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Term 5, Week 4

Key dates 

 

  • 1 MORE DAISY PARENT HELPER NEEDED - Thursday 14th May - Reception classes visit to St Peter’s Church as part of our ‘Special Places’ learning in RWV. Please let your class teacher know if you would be available to walk with us to the church. We will meet you at the school office at 1.05pm and expect to return to school by 2.15pm.

  • Saturday 16th May - School Mayfair

  • Friday 22nd May - End of Term 5. Home clothes day - donations for FHIS

  • In Term 5 and 6, we are hoping that we will be able to do PE outside. If you haven't already, please make sure your child has appropriate footwear in their PE bag. The children can wear their school shoes if they are trainer-like. Please make sure children have socks too.

Tapestry observation 

The focus this week is Art. Create a picture of anything you like. Just like the boy in The Wonder, use your imagination! 

You can also send us any moments that you feel are significant in your child’s learning or want to share with your child’s class teachers. Click the links below to find out how to add observations from different devices. 

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Key text

The objectives below will be covered over the four ‘Structured Story Times’ this week. 

 

Book:

Luna Loves Art

Vocabulary focus:

  • alone

  • huge / massive

  • sketch

  • scrunches 

  • aside

  • describe

  • thrashing 

  • wanders

At the end of the week, children will know:

  • What an art gallery is

  • That there are lots of different artists who paint and create in different ways

  • That not all families are the same

At the end of the week, children will be able to:

  • Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary

  • Talk about a character’s feelings, assigning the correct vocabulary to emotions

  • Empathise with characters (starting school, different families) 

This week's learning 

Subject 

This week’s learning objectives

Communication and language

  • To  retell past events in order, including relevant detail. 

Personal, Social and Emotional development 

  • To follow instructions involving several ideas or actions. To give simple instructions.

Physical development 

  • To develop throwing and catching with a partner.

Phonics

  • To learn to read and spell words containing adjacent consonants bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl and fr

  • To learn new common exception words were and there

Maths 

  • To explore sharing

  • To share quantities equally

Understanding the World

RWV 

  •  To learn about what makes a church a special place for Christians by visiting St Peter’s Church.

 
  • To talk about simple plant parts. 

  • To examine change over time. 

  • To question why things happen. 

  • To carry out observations on changes. 

Expressive Arts and Design 

  • To create a textiles product (bookmark) following their own design