| Strand and Profile
| Profiles in Class | Ideas for Home |
| Communication and Literacy | We are going to be reading the book Dear Zoo. We will be learning all about the animals in the book and thinking of some describing words for them. Would they make a good pet?
| Look at animals in books at home. What are they like?
What pets do you have at home? What pets do friends and family have?
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| Mathematics and Problem Solving | We are going to learn about numbers from 1-10. We are focussing on making sure that each object is touched as they are counted. Children will be encouraged to match a number said verbally to an amount of objects and the numeral. Children will be given practical activities to explore partitioning a number e.g. 4 can be composed of 2 & 2 or 3 & 1.
| Find any opportunities to count objects in daily routines e.g. number of cups on the table, how many shoes etc.
Sing songs that count down, e.g. 5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer, 5 Little Speckled Frogs…
Play games with dice e.g. roll the die and encourage your child to count out that amount of objects.
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| Personal Development
| To know some ways to stay safe:
To understand rules that keep us safe at school e.g. how to use scissors.
To sort things that are safe for children to have and those which are not (medicines, disinfectant, inhaler, toilet cleaner).
Discussing people who keep us safe in the community e.g. police, firefighters etc.
| Talk about rules that you have at home that keep your child safe and why you have them, e.g. We do not touch the oven because we could burn our hands.
Talk to your child about adults they can go to at home/school when they feel worried/unsafe
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| Physical Development | We will be learning about how our bodies move and what shapes we can make with them through large play equipment and weekly dance sessions.
| Through play at the park, on the beach, in the garden explore jumping, stretching, hopping.
Sing some action songs together, what actions can they do?
Watch action songs on the TV or tablets. Can you join in together?
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| Understanding the World | People who help us:
The children will learn that we all need help and to distinguish who can help us in different ways (doctors, nurses. Dentists, police, firefighters, vets, teachers, family & friends).
| When out & about spot emergency vehicles & talk about the jobs that they do. Talk to your child about visits that they have made to the hospital/doctors and remind them how doctors/ nurses have helped them.
Role-play with your children & their toys visits to the dentist, vet etc.
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| Expression and Creativity | We will be using paints, glue and collage to make the animals from the Dear Zoo story. We will be making choices about what materials to use and where to put them. | Any mark making, cutting and sticking activities you can do at home.
Cut up an old cereal box and make it into an animal.
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| Personalised Learning | This half term we will be focussing on following class routines with growing independence. | Practising daily independence skills – e.g. putting shoes away, hanging up coats. |
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