Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be thinking about how we need to look after animals and how we take care of ourselves.

Communication & Language and Literacy

• We will be reading Old MacDonald had a farm and learning to read and write some animal names.
• We will also be practising our tricky words.

Mathematics

• We will be learning about our important times of the day and what these look like on a clock.

Understanding the world

• We will be thinking about our new topic, down at the farm and discussing what we already know about the farm.
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Physical development

• We will be doing P.E. on Tuesday- please remember to bring in P.E. kits.

Expressive arts and design

• We will be making animal pictures and farmer footprints.

Personal, social and emotional development

• To talk about how we must always be kind to all the friends in our class and make sure that we make each other feel better if we see that somebody is sad.
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Communication & language and Literacy

• We are going to be reading a story called ‘My little star’.
• We will be describing stars and talking about what else is high up in the sky.

Mathematics

• We are going to learn capacity vocabulary.
• We are going to explore and experiment with water and different containers.
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Understanding the world

• We will be learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year on Monday.

Physical development

• Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to be making constellation finders using kitchen roll tubes.

Personal, social and emotional development

• To talk about how we must always be kind to all the friends in our class and make sure that we make each other feel better if we see that somebody is sad.
• To remember to use our inside voices in the classroom.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We are going to be reading a story called ‘Q Pootle 5’.
• We will be writing sentences with one adjective in. e.g. The alien is slimy.

Mathematics

• We will be learning how to add and take away numbers.
• We will be practising how to write number sentences.

Understanding the world

• We are going to continue learning about space.

Physical development

• Many children do not have their PE kits. This is disappointing as they are unable to join in with activities unless they have their full PE kit. Please make sure children have it ready for Tuesday.
• We will be considering what foods and drink are healthy for us and how to look after our bodies.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to make alien pictures using a variety of materials .

Personal, social and emotional development

• To talk about how we must always be kind to all the friends in our class and make sure that we make each other feel better if we see that somebody is sad.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We are going to be reading a story about a man called Bob who is the man on the moon.
• We will be looking at features of a letter.
• We will be writing letters.

Mathematics

• We will be learning about how to describe different sizes & weights using vocabulary such as bigger, smaller, lighter, heavier, greater, shorter and longer.

Understanding the world

• We are going to continue learning about space.

Physical development

• Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to be making spaceship.

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be reminding ourselves of the classroom rules and how we need to behave whilst we are at school.

Communication & language and Literacy

•  We are going to be reading a story about a man called Bob who is the man on the moon. 

Mathematics

• We will be learning about how to describe different sizes & weights using vocabulary such as bigger, smaller, lighter, heavier, greater, shorter and longer.
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Understanding the world

• We are going to be learning all about Space next term so we are going to watch some videos of space to help us talk about what we already know.   

Physical development

• Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to talk about different things we could make this term to reflect our Space topic. We will then use some of these ideas to inform our planning and develop a Space display for our classroom.  

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be making sure we use our indoor voices when we are in the classroom. It is important for us to remember this as it can disturb other children’s learning if we are playing too loudly.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We are going to be learning about St Andrews day and Advent.
• We are going to be making and labelling a Scottish flag to celebrate St Andrews day.
• We are going to learn all about the Christmas story.

Mathematics

• We will be learning about 2d and 3d shapes. 

Understanding the world

• We will be talking about who celebrates Christmas and what some of the traditions are during this time of year.

Physical development

• Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to continue practising our Christmas performance and making all the props to go along with our performance.

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be making sure that we are following classroom rules at all times.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We are going to watch a video about carnivals and think of describing words.
• We are going to use these words to read a simple sentence about carnivals.

Mathematics

• We will be learning about 2d and 3d shapes. 

Understanding the world

• We will be learning about carnivals and how they are colourful events.    
• We will be learning about the Christmas story and preparing for our show.

Physical development

• Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to begin practising for the Christmas performance. Details of the show have been announced on the main school’s newsletter.   

Personal, social and emotional development

• Next week is anti-bullying week; we will be thinking about what bullying is and how we can stop it. We will be completing activities throughout the week to show what we have learnt.

Communication & language and Literacy

Next week will we will be reading the book ‘The Tunnel’ by Anthony Browne.

Mathematics

We will be learning the names of 3d shapes and their properties.

We will have a range of everyday 3d objects.

Party hat, presents, chocolate roll.

As a class we will identify shapes and discuss some of their properties.

Understanding the world

• We will role-play setting up a party, getting dressed up, wrapping presents, giving gifts, playing party games, eating food and giving cake and singing happy birthday.

Physical development

• We will be changing for PE from this week. Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to be making our own wrapping paper.

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be making sure that we are following classroom rules at all times.

Communication & language and Literacy

We are going to learn what to write in a birthday card.

Mathematics

• We will be learning how to count objects up to 20 and beyond.  

Understanding the world

• We will role-play setting up a party, getting dressed up, wrapping presents, giving gifts, playing party games, eating food and giving cake and singing happy birthday

Physical development

• We will be changing for PE from this week. Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We are going to be making our own wrapping paper.

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be talking about our holidays and what we did during the week.
• We will be taking care to listen to each other carefully during this activity.   

Communication & language and Literacy

• We are going to introduce our new topic for the term.
• We are going to be talking about and writing about fireworks.

Mathematics

• We will be learning how to recognise, continue and make up new patterns. We will be doing this using a range of resources.

Understanding the world

• We are going to find out about Diwali and Bonfire night.
• We will be looking at a range of artefacts and using them to develop our discussions.

Physical development

• We will be changing for PE from this week. Please make sure you child has their full PE kit ready for Tuesday.

Expressive arts and design

• We will be making very special chalk pictures of fireworks. We are going to put these up to display in our classroom.
• We will be making an Indian sweet for Diwali

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be talking about how we can be kind to our friends. What sorts of things could we do to achieve this?

Communication & language and Literacy

• We will be read a story called ‘Handa’s Surprise’.
• The story is set in Africa so we will be writing a list about things we may need in Africa.
• We will pretend to go on a trip to Kenya.

Mathematics

• We will be practising counting up to 20 and matching to correct numbers.
• We will be sharing objects into equal groups.

Understanding the world

• We will be looking at African animals and discussing colour and pattern.

We are going to be exploring a range of materials and foods using our senses.

Physical development

• We will be exploring different ways of moving to music.

Expressive arts and design

• We will look at patterns and prints on African clothing. And print a pattern using specific shapes and colours.

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be making sure that we are following classroom rules at all times.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We will be writing lists.

Mathematics

• We will be sharing objects into equal groups.

Understanding the world

• We will be looking at African animals and discussing colour and pattern.
• We will be looking at the  differences and similarities between us and the Masai tribe.

Physical development

• We will be exploring different ways of moving to music.

Expressive arts and design

• We will be decorating and making African necklaces. 

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be playing some cooperative games and discussing how to resolve conflict.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We will be learning all about our body.

Mathematics

• We will be practising counting up to 20 and matching to correct numbers.

Understanding the world

• We are going to be learning about our hands and fingers.
• We will talk to the children about the patterns on the pads of their fingers, telling them that the patterns are called fingerprints.
• We will give the children some magnifying glasses to look more closely at their fingerprints.

Physical development

• We will be practising moving in different ways through an obstacle course!

Expressive arts and design

• We will be exploring colour and will see how colour can be changed.
• We are going to make self-portraits of ourselves.

Personal, social and emotional development

• We will be playing some cooperative games and discussing how to resolve conflict.

Communication & language and Literacy

• We will be learning all about our body.

Mathematics

• We will be learning a counting rhyme all about superheroes!

Understanding the world

• We will be rescuing superheros trapped in ice.

Physical development

• We will be exploring different ways of moving to music.

Expressive arts and design

• We will be listening to energictic and dramatic music to encourage the children to move like superheros.