to the Rocking Robins!

Our team-

Mrs Campbell-Short-class teacher

Miss Bousfield- teaching assistant

Mrs Marples- teaching assistant

Mrs Cowan- teaching assistant (Wednesday to Friday)

Mrs Cheetham- teacher (Tuesday)

Our topic this term is...

As part of this topic, we will be learning all about the amazing things we can do, about our body parts and our feelings and emotions. We will learn about how we grow and change as we get older and make comparisons about what we can do now compared to when we were a baby. We will also learn about some special celebrations for people including Diwali, Christmas and Harvest. 

Throughout the term, we will develop our speaking and listening skills through play and through taught carpet sessions. Children are absorbed in a language rich environment where language and articulation is modelled by staff. Children listen to and are involved in conversations with their friends and the adults throughout the day. Children take part in daily carpet sessions to develop sustained listening skills and enjoy taking part in group stories and songs. Children are encouraged and praised for sharing their thoughts, feelings and opinions through their chosen form of communication. 

This term we welcome lots of new robins into class and support them in their transition into school. Children are given oppurtunities to play and socialise with the other children and adults in the class both indoors and outdoors. Children begin to learn the school rules and develop an understanding of what is right and wrong. Children will develop an understanding of their emotions and begin to explain how they are feeling use the Zones of Regulation check in system. 

Children are encouraged and supported to develop independence and self-help skills in toileting and dressing themselves (coats and shoes).

Children in Robins are regularly encouraged and supported to develop their gross motor and fine motor skills both indoors and outdoors. We spend time in our outdoor area where there are oppurtunities to climb, run, balance and develop agility skills. Children have oppurtunities to develop their fine motor control through  well-stocked continious provision in class. Children have access to scissors, threading, tweezers, pencils and much more. Adults work with children to develop a comfortable pencil and scissor grip. 

This term, we will listen to and explore a range of stories and texts in small groups. We will begin to join in with familiar stories and ask for favourite stories again and again. We will develop our pencil control to help us make marks on paper and to use mark making tools effectively.

In maths, we are developing our understanding of the numbers to 5. We are working hard to count effectively to 5 by rote and by touch counting and we are trying hard to represent numbers on our fingers. We will sing a range of number songs and use props and resources to help us act them out. We will also learn about shapes, colours and begin to learn about measures. 

This term, we are learning about growing and changing. We will compare and discuss how we have grown and changed since we were babies. We will learn about our facial and body parts. In addition to this, we will learn about special celebrations for people such as Diwali and Christmas. We will learn how people celebrate them and why they are important to people.

We will develop our creative skills using a variety of different media such as paint, chalk, modelling and play dough. Children have the freedom to explore their creative side during their play with access to a dedicated art and creative area stocked with a variety of different resources. Children will be taught skills for drawing and cutting. 

Children will take part in daily singing and dancing activities and are encouraged to explore their own play during choosing time too. Children have access to musical instruments, role play props, dressing up clothes and resources and much more. They are free to express their own personalities and creativity.  

• PE is on a Thursday this term. Please send your child in their PE for the day. 
• Nature Detectives is on Fridays. Please send your child with outdoor clothing and shoes in a bag. 
• Please name all items of clothing. 
• Please send in a water bottle full of water daily. 
• Please do not send in any toys from home. 

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