| Strand and Profile | Profiles in Class | Ideas for Home |
| Communication and Literacy | This half term we will be reading the story Dear Zoo. We will focus on the animals, what pet we would like, and also the vocabulary from the book.
We will have 1:1 time through the week to work on our SALT targets.
Every Friday we will go to the Library and choose a book. We will also have a 1:1 reading session 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.
I will come home with some symbols from our book, I may like to look at them with you and match animal sounds to the pictures.
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| Mathematics and Problem Solving | In our problem solving/maths sessions we will look at themes of big and small (e.g. the elephant was too big), we will use different sized boxes to build the animals cages and homes – which box is the best size and fit? We will group and sort the animals and we will use number songs to count the animals such as 5 little monkeys.
| You can encourage me in my understanding of numbers 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. We could hunt for big things and small things, tall things and short things. Who found the tallest thing?
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| Personal Development
| This half term we will begin to learn the class routines, rules and expectations.
We will start to look at our feelings and emotions and the zones of regulation.
We will get to know each other and what we like and don’t like.
| You can talk to me about my feelings in the moment. I will be sent home the symbol for the emotion we are learning each week. It may help for me to look at my face in the mirror to see how I look when I am happy!
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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.
On Wednesday we will have PE in the afternoon and rotate between activities.
We will also have daily activities, such as dough disco, to help develop our fine motor skills
| I may be very tired over my first few weeks as I get used to a lot of new things. This is perfectly normal. It is important I learn when my body needs rest as well as being active.
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| Understanding the World | On Wednesday morning Hannah will be teaching us. We will go to the school woodland area for our activities.
Please can you provide appropriate clothing for the wonderful British weather? We can keep named welly boots, waterproofs, hats and gloves in school.
| As the season changes you can help me to notice what changes in the world such as the leaves changing colour, acorns and conkers falling. If we go on walks we could collect some things and bring them in to show my teachers. |
| Expression and Creativity | We will have one Art session and one Music session each week although music and creativity (especially sensory, sometimes messy, play) are part of nearly all our sessions!
In Art we will make Dear Zoo animal faces, and explore colour, texture and pattern/prints.
In Music we will learn to use our rhythm sticks, stopping and starting, tapping simple beats. We will listen to and learn some songs and rhymes about the animals in our book.
| You can encourage me to listen to music at home and maybe introduce me to some different music.
We could go on a colour hunt at home and find items that are all yellow or we could go on a texture hunt and find things that are rough, smooth or fluffy!
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| Personalised Learning
| Throughout the week we will work on our personalised learning goals.
We will support the children in accessing the sensory input and exercises they need. This can take a little while as we all get to know each other.
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. |
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