Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

Literacy: We will be …. Consolidating our sounds and tricky words. Using the sounds we can hear, punctuation, adjectives and conjunctions in our writing. Listening to and learning new stories. Writing in the form of stories / letters / instructions / fiction / non-fiction. Speaking and listening to others.

Numeracy: We will be…. Adding and Subtracting. Telling the time. Recognising and creating patterns. Solving problems. Consolidating our number bonds. Learning to share out objects (divide). Doubling and halving.

Personal, Social and Emotional: We will be…. Looking at similarities and differences. Appreciating this year’s achievements. Discussing what we are excited and worried about for our transition into Year 1. Setting new goals.

Expressive Arts: We will be learning… New songs. To print / collage/ design / create and decopage. To appreciate other people’s art work. To use our imagination.

Understanding the World: We will be learning…. About different countries. In particular the festival of Holi. To create shelters. About our solar system. About light and colour. To use technology i.e. laptops, remote control toys, CD player.

Physical: We will be ……. Taking part in Sports Day. Using large and small equipment. Throwing and Catching. Aiming at a target. Looking at the changes that happen to our bodies during exercise.

How You Can Help At Home!

Talk about moving on from Reception to Year 1. Remind them that this is just another small adventure. There will still be teacher time in Year 1 through English, Maths, Science, P.E, Topic and most importantly to them I.D! Continue to read both with and to your child. Whilst reading see if they can recall the main characters, the story setting and what happens at the beginning, middle and end.

When writing independently, encourage them to use all the sounds they can hear, correct punctuation and adjectives (describing words) to make the writing more interesting.

Continue to look for shapes in the environment both 2D and 3D. Can we name the shapes we find?

Record and then solve their own addition and subtraction number sentences.

Pick up small objects with tweezers, play with playdough, thread pasta and beads to help with fine motor control.

Use tweezers to pick up small objects. Manipulate playdough. Thread pasta and beads onto string to support their fine motor control development.