| Strand and Profile | Profiles in Class | Ideas for Home |
| Communication and Literacy | We will be starting and learning a new story this half term. Our story will be ‘Titch’ by Pat Hutchins. We will immerse ourselves in the story through lots of activities including sensory and tactile story sacks.
We will link our core vocabulary sessions to the story and will focus on the words ‘same’ and ‘different’ this half term as well as continuing to learn to express “I want…” and “I like…”
We will continue to work on our communication PLG’s and SaLT targets as well as read with an adult each week.
| 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.
We use Signalong at school – if you would like more information please contact the school office.
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| Mathematics and Problem Solving | In our problem solving/maths sessions this half term we will look at the concepts of big and small, tall and short, long and short and empty and full.
We will continue to sing lots of number songs to reinforce our development and learning of number.
We will continue to look at days of the week each morning
| We can look out for big things and small things at home. We can see who is the tallest in our family and who is the shortest! In the bath or shower maybe I can explore containers, filling them up and emptying them! |
| Personal Development
| We will continue our Good Morning routine with our good morning song, choosing our feelings, looking at the day of the week, attention autism (stages 1 and 2!) and teeth brushing. In the afternoon we will sing good afternoon to each other and look at how we are feeling. We will continue to use our Zones of Regulation to identify our feelings throughout the day.
We will also look at our families and who is in our family, we will start to look at how we have grown, what helps us grow and start looking at the different parts of our body – head, tummy, legs, arms etc.
| Please continue to talk to me about my feelings in the moment, you can use the scripting “I can see you are…, I think you may be feeling….”
When we get dressed we can talk about my different body parts, naming and labelling them. I may also like to look at photos of when I was a baby and look at how much I have grown!
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| 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 including our dough disco sessions. We will continue to have lots of sensory play.
| I am so busy and active but I am also learning when my body needs to stop, rest, focus and regulate. If you need any information on sensory circuits then please ask. |
| Understanding the World | Hannah will continue to teach us on a Wednesday morning. Hannah will be focusing on seeds, planting and growing.
In the afternoon we will be looking at our families, how we have grown from a baby and what helps us to grow.
| When out and about we can look at plants growing, do they have leaves, flowers, stems or even a trunk! If safe to do so I may like to collect some leaves or petals and bring them in to show everyone! |
| 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 this half term we will focus on texture, pattern and print using nature to help us.
We will continue to explore music and each week we will have a different music to listen to and think about how it makes us feel.
| We can look at the patterns on leaves and tree trunks, we can look at the colours of petals and flowers. We could even try some bark and leaf rubbing at home.
We could try to listen to some different music at home, I may surprise you and find a new song I like!
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| 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!
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