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Week Beginning: 5th July 2021

In our Early Years we have...

'kind thoughts, kind words, kind heart, kind hands'.

Please help your child with this at home.

IEYC- Once Upon a Time

This week the children will be engaged in learning around the text "The Tortoise and the Hare" and telling their own version of the story.

During the unit 'Once Upon a Time' we will be focusing on these targets:

Independence & Interdependence

1.11b Being respectful towards others

1.13b Exploring new interests and setting new goals

1.17b Overcoming challenges with increasing independence

Communicating

2.6b Exploring and increasing vocabulary through play and developmentally appropriate contexts, for example, role play, storytelling, giving and receiving instructions

2.9b Using language to discuss the past and present and to make predictions about future events

2.17b Stories and literature valued by other cultures

2.22b The structure of stories: characters, settings, events, beginning, middle, end

2.29b Writing for a range of purposes and meaningful real-life and play contexts

2.33b Using phonic awareness to write words

2.38b Exploring written numerals

2.50b Exploring early addition and subtraction through practical contexts

2.69b Selecting technology that best matches practical activities

2.76b Expressing ideas, moods and feeling through a wide range of art, construction and model making activities

2.90b Exploring characters, storylines and roles through drama activities involving costume and props

Enquiry

3.1b Using the senses to make discoveries3.9b Exploring habitats

3.13b Exploring life cycles

Healthy Living and PD

4.3b Becoming independent in dressing/undressing

4.8b Taking part in regular exercise and noticing the effect of exercise on our body

4.14b Trying out new physical activities and expressing preferences

K, S and U

This week the children will increase their Knowledge, Skills and Understanding through a variety of activities on our Panaga's Passion for Learning Day on Thursday.

K-Knowledge;

S-Skills

U-Understanding

Language of the Month-Spanish

Here are a few of the key words we will be learning

Hello-Hola

Good morning- Buenos días

Goodbye- adiós

Yes- sí

No-no

Mathematics- Number

Mathematics-To be able to...

To be able to order numbers
To be able to compare quantities
To be able to represent a number in different ways

Key Vocabulary:

more, less, greater, least, few, count on, count back, numicon, tens frame.

www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

Literacy- The Tortoise and the Hare

This week we will be learning ..

To retell a familiar story
To invent a new version of a story
To write sentences to form part of a story

Ways to develop vocabulary at home;

Talk to your child about their day. Check this link for interesting questions.
Read with your child at home and talk about your book.
Check out the Usborne books website for links to useful nonfiction books about the world.
Look for letters and words when you are 'out and about'.

Phonics- Phase 4

This week we will be reading and writing CCVC words

Personal Qualities

To be able to learn the personal qualities with a focus on...

Cooperation
With a focus on working together.

Resilience
With a focus on; keep on trying. Just like the tortoise in our story.

Please explore the resources and ideas below to support your child's learning in Literacy, Phonics and Mathematics.

School has a subscription to 'Espresso', an online resource of educational games, activities and videos. Click on the image to the right to go to the website.

username: student43118

password: panaga

There are a range of activities under the 'Foundation' section of the website which are great for supporting learning at home.

Click on the following to access the phonics videos that we use in class: