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Beaver Class - Miss Calder
Otter Class - Mr Talbot
Useful information
Phonics - we use Unlocking Letters and Sounds to deliver high quality Phonics lessons. Each lesson follows a key process to ensure children are successful in their learning. The lesson begins with a revision session (to revise pervious learning) and then new learning is introduced. The children are then given opportunities to read and write words linked to the new learning and then read a sentence where this learning is applied. Throughout the day, they are then provided with opportunities in all areas to
Below is information about our learning this term as well as links to useful websites to support learning at home
Spring 2
This term our words of the week are: need, are, is, some and all. Please look at our curriculum overview for more information about what we will be learning this term. We will upload photos over the term of our learning.
Spring 1
Have a look at our fantastic learning from this term.
Word of the week: on and off
We have made our own obstacle courses and developed our balancing skills.
We have been working hard with our letter formation and writing our word of the week.
Word of the week: in and out
We developed our cutting skills by helping get the animals out of the muddle they found themselves in.
Word of the week: make
We have been making and ordering towers with different amounts of cubes.
We have been making ice creams for our friends.
Word of the week: get
We have been using different resources to get the animals out of one tray and into another.
Word of the week: look
We have been looking at the different colours we have been adding to our water play.
Word of the week: what
We have been exploring what happens when we add bubble mixture to water.
Autumn 2
We explored a farm together with the focus of our key word of the week ‘different’. We looked at the differences between the animals and the sounds that they make.
When focusing on our key word of the week ‘help’, we worked as builders to help each other build a house for the bears. We explored the job role of being a vet and helping animals in our surgery.
We have enjoyed investigating how nature changes around us and how this makes our playground look different.
We created a road on the playground to develop our understanding of road safety. We created zebra crossings and practiced looking before we crossed the road. We have become increasingly confident when riding bikes, scooters and driving the cars. We enjoyed creating a role play petrol station to fill up the cars.
Spring 2
This term we are looking at our our key question 'Where does chocolate come from?'
We are learning about the different parts of a plant. We are exploring different parts of plants and looked at what plants are used to make chocolate.
We are exploring the climate in different parts of the world and focusing on what it is like in Brazil and Ghana where they grow the cacao trees.
We are making art inspired by coco beans. We are thinking about the shapes textures and colours that we can see.
We are observing seasonal changes in our local environment and comparing what we see to where the cacao trees grow.
We are learning the Easter story and looking at how chocolate eggs are used to celebrate Easter.
Our focus story this term is 'The sheep and the goat'. We are looking at the verbs in the story and trying to use our own verbs within the story.
Spring 1
This term we have been looking at our key question 'Where do animals live?'
We have learnt about the different varieties of animals as well as learning about what animals eat and need to survive.
We learnt that different types of animals have different features so we made some pictures using different materials to show the animals different features.
We learnt the terms carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and talked about different animals that fit each category. We made plates of food for the animals.
We have been learning what the different oceans and continents are called. We found animals that live in different parts of the world and showed them on a map.
We have learnt about animal habitats and have made homes for animals.
Our focus text for this term has been the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We have been learning the story and we have practiced using adjectives to describe the setting of the woods and of Grandma's cottage.
We have also looked at a recount text of Little Red Riding Hoods day in the forest. We have been looking at using the past tense.
In maths we have been learning the place value of numbers up to twenty. We have looked at the difference between tens and ones and used this to represent numbers.
Autumn 2
This term we have been looking at the question 'How do astronauts get into space?'. Here are our astronauts that are ready to blast off into space.
We're exploring making art using different materials and have been looking at the different planets that are in our solar system.
We found out that satellites take pictures of Earth so that we can use maps. Then we created our own maps choosing what landmarks we might see.
We are focusing on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk this term. We are describing the different characters of the story and making sentences by choosing the correct character and an adjective from a range of visual cards.
We have also been working really hard on our letter formation this term and becoming more independent in controlling a pencil.
A typical day in Beaver Class
We start our day completing our morning activities these include reading with an adult, fine motor skills, Bucket time and opportunities to revisit our prior learning.
We then come together as a class for maths, phonics, dough disco, jabadao, drawing club input, circle time and snack. During circle time, we learn about our word of the week.
The drawing club table opens and we create our own masterpieces using our imagination. In addition to our drawing, we write codes where we apply our phonics and maths knowledge.
We practice the life skills of getting on our waterproofs and boots as independently as we can before heading out to the Resource Base playground. On the playground, we take part in a variety of activities based upon different areas of the curriculum and learn about the world around us.
When we get back to the classroom it is time for good learning. We have lots of opportunities to learn through play.
Then it is time for lunch, we practice life skills, such as using cutlery, and the word of the week through the use of core boards, Makaton or verbally.
In the afternoon, it is time for good learning. We may be in the classroom, outside or may join a main school class. We have opportunities to practice our word of the week, learn through play and work on our speech and language targets.
At the end of our busy day, we get our home things ready and have a story before meeting our adults.
A typical day in Otter Class:
We start our day with a group dough disco where we work on our fine motor skills, following songs to complete different actions. Then we move into our phonics lesson where we focus on learning a new sound and practicing to read words through segmenting and blending..
After phonics the children have time to complete different activities that have been set out for that day. While the children are accessing the activities They will be completing speech and language, letter formation and a range of different English activities in small groups or 1:1 with an adult.
We then come back together for Tac Pac time where the children learn what different sensory experiences they enjoy and learn to communicate this to the adults. Once this has finished, we prepare our snack for the day where the children are encouraged to learn different skills to prepare their own snack.
After this it is time for our sensory story where the children learn our story or text through engaging in different sensory experiences as the story is being told. The children are encouraged to join in with the story and remember the key parts.
After a break outside we come back to complete our maths lesson and some maths activities before lunch time.
In the afternoon, we complete another phonics lesson where we focus on writing sounds we have learnt and putting them into words.
We then start to look at our key question for the term where the children are able to choose different activities that explore our key question. The children are able to follow what interests them about our learning. The activities are planned out so the children are exposed to the full wider curriculum.
At the end of the day we get our bags ready for home time and read a story together.