In English, we will be:

• Reading the text ‘All Are Welcome’ by author Suzanne Kaufman.  

• Talking about what is different and special about us. 

• Talking about our families. 

•  Retelling the story using our own actions.

We will be:

• Using different materials to create pieces of art.

• Investigating colour mixing.

• Creating self-portrait drawings.

• Discussing and exploring our local community.

• Drawing maps of our community.

This term we will begin Little Wandle phase 2 phonics.  Please see the link for further parent support and information:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Uniform– Please ensure that all items of uniform are labelled with your child’s name – including water bottles. Long hair needs to be tied back.  Children may wear a small red bow.  Appropriate footwear must be worn at all times (no boots) and if children have laces, they must be able to tie them independently. Please ensure children all come to school with appropriate clothing – eg coat or sun hat depending on the weather. 

Water bottles–Please provide your child with a water bottle which can be refilled throughout the day.  Please avoid sending sugary drinks (including juice/squash) which hinder concentration and can impact negatively on attainment. Please can you ensure that water bottles are not carried in bookbags as they can cause damage to books.

Forest  School– Forest School will be starting next term, days for each class will be confirmed nearer the time.  Children will need to wear old clothing that fully covers their arms and legs and wear waterproof clothing over the top.  Please could children bring wellies as it can get muddy.

In maths, we will be:

• Spending the start of the term getting to know the children and their abilities.

• Later in the term, we will be looking at patterns of objects and how many the children can see.  

• We will focus on subitising, which is where the children say what they can see without counting them.  For example 3 spots. 

In English, we will be…

• Reading the text: ‘Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street by Felicita Sala’.

• Talking about our favourite foods. 

• Planning our own cookbook.

• Following recipes.

• Writing recipes to accompany our food.

We will be….

• Preparing and cooking food. 

• Tasting and discussing food and our cultures.

• Using different materials to create pieces of art.

• Videoing our own recipes in action.

• Looking at how food is represented in art.

• Exploring different types of music and dance.

In maths, we will be…

• Investigating and representing numbers to 5.

• Matching digits to amounts up to 5.

• Comparing numbers to 5.

• Creating and completing patterns.

PE Term 2 —This term the children will be doing PE every Monday.  This will start Monday 1st November.  They will need to wear their PE kit to school.  Please ensure that this is the house PE T shirt and a grey tracksuit.  Full uniform requirements can be found on the school website.  Please ensure hoodies are labelled as they are often mixed up.

Homework - Children will receive homework every Friday.  Please send pictures or videos via Tapestry.  They will also receive their reading book on a Friday to be returned by Wednesday/ Thursday of the following week.  This is essential so we can share all books between the children again on Friday.  

This term we will complete Little Wandle phase 2 phonics.  Please see the link for further parent support and information:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Children will bring home a reading book they have read in school on a Friday, these will need to be read and marked off in their reading records.  Then returned on Wednesday/ Thursday ready to shared with the children again on Friday.  

 In English, we will be…

• Reading the text ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson.

• Talking about the characters in the story. 

• Describing the characters in the story.

• Questioning the characters in the story.

• Re-telling the story using actions.

We will be:

• Using different materials to create pieces of art.

• Investigating different collage materials.

• Making animal head drawings.

• Designing and making animal head sculptures.

• Investigating materials at forest school to make 'log pile' houses. 

• Designing and making Gruffalo biscuits. 

In maths, we will be...

• Recognising numbers and counting to 20.

• Recognising and creating number bonds to 5.

• Reading and responding to addition and subtraction number stories.

• Creating number bonds to 10.

This term we will be starting Little Wandle phase 3. 

Please see the link for further parent support and information:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Children will bring home a reading book they have read in school on a Friday, these will need to be read and marked off in their reading records.  Then returned on Wednesday/ Thursday ready to shared with the children again on Friday.  

Homework - Children will receive homework every Friday.  Please send pictures or videos via Tapestry.  They will also receive their reading book on a Friday to be returned by Wednesday/ Thursday of the following week.  This is essential so we can share all books between the children again on Friday.  

In English, we will be…

• Reading the text: ‘Inside the Villains’. 

• Talking about the characters in the story. 

• Describing and writing character descriptions.

• Writing biographies based on the characters in our core text.

• Hot seating and questioning the characters in the story.

We will be:

• Use different materials to create pieces of art.

• Drawing our favourite story characters.

• Writing biographies.

• Designing and making finger puppets.

• Re-telling the story using finger puppets.

In maths, we will be…

• Recognising numbers and counting to 20.

• Recognising and creating number bonds to 10.

• Reading and responding to addition number stories using the part whole method.

• Using concrete items to support subtraction number stories.

Homework - Children will receive homework every Friday.  Please send pictures or videos via Tapestry.  They will also receive their reading book on a Friday to be returned by Wednesday/ Thursday of the following week.  This is essential so we can share all books between the children again on Friday.  

This term we will be working on Little Wandle phase 3. 

Please see the link for further parent support and information:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/ 

Children will bring home a reading book they have read in school on a Friday, these will need to be read and marked off in their reading records.  Then returned on Wednesday/ Thursday ready to shared with the children again on Friday.  

In English, we will be…

• Reading the text: ‘Where's the Elephant’ by Barroux. 

• Learning about animals and their habitats. 

• Thinking about the animals feelings. 

• Writing speech bubbles for the characters.

• Hot seating and questioning the characters in the story.

• Designing posters to save habitats. 

Homework - Children will receive homework every Friday.  Please send pictures or videos via Tapestry.  They will also receive their reading book on a Friday to be returned by Wednesday/ Thursday of the following week.  This is essential so we can share all books between the children again on Friday.  

Clothing –

Now the weather is starting to improve and children are taking off their sweatshirts more often, it is even more important that the children’s clothing is labelled.  Please also remember to label the grey hooded jumpers they have for PE.  Please make sure that children bring hats to school as it starts to warm up and apply sun cream and send to school labelled in their bags for them to top up if needed.

In maths, we will be…

• Doubling and halving one digit numbers using counting objects.

• Counting in 2's and doubling using patterns and objects.

• Looking at division through sharing objects.

• Learning about measurements for length and thinking about how we can measure.

This term we will be..

Reviewing Phase three sounds through the phase 4 ‘tricky words’ from ‘Little Wandle Letters and Sounds phonics programme’.

Please see the link for further parent support and information:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Children will bring home a reading book they have read in school on a Friday, these will need to be read and marked off in their reading records.  Then returned on Wednesday/ Thursday ready to shared with the children again on Friday.  

In English, we will be…

• • Reading the book ‘Bee: Natures Tiny Miracle‘ by Patricia Hegarty and Britta Teckentrup.

  • Talking about bees and their importance in our

environment.

• Designing 'Save the bees' posters.

• Drawing and labelling flower and bee diagrams.

We will be:

• Looking at the artist 'Claude Monet'.

• Drawing and labelling bee and flower diagrams.

• Using water colours focusing on bees and flowers in the style of 'Claude Monet'.

• Growing flowers and vegetables.

• Designing and making a 'Bee garden'.

In maths, we will be…

• Reviewing addition and subtraction before moving on to problem solving.

• Reviewing and consolidating 2D and 3D shapes and their properties.  

• Reviewing and consolidating numbers to 20.

• Counting to 20 and beyond. 

This term we will be working on Little Wandle phase 3. 

Please see the link for further parent support and information:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Children will bring home a reading book they have read in school on a Friday, these will need to be read and marked off in their reading records.  Then returned on Wednesday/ Thursday ready to shared with the children again on Friday.  

Homework - Children will receive homework every Friday.  Please send pictures or videos via Tapestry.  They will also receive their reading book on a Friday to be returned by Wednesday/ Thursday of the following week.  This is essential so we can share all books between the children again on Friday.  

Clothing –

Now the weather is starting to improve and children are taking off their sweatshirts more often, it is even more important that the children’s clothing is labelled.  Please also remember to label the grey hooded jumpers they have for PE.  Please make sure that children bring hats to school as it starts to warm up and apply sun cream and send to school labelled in their bags for them to top up if needed.