In Literacy, children will explore the book 'Where's the Elephant?'.They will ask questions about animals that are endangered to find out about their habitats. They will retell the story by acting out, sequencing the pictures and writing sentences with time openers.

Click on the link below to listen to a story:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaS6KYHRDkA 

Furthermore, they will explore the theme of sustainability through our learning characters of wonder and leadership. Also, they will continue to show our school’s core values like kindness, respect and collaboration. Children will learn what it’s like to be part of a community and what makes them special and unique.    

The children will practise sounding out and blending sounds into words as well as reading phase 2 and phase 3 tricky words.

 Click on the link below to read the tricky words.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY 

Click on the link below to practise phase 3 longer words.

www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/dragons-den 

In addition, the children will continue to explore the zones of regulation, allowing them to discover what each emotion means, what it feels like and how they express themselves when feeling each of them. This will give children the opportunity to share and reflect upon different emotions and enable them to self-regulate effectively.

The children will learn number facts and patterns to 10 and this will include number bonds and number doubles.  The children will develop an understanding of how to solve simple problems through doubling, halving and sharing. They need to plan a picnic for their friends. Then they will share food, plates, bowls, cups and cutlery to give the children a solid foundation in understanding number patterns. They will use their knowledge of doubles and halves to explore odd and even numbers. They will use a range of manipulatives like numicons, cubes and counters to find and make the numbers. 

Practising counting and number skills when out and about will support children’s development and understanding of maths.  

www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting 

In art and design, the children will explore different drawing and painting techniques to create fantastic artwork like color mixing and collages.

The children will investigate natural materials like rocks, stones, wood, shells, soil, twigs and leaves. They will use their senses to explore the shape, colour and texture. In addition, they will make simple predictions when comparing objects that can flow or sink in the water.

This term our focus will be gymnastics whereby children will explore moving in different ways including a variety of speeds, directions, footwork and at different heights, such as whilst on the ground or imitating shapes. The children will work on using their bodies to create different actions such as placing their hands on their shoulders, keeping their heads up or bending knees and swinging arms. Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit including plimsolls or trainers.