| Strand and Profile | Profiles in Class | Ideas for Home |
| Communication and Literacy | We will continue to read the story Dear Zoo for 4 weeks. We will start to use coloured semantics, building a sentence of WHAT something is before we look at what it is DOING.
We will then start to get ready for Christmas and read the book Dear Santa.
We will have 1:1 time through the week to share a book with an adult and to work on our SALT targets.
We will learn to sign the colours this half term, as well as continue to use the signs we looked at last half term.
| You can read with me and sing with me throughout the week. I may start to learn some new songs, new actions or new signing.
Giving me lots of opportunities and reasons to communicate can help me develop my vocabulary and understanding, for example offering me two choices of activity or snack helps me to make a choice and communicate this with you in my preferred method.
We use Signalong at school – if you would like more information please contact the school office.
|
| Mathematics and Problem Solving | In our problem solving/maths sessions we will look at number. We will use animal songs to count up to 5 and backwards from 5. We will order, show quantity and begin to look at 1 more through a variety of activities. | You can encourage me in my understanding of number through counting everyday things such as chips on my plate, slices of banana or even count as I get dressed putting my arms and legs through sleeves and trousers.
I will bring a song sheet home with me each week and I may like to sing this and use my fingers to show my understanding of number!
|
| Personal Development
| We will continue to build on our routines and this half term we will be getting used to short small group focus times in the work room. We will continue to use our zones of regulation and start to think about how our bodies feel with each emotion. | Please continue to talk to me about my feelings in the moment, you could maybe comment about how my body may be feeling. Becky will send home some information about this and the zones of regulation we use within school. |
| Physical Development | We will have lots of time throughout the week to be physically active – in the Playground, in the Woodland area and in the Ball Pool.
We will continue our daily fine motor activities,
This half term we will be going to dance sessions with Lauren in the Hall, these are great sensory sessions where we can explore movement with our bodies.
| I am so busy and active but I am also learning when my body needs to stop, rest, focus and regulate. When I have been active and I am out of breath and my heart rate has been raised from physical activity I can then try and do some balancing, posting, threading or drawing activities before having some deep pressure hugs and a drink and crunchy snack. |
| Understanding the World | Hannah will continue to teach us on a Wednesday morning. We will continue to go to the school woodland area for our activities.
We will be looking at different habitats this half term focusing on a different one each week
| We can look at the weather each day and choose whether I need to wear my jumper or my coat and jumper! I may need a hat as the weather gets colder too.
We can look in the garden or local area and see what animals we can see; bugs, spiders, squirrels or cats and dogs!
|
| Expression and Creativity | Music, art and craft will continue to be at the forefront of our play and exploration as well as sensory and messy play. In Art we will focus on one colour a week, creating different artwork with each colour and learning to sign the colour too.
We will also have an afternoon each week dedicated to sensory exploration of foods. We will also make and bake some Christmas treats and surprises. Every child will bring home a pack of their ‘makes’ at the end of term.
| We could go on a colour hunt at home, how many things can we find that are the same colour as that week? You could put some photos on EfL so that I can look at these with my class and teachers. I enjoy looking at photos of myself!
|
| Personalised Learning
| We will continue to work on our personalised learning goals and we will continue to support the children in accessing the sensory input and exercises they need.
If you have any worries, queries or concerns then please contact Becky.
| Please use the orange home school diary to communicate with the class team.
It has been great to see some lovely home entries on EfL and to see your comments on the observations we upload.
Thank you!
|
Welcome to Dolphins