Early Years Foundation Stage
Assistant Headteacher EYFS
Martine Auton
Phase Timetable
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Nursery
Reception & Nursery Christmas Play – 21/22
Summer Term Knowledge Organiser – 2023/2024
The Latest Nursery Learning Update!
We continued with our topic, ‘Let’s grow’ and read the book titled, ’The enormous Turnip’. We learned new vocabulary such as enormous, heave and budge. We looked at some of the rhyming words in the text such as shirt and skirt.
In maths we looked at capacity, learning the appropriate vocabulary to describe the content of different containers. We learned how to use words such as full, empty, half full and half empty. We had a lot of fun filling and emptying containers with various materials to different levels.
In phonics we have continued practising segmenting and blending sounds (phonemes) to say words. Some of us are learning to differentiate between sounds in our environment and enjoying listening to different stories to develop our listening skills.
We continued taking care of our pea plants which we planted a couple of weeks ago and some of us are still waiting for the shoot to be visible. We also learned about the lifecycle of the plant.
We decorated some Easter eggs this week and we made choices of different materials which we preferred to give it a fantastic finish.
We looking forward to the Easter parade next week with our friends and family.
Reception
Summer Term Knowledge Organiser – 2023/2024
The Latest Reception Learning Update!
Please find Reception Buzz below. I’ve also attached a photo of Suleiman’s mum (a GP) speaking to Reception on IWD as Andrea asked for these this morning.
This week has been very busy with both classes performing their very first class assemblies! A big thank you to all the support from parents and carers for helping the children learn their lines.
Our learning this week has been based on Jack and the Beanstalk. In English, we read the story and answered comprehension questions, thinking about the 5 different question types. We also retold the story using Pie Corbet actions and exact phrases from the book .
In maths, we have started to look at addition by combining two groups and using bar models and part whole models to aid our understanding. We have also focussed on writing numerals correctly.
In understanding the world, we planted our own bean seeds and have been keeping a diary making observations of their growth. We’re hoping we might get our own beanstalks to reach up into the sky!
In EAD we learnt a new Jack and the Beanstalk song and we made our own soundscapes to illustrate different parts of the story, we liked banging the drums like the giant stomping in the castle.
