Spring Term 1  - Winter Wonderland

Welcome to Spring Term 1

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and are fully rested and rearing to go.

This term our topic is Winter Wonderland. We will be learning all about Winter in our country and around the world for  people, plants, trees and animals. We will spend time looking at the polar regions of The Arctic and Antarctic and what life is like there. We will use a variety of fiction and non fiction texts, videos and online content to bring our learning to life.

In Literacy we will be enjoying lots of wonderful animations and stories such as Frozen, The Story of Jack Frost, Lost and Found, A Winter Sleep, The Gruffalo's Child and Stickman which will inspire us to read and write. We will also be enjoying non-fiction texts such as The Polar Regions, Animals in Winter and The Coldest Tundra.  

In Art we will be creating many winter pictures and pieces and also learning about the famous artists Wassily Kandinsky and Vincent Van Gogh. They will inspire us to create our own Winter Landscape art and Starry Night pieces. To find out about all the other areas of learning please read the Topic Overview attached.

This term the children will be engaging in our Continuous Provision Challenge Card system where they will be asked to complete a challenge in each area of learning. If they manage to complete all challenges they will receive a special award sticker. Look out for special stickers coming home on a Friday. 

Forest School will continue to be on a Friday afternoon and P.E on a Monday afternoon.

Please could I ask you all to try to read with your child every night and practise the flashcards and homework sheets that come home. 

If you have any questions please ask.

Thank you very much for all of your help and continued support.