Welcome to the Class of 2023!
This week we have been reading The Gingerbread Man and we watched a BBC version of the story which incorporated music by the Philharmonic Orchestra. The Robins have done some clever writing this week, adding words and sentences to a story map. Their writing is really taking off and we are very proud of them! The Gingerbread Man ran away from the classroom and we made posters to try to find him. We made our own gingerbread men to gobble up and used our fine motor skills to shape salt dough into bakery items for our role play area. In Maths, we have been looking at different ways to make 5 and applying this by using pennies in the role play shop to pay for things. In phonics, we have been learning our final sound: er (hammer).
Home learning
Notices
On the morning of Wednesday 17th April, we will be going to Lockerley Farm, Broughton, to see the lambs. If you are free and able to take some children in your car and then stay with us and bring them back to school by lunchtime, please let us know. Many thanks for your support.
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! |
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