14th March. We will be learning all about a woodland environment; the plants, trees and animals that inhabit the area, the homes they need and food they need and how to treat the land with respect. Information will be sent out in the coming days. If you can volunteer for the day, please let Miss Crombleholme know as soon as possible. Thank you.
Click the links below to view the Reception Holistic Plan and see how it links to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.