Welcome back Woods Class!

In Woods Class we work closely with parents/carers to set the foundations of our children’s first steps in their learning.

During this half term we welcome new children visiting that will be transitioning up from the 2’s and new children that will join our nursery after Easter.

We recognise that children come to our setting from various starting points and having had various experiences. We will use this term to observe, interact and build strong relationships with the children and families. When considering the curriculum in the early years, it is important to think about the knowledge that children may already have. We will continue to explore and learn all about ourselves, families, our local community and developing strong relationships with Key people at school.

Each week one child will take the ‘family box’ home where they can put photos and special objects in to share and talk to their class about themselves, the people important to them, their culture and community and then put up on display.

The topic for Spring Two is ‘Space.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

We will be learning about:

  • Looking at the features of the planet Earth
  • Routines and talking about day and night.
  • Making a planet Earth and learn about contrasting environments
  • Learn that children live in different countries and observe similarities and difference in terms of how they play, eat, live, and so on

Physical Development

We will be learning to develop skills in:

  •  Imagining being an astronaut going under and over equipment
  • Shadow Dance
  • Moving like an alien
  •  Use a range of tools

Literacy

Communication and language will be an ongoing focus throughout the term. The children will have opportunities to listen to and join in with stories, songs, and rhymes, understanding what is happening with the help of the pictures.

  • Develop listening and speaking skills in a range of contexts.
  • Give meaning to marks they make.
  • Share non-fiction texts that offer an insight into contrasting environments
  • Listen and enjoy sharing and joining in with a wide range of books, poems and songs.
  • Look and discuss pictures of space.
  • Sing songs and rhymes.

Maths

We will be learning about:

Number rhymes and songs, counting and sorting objects, and beginning to recognise name, and order numbers from 0 to 5.

  • Counting
  • Matching
  • Sorting Size

Understanding the World

The children will continue to talk about the features of their immediate environment with visual representations e.g., walk around school, nature area and notice common signs and logos. They will use IPods to take pictures, print them out to add to their class local community and environment book.

  • Find out about the moon and how it is different from Earth.
  • Look at the features of  different countries and compare and contrast
  • Develop understanding and storytelling in pretend play.
  • Make the Earth

 

Expressive Art and Design

The children will explore and use a variety of media for pleasure and purposely:

  • Make globes with clay and paper Mache
  • Songs and Rhymes
  • Space display
  • Sing in a group or on their own.
  • Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.
  • Develop storylines in their pretend play

During this term, we will be inviting you to spend some time with your children in the class, and we are looking forward to working with you. If you have any questions or we can help in any way, please do not hesitate to ask one of us, and we will do our best to help.