Pupils
Teachers -Mrs Gill & Ms Akhtar
TA- Miss Gregory
Summer Term 2024:
Communication and language and literacy
This half term we have enjoyed exploring our focused texts Christopher’s Caterpillars by Charlotte Middleton and Walter’s Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood. We made a Yes/No graph to show who liked spiders and who didn’t and we discussed our reasons. We have listened to lots of stories about minibeasts and had a keen interest in our ‘Summer in the Garden’ topic. One of our favourite texts has been The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We have continued practicing what we want to say out loud before writing it using our symbol to remind us. In Phonics, Nursery have continued to orally blend and segment, count the syllables in words as well as some children beginning Phase 2 Phonics sessions.
Maths
In Maths this term, we have been focusing on Sequencing and Positional Language, Comparing Groups using the language, ‘more than’ and ‘fewer than’, identifying 2D and 3D shapes and their properties and exploring the Composition of Numbers.
Understanding the World
We have learned all about the season of Summer. We know it comes after Spring, what clothing we might wear in the sun and how to protect ourselves on a hot day. We have explored our environment, learning all about the features and habitats of minibeasts and how to care for them. We also learned about the lifecycles of butterflies. We had lots of fun when we invited Curious Critters in who brought lots of different insects, reptiles and animals for us to handle. During our experience day, we are making minibeast collages and taking a trip to the park for fun and games!
Expressive Art and Design
This term the children have been focusing on creating a background using a range of lines, dots, marks and patterns using drawing tools e.g. pencil, chalk, wax crayon etc. The children then drew their eyes, exploring shapes of eyes (e.g. the lemon shape, circles in circles) which were then stuck onto their background to create their self-portrait. Next, nursery are going to make a collage of a garden linked to our minibeast topic, using natural materials e.g. grass, soil etc. We have also been learning and remembering entire songs and practicing how to ‘pitch match’ – singing the pitch of a tone sung by another.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We have continued to develop our social and emotional development through the Think Equal programme, focusing on solving problems with our peers effectively and learning to resolve conflicts peacefully. We have also continued our daily practices of mindfulness and meditation.
Physical Development
We have been choosing the right resources to carry out our own plans and collaborating with others to manage large equipment. We have been developing our fine motor skills by practicing holding and using scissors correctly as well as continuing to practice holding our pencil correctly.
| TOPIC NAMES | Understanding the World | EAD (Expressive Arts and Design | PSED | RE | Physical Development | Literacy (Reading and Writing) | Maths |
| Nursery
SUMMER
Journeys and Transport (ART 13)
Summer in the Garden (ART 29)
ICT ARTICLE 17 |
Places
Where we live and maps Vehicles Summer and seasonal change
In the Garden (insects and minibeasts/lifecycles)Fathers day (IWB activities and skills continued. Beebots Introduce iPad Digital camera CD player Using technology for a Purpose) |
Sculpture- Sum 1
Collage – Sum 2
Music and Movement Identifying songs and music Parachute games End of year performance
Role play- Transport role play- bus, station, travel agents, Minibeast garden. |
Heartsmart – Fake is a mistake (I tell the truth)
Heartsmart – No way through, isn’t True (I can do it!)
Talk about feelings using a range of words, find ways to be assertive, Be increasingly independent in meeting own care needs, make healthy choices about food, drink, activity and toothbrushing
Transition |
Friendship
Special Places (Places of Worship e.g. Mosque, Church, Gurdwara)
Prayer Special Times- Links with Non-Christian Faith celebrations
Values- Faith, Hope and Love |
Gross Motor- develop riding skills, ball skills, use large muscle movements
Remember some sequences and patterns of movement related to music and rhythm Take part in some group team activities Match developing physical skills to tasks and activities in setting Choose the right resource to carry out chosen plan Collaborate with others to manage large item Begin to refine movement of walking and running,climbing skills, balancing skills Learn to skip Fine Motor- Use one-handed tools and equipment. Eat independently using a knife and fork Be increasingly independent getting dressed and undressed Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils.
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Reading- Talk about rhyming words and begin to create rhyming strings
Hear and say initial sounds in words Explore and talk about different voice sounds, enunciating some phoneme correctly Participate in oral blending/segmenting activities Clap syllables in words Engage in extended conversations about stories and nonfiction texts, learning & using new vocabulary Use the five key concepts about print: Identify a word in a sentence and understand it carries meaning, identify a letter in a word, Name parts of book and show awareness of page number … page number, develop understanding of word / letter, Follow print, know it is read from top to bottom & use 1:1 correspondence Read own name in a variety of fonts/context Writing- Use knowledge of print / letter knowledge in writing Begin to match some letters to phonemes e.g. m for mummy Engage in purposeful early writing Write name, from memory, with correct letter formation
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Shape & Space Positional Language Focus on properties of shapes
Time- My Day Ordering events of the day Length and height Long, short, tall and comparing lengths. Weight- Light and heavy and comparison Capacity Full, half full, empty and comparison Positional language-Using language related to position and direction. CONSOLIDATION OF NUMBERS 1-6
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Homework Leaflet- Homework leaflet
