| Strand and Profile | Profiles in Class | Ideas for Home |
| Communication and Literacy | Our Talk for Writing (TfW) text this half term will be The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In our literacy session in the sensory room we will be exploring props, resources and symbols to support telling the story and watching an animated version of the story. The adults will model signs for key words. After a few weeks, some pupils will start work on the imitation phase in a small group in the classroom.
We will continue to have a weekly library slot. Please send in your child’s book bag on a Tuesday so that they can swap their books each week.
We will continue to have a weekly communication session where we will work 1to1 on individual PLGs and SaLT outcomes as well as focus vocabulary from our TfW text.
| You could visit your local library to borrow some different books to read together.
Please let me know if you’d like me to send you a copy of your child’s most recent SaLT outcomes
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| Mathematics and Problem Solving | In our weekly maths session we will be starting by singing number songs together and then we will explore different activities linked to mathematical schemas.
In our cause and effect sessions we will be working on our cause and effect skills with iPads, touch screens, switch toys and cause and effect toys.
| You could practise counting with food at snack and mealtimes. Model pointing at each item in turn as you count aloud. |
| Personal Development | We will be working on our social skills through a weekly ball pool session and though play in the classroom and out in the playground. We will end our week with some massage and relaxation in the classroom, doing a Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Massage and then Handy Pac. | You could have a go at some massage with your child at home. Search ‘Hafod Lon sensory massage’ on YouTube for some massage routines that are easy to follow along with. |
| Physical Development
| In PE we are going to be doing parachute games linked to numbers and food, for example 10 Fat Sausages and 5 Currant Buns.
We will have a weekly Fine Motor Skills session when we will start with dough disco and then continue to work on our fine motor skills with various different toys and activities.
| You could get some green pipe cleaner ‘caterpillars’ and have a go at threading them into the holes in a colander or make holes in an egg box, thread pipe cleaners through and have a go at pulling them out.
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| Understanding the World | In our Understanding the World sessions we will be cooking, making foods using the 5 main fruits in the Very Hungry Caterpillar story.
We are also planning a trip to the Bug Parc!
| You could have a go at making an apple, pear or plum crumble with your child at home! See the attached recipe for apple crumble. |
| Expression and Creativity | Each week in Art we will be making art linked to our story.
In our weekly music lesson in the sensory room we will be using the Charanga music scheme, encountering a range of nursery rhymes and listening to different genres of music.
| You could sing songs featuring food with your child, for example Hot Cross Buns, Jelly on a Plate, Pat-A-Cake, One Potato, Two Potato… |
| Personalised Learning
| We will be working on our individual Personal Learning Goals throughout the day as well as having a weekly lesson to focus on working towards our PLGs. | Please let me know if you’d like me to send you a copy of your child’s current PLGs. |
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