Click here to watch a short video about reading with your child at home
Our learning behaviours are: be ready, be respectful and be safe.
Our Curriculum
Here is a link to our EYFS Long Term Plan: EYFS Curriculum Map
Some parts may change during the year as I get to know the children and choose to teach to their own particular interests.
To find out the changes to the Early Years Curriculum, click here.
Summer 1 2024: Out and about
Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a lovely Easter break with your families and made lots of memories you can share with us. This half term we will be exploring being outside. We will look at different places for example the woods, the forest, the jungle and even space! We will be reading lots of stories about being outside such as: We're going on a bear hunt; The way back home; Whatever Next; Handa's Surprise; You can't take an elephant on the bus, as well as a variety of stories to accompany these. In maths, this half term we we will be moving on to explore numbers beyond 10 to 20. We will also be looking at addition and subtraction as well as manipulating shapes and using them for a purpose. We will end the half term looking at sharing and grouping (beginning to divide).
This half term we will be starting 'Groovy Groups'. This will (initially) be a quick carousel of activities for the children to remain focused at for a short period of time. We will practise specific skills whilst at these 'stations' for example scissor or pencil grip/control, number activities or writing short captions. We hope by introducing more adult led tasks this term will help to prepare the children for a more structured learning environment for Year 1.
Our Little Wandle Reading Squad continues this term and the children will be learning how to share the same text in small groups of 6. Our focus will be on decoding and blending words with increasing fluency as well as comprehension. Please continue to read, and record in diaries, at home with your child, this helps their confidence greatly. It doesn't always have to be a story, any posters, menus or packaging while Out and About' your child reads or mentions would be great! We will also enjoy practising our writing and maths skills through adult-led sessions.
Remember, if you have any questions about any aspect of your child's learning this half term, speak to a member of the team. A very in-depth explanation of our curriculum can be found above in our 'curriculum map.'
Weekly Update
WB 29th April 2024
What will we be learning about this week?
This week, we will be continuing with our space theme. We will be reading Whatever Next and Car Car Truck Jeep, where we will be looking at different vehicles and modes of transport. We will continue learning about and creating maps. We have really enjoyed creating our own maps as well as using them in our space role play area!
In maths, we are finishing our adding and take away unit and starting looking at shapes. We will be selecting shapes for a purpose as well as rotating shapes (seeing that a triangle 'upside down' is still a triangle).
Our carpet times and discussions will be around keeping our bodies safe. We will be discussing things that are safe on our bodies such as clothes, soaps to wash ourselves as well as safe tooth brushing (making sure we spit out the toothpaste). We will also be discussing how to look after the environment and how to keep our environment safe and clean.
Our home learning idea for this week is...
... Design and label your own vehicle/mode of transport. What would your vehicle include? Use your imagination! You could cut out different pieces to include from magazines etc or draw your own picture.
(Any home learning that is recorded ie pictures, labels, art work etc. will be shown in during carpet time and temporarily displayed in the classroom.)
Letter Formation
Here is a video of how we teach letter formation at Tiptree Heath. Hopefully this is helpful for practise at home.
(This video was made using clips from the YouTube account: Ludlow Learning)
PE
This half term we have PE every Friday with Paul our PE Coach. We will be learning about Manipulation and Coordination. We will be using equipment to control and use our bodies to stay balanced and coordinated.
Useful website links for Reception:
Recommended Reading for Summer 1
Here are some ideas of books you could borrow from your local library to support our learning this term:
Walking Through the Jungle - Julie Lacome
Goldilocks in Space - Peter Bently
Oliver's Wood - Sue Hendra
You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus - Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Rocket Says series - Nathan Bryon
Harry and the Dinosaurs series - Ian Whybrow
On the way home - Jill Murphy
Mr Grumpy's Outing - John Burningham
Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
20 big trucks in the middle of the street - Mark Lee
Mouse Count - Ellen Stoll Walsh
Splash! - Ann Jonas
Tangram Cat - Maranke Rinck and Martijn van der Linden
Pezzettino - Leo Lionni
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres - Tana Hoban
Boxitects - Kim Smith
For a list of general recommended reads in EYFS, click here
For information about how we teach phonics at school, take a look at this page of the school website.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources - good for phonics games (many are free)
http://twinkl.co.uk/ - thousands of resources, some of which can be accessed for free
https://www.topmarks.co.uk - online maths games for primary school children, sorted by age
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html - online games again useful for phonics
https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/themes/all-activities - Creative activities about characters, illustrations superheroes etc.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7D-mXO4kk-XWvH6lBXdrPw - stories and poems performed by Michael Rosen
https://www.coolmath4kids.com - Online games, great interactive manipulatives, lessons, quizzes and brain teasers
https://easyscienceforkids.com - activities about understanding the world
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ - articles, activities and games
https://artfulparent.com - art and craft ideas
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5XMF3Inoi8R9nSI8ChOsdQ -how to draw videos for children