Early Years Foundation Stage
Assistant Headteacher EYFS
Martine Auton
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Nursery
Reception & Nursery Christmas Play – 21/22
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024/2025
The Latest Nursery Learning Update!
This half term, our topic is Fabulous Festivals and this week we focused on celebration of Diwali. We read the book titled, The Best Diwali Ever, learned about how Hindu’s celebrate Diwali and learned some new vocabulary of things used during this celebration.
We learned about Rangoli patterns. We engaged in team work and had a go at making our own using different coloured sands. We were able to make choices of coloured sands we preferred and waited patiently for our turn.
We also learned that Diwali is the Festival of light, Hindus celebrate Diwali and the candle holders are called Divas. We had a look at the map and tried to locate India where a lot of people celebrate Diwali. We admired the beautiful clothes worn during Celebration of Diwali, tried our own versions and looked at the different delicious meals served.
In phonics we have been learning about rhyming words and we have had fun trying to string some rhyming words through rapping or singing nursery songs with rhymes. Some of us are beginning to suggest words which rhyme with what was given to us.
In maths, we learned the names and characteristics of simple 3D shapes such as cube, cone, sphere and cylinder. We now know that 3D shapes are solid, have faces and not flat.
We are looking forward to next week where we will be learning about Ramadan.
Reception
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024/2025
The Latest Reception Learning Update!
This week we have continued our ‘Fabulous Festivals’ topic and have been learning all about the festival of Diwali.
In English, we have been reading Rama and Sita and we have been checking our comprehension by answering the 5 questions types about the book. We have also practiced retelling and acting out the story.
In Maths, we have begun to look at 2D shapes and their properties, starting with triangles and circles. We loved going on shape hunts around the classroom.
Our understanding the world lessons this week focused on how people celebrate Diwali and we were lucky enough to have a parent come in and tell us how they celebrate Diwali and what it means to them.
The children loved collaging rangoli patterns and making and painting their own Diya lamps, in EAD, and they couldn’t wait to take them home to light them at the weekend! They also learnt a Diwali dance and performed it in groups to the class.
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