We hope you had a great half-term. Let’s hope for a more settled half-term and better weather!
During the next few weeks our theme will be ‘Let’s Go!’. This theme will include the following mini-topics.
Great outdoors
As the weather becomes warmer, children will begin to notice the first signs of spring. Your child will observe the changes in the environment and will observe the bulbs that we planted grow earlier.
This theme is Geography-led. Your child will look at a contrasting locality within the UK. They’ll compare life in a city to life in the countryside by looking at books, photographs and drawing on the children’s own experiences.
On the move
Following on from the Great Outdoors theme, we’ll extend our geographical comparisons to a different part of the world. Your child will look at life in that country and compare it to their own life here in the UK.
The outdoor area will be used to promote your child’s scientific understanding. Your child will plant seeds and care for beans, peas, carrots and potatoes. They will watch them grow and will learn what conditions are needed for plants to grow.
New life
As a scientist, your child will continue to develop their understanding of growth through our incubation project this term. They’ll watch eggs incubate, chicks hatch and develop. They’ll care for the chicks by making sure that they have food and water. From this experience, they will gain early scientific knowledge relating to life cycles.
Easter
Easter is another festival that your child will learn about. We’ll talk about how some families celebrate Easter. Your child will take part in various traditions such as egg decoration, egg rolling and hot cross buns. We’ll share the Easter story. We’ll link Easter to our previous theme of New Life by discussing animals they may see out and about – sheep and their lambs, for example.
Phonics
We will be practising all the phonemes learnt so far and using these to read and write captions and simple sentences.
Literacy
We will read and retell the following texts.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
The Hundred Decker Bus by Mike Smith
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Maths
The children will continue to develop a deep understanding of numbers to 10, (including the composition of each number).
They will practise their ability to subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5 and verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system.
Through day to day practical activities they will compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity.
As always, please ask if you have any questions and let us know about your child’s ‘wow moments’ at home.