Welcome to the Class of 2023!
This week we have continued to read The Gingerbread Man and the children imagined where they would go if they were the Gingerbread Man, drawing a picture and writing a sentence about it. The Gingerbread Man has continued to spark their imagination and creativity! In our creative area, we made Easter cards and painted nails to develop our fine motor skills using a thinner paintbrush. We have also been using small pipettes to develop our finger muscles and coordination. In Maths, we have been looking at different ways to make 10 and worked well in pairs sharing resources to explore this on tens frames. We are also working on forming numbers 0-6 correctly. In phonics, we have now taught all of our sounds for Reception and have been assessing your child's learning.
Home learning
Notices
On the morning of Wednesday 17th April, we will be going to Lockerley Farm, Broughton, to see the lambs.
Robins will go on a trip to Hillier Gardens on Wednesday 19th June 2024. We will be doing a range of activities while we are there, including pond dipping, minibeast hunt and trails. Further details to follow nearer the time.
Each week we choose a child to take home the story suitcase for the week and return it the following Monday. We hope you enjoy snuggling up with your child to read the story and share a hot chocolate!
Our books this term
Poems
Popcorn
Popcorn, Popcorn, sizzling in the pan.
Shake it up, shake it up,
Bam, Bam, Bam.
Popcorn, Popcorn, now it’s getting hot.
Shake it up, shake it up,
Pop, Pop, Pop.
Carrot Nose
A cute little snowman with a
long carrot nose.
Along came a rabbit and
what do you suppose?
That cute little rabbit,
looking for his lunch.
Ate the snowman’s carrot nose,
nibble, nibble, munch.
We are mathematicians!
We have been learning to subitise to 10 on a ten frame and count objects carefully by moving them one at a time as we count them. Can you make your own ten frame? Can you count objects to 10 carefully? Can you write the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5?
Mrs Taylor teaches Robins on a Monday and Tuesday, and Mrs Evans teaches the class on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Waters is in Robins on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Mrs Hammond is in class on Wednesday afternoons, Thursdays and Fridays.
Every day in Robins class is a new, exciting adventure! Our children learn that they are part of a new, wonderful team, both inside the classroom, and in Winterslow school. By learning through play, we help our Robins to become independent, confident learners. They have some structured, adult-directed sessions, but we also let the children decide how they want to learn, with an emphasis on 'having a go.'
Hooks Into Books
Our Curriculum is a literacy based curriculum. We have a new, quality text each week, using an exciting hook to help the children to 'live' the story. This makes for a very engaging and exciting curriculum, which in turn motivates and encourages our Robins into mark making, writing and reading with enthusiasm.
Adventures that our Robins undertake, might include: finding an unusual object in the classroom; grabbing a magnifying glass and searching for clues; hunting for animals in the Plantation, or watching the adults put on a show. These are only a few of the many exciting activities your child will experience in Robins class! |
Here are some useful websites to use with your child at home...