Welcome Active Ants!
It's Mrs Bissell here! I am excited to be your teacher this year. We are lucky to be supported by Mrs Brandon this year.
We are both looking forward to supporting you to learn and grow this year.
We are in the Autumn Term!
Below you will find some of the fantastic learning we will be doing throughout this term.
Parents, please check Class Dojo to see what we are up to and to keep up to date with class updates.
Phonics
We follow the Essential Letters and Sounds Phonics Scheme.
This term we will be learning Phase 3 phonics sounds. These will mostly be single sounds. With each sound we will learn a Mnemonic for each sound which will help with recognising and forming the sounds. You can download the Phase 2 sound mat, Mnemonics and a glossary of phonics terms below. If you have any questions about supporting your child with phonics at home - please ask!
Writing
We will be working on pencil grip and making controlled movements. We will be working on forming our letters correctly as we learn them. We will explore mark making and assigning meaning to the marks we make. Some of us will be learning to write our names, we will use name cards to help with this if needed. We will be hearing and writing initial sounds in words and more as we move through the term! We may start to write CVC words like dog, cat, tin, hat... We will be writing lots in play making lists, labels and stickers. We will inspire a love of writing through play and purpose!
Drawing Club
Drawing club is an exciting adventure that I can't wait to take you on! We will explore amazing books, stories and clips. Through Drawing Club we will explore the unanswered questions of stories. We will create exciting codes using our Writing and Maths skills to make our pictures come alive. Drawing Club will ignite and develop our creativity and create a love for the stories we explore!
Mathematics
We will be following the White Rose scheme. We will be focusing on numbers 1-5, exploring these numbers with a deeper understanding and will start to develop reasoning on a foundation level. We will also develop our matching sorting and comparing skills practically.
Reading at home / home learning
Reading at home is so important for children that are learning to read. Just 5 minutes each day really will make such a difference to your child’s progress and confidence in reading. We will send home a reading book but will also use an E-Library to assign Phonics books.
Play
We will do lots of learning through play in Class A. We will explore and investigate the world around in both our indoor and outdoor classrooms, as well as our school forest area during our weekly forest learning sessions. We will have plenty of opportunities to apply our learning though play and we will lead our learning based on our interests.
