Early Years Foundation Stage
Assistant Headteacher EYFS
Martine Auton
Phase Timetable
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Nursery
Reception & Nursery Christmas Play – 21/22
Spring Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024/2025
The Latest Nursery Learning Update!
We have a new topic for this spring 1 term which is ‘Magical Journeys’. This week we learned about the Oceans and read the book titled ‘Flip Flap Oceans’. We learned about the different sea creatures and their characteristics. We practised using the new vocabulary we learned as we engaged in role play activities.
In phonics, we learned to segment and blend sounds to say words. The emphasis is on listening to the simple segmented sounds such as s-o-ck and blend it to say the word sock using robot arm movement. Children have begun to recognise the letter sounds in words.
In PD, we have been practising holding our pencils in a tripod grip. Also, we have been practising holding our scissors correctly making sure our thumbs are up and developing good control when making snips in the paper.
In PSED, we reminded ourselves about the rules of our nursery, emphasised on the importance of waiting for our turns, sharing and carpet rules such as putting our hands up when we want to share our ideas. We have begun performing songs, jokes and stories to our friends in our class to build our self-confidence.
In EAD, we explored colour mixing and used primary colours to create secondary colours such as green, orange and purple. We then used these colours to paint an ocean with its creatures.
In maths, we learned and consolidated how to use positional language such as ‘in ‘and ‘between’ to describe where objects are located.
In UW, we looked at forces in water and engaged in the science of predicting which object will sink or float within our selected few. It was fun learning that objects do not sink because of how big they are but rather how heavy/dense.
Next week, we will journey through the Savannah and reading our book titled ‘Giraffe Can’t Dance’.
Reception
Spring Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024/2025
The Latest Reception Learning Update!
This week has been an extra special one as we invited parents and carers in for our Fun in the Forest Day. The whole day was a huge success and the children (and adults!) had a wonderful time exploring the great outdoors together and taking part in a variety of exciting activities. From nature hunts to den building, whittling, planting seeds, there was something for everyone to enjoy. It was fantastic to see families engaging with their children, embracing the fresh air, and making special memories. Thank you to everyone who joined us—we loved sharing this experience with you!
Our focus book this week has been Supertato. In English, we read the story and answered comprehension questions, thinking about the 5 different question types. We also drew and describe our own superhero vegetables.
