This half term our theme is ‘On the Move’. Over the 6 weeks we will be able to follow possible themes such as Winter, boats, fire engines, police car and trains. We will compare vehicles from the past, present and future. We will look Winter in more details not just in this country but others too and look for similarities and differences. Books which will support and encourage our learning this half term will be Poles Apart, Artic Life, and Journey and The Journey home from Grandpa’s.

As part of our literacy this half term the children will continue with their phonics focusing on level 3 sounds. We will be working with the children to develop their blending skills so that they can reads short words made up of known letter sounds and some of their common exception words. Within writing this half term we will be focusing on letter formation and spelling VC and CVC words independently and beginning to write simple captions and sentences made up of level 2 graphemes. Supporting the children with their writing and love of books, we will be continuing to use Literacy leaves. This half term the books we will be focusing on are ‘The Magic Paintbrush’ and ‘Super Milly and the Super School Day.’

Within number the children will be exploring and comparing length and height. We will be recognizing and naming 3D shapes and starting to recognize 2D shapes within 3D shapes. The children will also continue to deepen their knowledge of number to 10, focusing on skills such counting, ordinality and cardinality.

Within PSED this half term the theme is ‘Dreams and Goals.’  Children will be covering challenges, perseverance, setting goals, overcoming obstacles, seeking help and achieving their goals. Their learning will be supported by a selection of books such as ‘Love Monster’ and ‘The Invisible.’