Reception 2023 - 2024

Miss Thwaite

EYFS (Foundation Stage 2) 2023 - 2024

Miss Thwaite

Spring Term 2024

Hello and welcome to spring term at St Mary of the Angels Foundation Stage 2! Here you will find everything you need to know about what your child is learning at school.

The children have settled in so well during the autumn term and it has been lovely to watch them grow and learn so many new things. We have lots more to look forward to in our spring term and are going to be very busy!

 

Religious Education

In RE this term we will continue to learn about the meaning of our school mission statement - Love Jesus, Love Learning, Love Life. Our topics this term are 'Getting to know Jesus' where the children will learn that God loves each and every one of us, and 'Sorrow and Joy' where the children will learn to recognise that we should always try to be kind to each other. We will read a variety of stories from the bible and will continue to learn our school prayers.

Phonics and Literacy

The children will be introduced to the level 3 sounds of the Twinkl phonics programme. They will learn to recognise sounds and letter names, identify the initial sounds of words and objects and will practise letter formation. They will also continue learn to segment and blend CVC words, e.g. cat, dog, mum, dad, etc, and will practise recognising and reading tricky words that cannot be sounded out, e.g. 'the' and 'to'. 

We will read the books 'The Naughty Bus' and 'Something Else', amongst many others related to our topics, and will talk about stories and characters in order to develop a good understanding of what we have heard and read.

 

Mathematics

In Maths we will continue to practise recognising, matching and comparing numbers, counting sets of objects accurately using one to one correspondence (touching each object as it is counted), and subitising (identifying how many objects are in a set without counting). We will also practise finding one more and one less than sets of objects and numbers, will add and subtract small sets of objects and learn number bonds to five then ten, and will explore size, weight, capacity and 2d and 3d shapes and patterns.

 

Topic Activities

Our spring term topics will be 'How does your garden grow' where we will learn about plants and flowers and how they grow, we will go on spring walks around the school and will plant our own flowers and watch them grow. We will read the story of 'Jack and the beanstalk' and look at artwork by Van Gogh and Monet. During our 'Marvellous Minibeasts' topic we will investigate and explore a variety of different minibeasts and will go on minibeast hunts around the school. We will learn about the lifecycle of frogs and butterflies and will create artwork using a variety of art and craft materials.

During the spring term we will also learn about Chinese New Year and Easter.

 

Supporting your child with their learning

There are many ways in which you will be able to support your child with their learning during the year. Every Friday Google Classrooms will continue to detail what we have been learning during the week and will contain activity ideas you can complete with your child. You can access this using your log in details previously provided. I will also continue to send home additional games and activities.

Your child will continue to bring home their phonics book which will contain the sounds they have been taught each week. Please help your child to practise recognising the sounds and their letter names regularly as this is so important for the development of their reading and writing skills. Please also listen to your child read every night, talk to them about the stories and characters and write a comment in their reading record. Books will be changed by a member of staff on a regular basis.

 

PE Days

Our PE day is a Tuesday. Please make sure that your child comes into school in their PE kit on this day and  remove earrings if your child has their ears pierced.

 

Forest School Dates:

Our Forest School dates for this year are as follows:

2nd November 2023

11th January 2024

21st March 2024

9th May 2024

4th July 2024

Please ensure that your child comes into school on these days dressed accordingly to the weather forecast in old clothes which you don't mind getting dirty! During the winter months it is important that children are wrapped up with multiple layers. If they are wearing an all in one they will need a coat for the afternoon along with a change of shoes. Please ensure that additional clothing your child brings in to school is clearly labelled with their name.

 

Open Invitation

You are always welcome to chat with me after school, or to make an appointment. Thank you for your ongoing support and we look forward to continuing to work with you and your child this year.

 

Miss Thwaite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EYFS Forest School, by Mrs Wilson

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St Mary of the Angels Primary School, Rossall Grove, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH66 1NN