| Strand and Profile
| Profiles in Class | Ideas for Home |
| Communication and Literacy | We are reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ this half term. We will be looking at words that describe the different settings – grass, mud, water, show, woodland. We will try writing our own sentences about them.
We will also be continuing our daily phonics sessions.
| Go on walks and explore different places. Talk about what they are like. Collect objects to feel and explore at home.
Practice the Twinkl phonics sounds and actions at home. You can find videos of these on YouTube.
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| Mathematics and Problem Solving | Shapes with 4: identifying squares & rectangles.
Mass & Capacity: comparing the mass (weight) of objects, making scales balance. Comparing the capacity (how much something holds) of different containers.
Length, Height & Time: Using the related language, exploring & comparing.
| Use the language square, circle, triangle & rectangle with your child. Look for examples when out & about.
Use words such as heavy/light when talking about everyday objects & toys.
Compare heights of familiar people. Use time related language e.g. days of the week.
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| Personal Development
| We will be looking at the following themes:
- I prefer
- Kind/unkind
- Being polite
- Playing well
- Different opinions
- Belonging
| Talk to your child about other people’s preferences comparing them with their own, e.g. “You like toast and ??? likes cereal.”
Praise kind and polite choices in your child & also those around them for them to take notice of e.g. “Grandma said thank you to me, that was polite & it made me feel happy.”
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| Physical Development | We will be looking at going “over, under and through” linking in with our bear hunt story. Pupils will be using large apparatus to move their bodies over, under and through them. | When out and about at the park, or at home give pupils the experience of moving over, under, through and talk to them about what they are doing. E.g. “You are sitting under the table.” |
| Understanding the World | Vehicles, Transport & Travel:
Looking at the different continents of the world & how we may travel to them by air, land & sea.
Experimenting with:
magnetic/non-magnetic materials
velocity (using ramps)
floating & sinking
wind (windmills & wind socks)
| Naming different types of transport when you are out & about. Talking about trips you have made/are going to make & how.
Watching shows such as ‘Go Jetters’ on CBeebies iPlayer & finding the location on Google Maps.
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| Expression and Creativity | We will be making a map of bear hunt exploring textures, patterns, textiles and colours to make each setting from the story. We will be cutting, sticking, painting and printing. | Practise mark making, cutting and sticking at home.
Explore different textures, can you collect different textured items on a walk, e.g. a prickly pine cone, a smooth stone.
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| Personalised Learning | We will continue to help the children to make their own personal next steps in getting dressed, toileting, eating etc.
If your child has made any new steps at home over the holidays, please let us know in the diary or on EfL so that these can continue at school- thanks.
| In this cold weather, please practise with your child to help them put on hats and gloves (all named please) and when taking them off tucking gloves into pockets. Also putting coats on and fastening them, then taking them off and checking sleeves are the right way out. |
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