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Our Curriculum

Autumn 1 2024: You, Me and Discovery

Welcome to Little Scarlet class! We hope you had a lovely summer break making lots of memories with your friends and family! This half term will all be about getting to know each other. We will be doing lots of carpet times around what makes us who we are, getting to know our friends in the class and things we like and don't like. We will be looking at facial features and things that make us different and the same. We will be establishing our routines making sure the children know where all their belongings go and where different things in the classroom are placed. We will be reading familiar stories that may also link to starting school and getting to know each other, such as Harry and the Dinosaurs Start School, Owl Babies and Funny Bones series etc. 

Later on this half term we will be celebrating Black History Month. We will be sharing stories (which we aim to do all year) that include characters of a variety of ethnicities and religions. Particularly we will be looking at the story My Skin, Your Skin by Laura Henry-Allain MBE. This links to our topic of learning about similarities and differences between us but that we are all unique! Around the same time, we will also be learning about Harvest Festival. We will look at where food comes from and how it comes to our plate. We will discuss healthy eating and what foods can do for our bodies. 

PE sessions will mainly take place in the hall. The children will need to ensure their PE bag is kept at school on their peg so we can practise  being independent in getting ourselves dressed. The children will bring their PE bags home every half term to be washed (unless they have an accident in school, in which case will need to be returned to school before their next PE session).  

We expect to be handing out reading books in the first couple of weeks (please check book bags). We ask for the children to share their reading book with you at least 3 times a week and to be recorded (individually) in their reading records please. If your child wants to read another story please do not discourage this it can also be recorded in the reading diary. If you find your child is reading the book fluently and it is 'too easy', please encourage your child to practise their comprehension skills before requesting a change of book, for example, what was the main character called? Where did the children go? What do you think might happen next? Why does that character feel that way? etc. Sometimes children can read the words but the understanding of what they read might not always be evident so would be great if you could also encourage this at home as we would in school. 

If you have any questions about any aspect of your child's learning this half term, please speak to a member of the team. A very in-depth explanation of our curriculum can be found above in our 'curriculum map.' We will also have an open evening at the end of term for you to book an appointment to discuss how your child has settled and what we are focusing on in terms of their learning and development. 

For information about how we teach phonics at school, take a look at this page of the school website.