Mrs Pinnington, Mrs Norgate-Smith & Miss Worner
Spring 2026
Welcome back everyone! We are now beginning with our new mini topics 'Stories' and 'Growing' for the Spring term. We have lots of exciting activities planned for the next few weeks. We will join the RSPB birdwatch project this month to learn about caring for birds in Winter and finding ways that we can help. We will make bird feeders and spot birds in our school garden. We will spend lots of time outdoors looking at the seasonal changes and drawing and writing the things that we see. We will also learn a traditional tale each week and practice retelling stories with puppets. In Maths we will practise working with numbers to 10 and learning to use a 5's frame to hep us to solve number problems.
Our Learning
This half term we will begin our learning with the mini topic ‘Stories’. We will then follow this with our 'Growing' topic.
Here are some key skills that we will be learning:
PSED: To share our feelings and talk about friendships.
To show respect for our classroom and take ownership of resources.
To learn to negotiate turns in play with others.
CL: To talk about our favourite stories and characters.
To retell stories and to sequence them correctly.
PHYS: To continue to build our gross motor skills practising familiar patterns of movement.
To continue to practice a correct pencil grip.
LIT To recognise our phase 2 and 3 letter sounds.
To write words and short phrases.
MATHS To know number bonds to 5.
To learn to use a 5s frame to recognise quantities.
KUW To notice changes in the seasons and talk about what we see.
EAD- To practise observational drawing skills.
Other Key information for Yr R
PE - Fridays Please come to school in PE kit - black shorts and a plain white T-shirt.
Tracksuit bottoms should be worn and suitable warm top or school jumper in colder weather.
Home learning - Phonics practice sheets and flashcards will be sent out regularly once the children have started their phonics lessons. Please practise the letter sounds regularly using the support videos on the Little Wandle website. Reading books will also be sent home every Wednesday to return on the following Monday.
What to bring to school each day - Book bag, water bottle, lunch box (unless your child is having a school packed lunch), reading book and phonics pack.
Library day - Fortnightly on Thursdays
Reading
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