F1 Welcome

Summer 2

Welcome back to our F1 class page!

We hope you have all had a fantastic half term and are ready to come back to our lovely class. We have a great term planned, full of exciting activities and lots of brain growing!

This term, our topic will take the children on an exciting journey around the world as they explore animals under the sea, in the rainforest and in the jungle. Through stories, role play, creative activities and hands-on learning, the children will discover different habitats, learn about a variety of animals and begin to understand how living things survive in different environments. We will also explore different methods of transport and travel, thinking about how people journey across land, sea and air to reach hot countries around the world. By comparing hot climates with our own, the children will develop an early understanding of weather, environments and cultural differences. This topic will support their learning across all areas of the curriculum by encouraging curiosity, building vocabulary, developing communication and social skills, inspiring imaginative play and strengthening their understanding of the wider world.

In Literacy - we will be reading 3 new focus texts - ‘Rainbow Fish’, ‘Monkey and Me’ and ‘Jungle Jamboree’. Our main focus will be to continue to develop our mark making skills - practising our pre-writing shapes and for our older children, writing the letters from their name. We will be exploring the characters from our class stories, joining in with the story and creating our own story maps.

In Maths - we will be continuing to consolidate the numbers from 1-6. Alongside this, children will be introduced the names and basic properties of both 2D and 3D shapes, helping children to recognise and talk about shapes such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles, including their sides and corners. In addition, children will practise sequencing, learning to order events and objects, which supports their understanding of routines, patterns, and early problem-solving skills.

In Understanding the World - we will be learning all about animals from different habitats, exploring how the weather in other countries can change what animals’ houses look like.

In RE ‘The Vine and the Branches’ -we will be continuing with Jesus’ story and following his journey in ‘Dialogue and Encounters’. ‘For “In him we live and move and have our being”’ (Acts 17:28). 
In this branch, pupils will learn how Christians work together with people of different religious convictions and all people of goodwill towards the common good, respecting the dignity of all humanity. 

We will continue with our daily Phonics lessons through listening for rhythms, patterns and rhyming in Nursery Rhymes. We will also continue to follow our ‘My Happy Mind’ framework - learning about our brains and our different character strengths.

 We love going outside in our EYFS and we have an amazing outdoor area so we will be learning outside come rain or shine! Unfortunately, our Great British weather is unpredictable so the children will need a raincoat and wellies every day and hopefully, a sun hat! These can be left in school, alongside a spare change of clothes - play can be messy and the children will have access to water, sand, playdough and paint, amongst other things :)

Please let us know if your child develops any new allergies or conditions, so we can keep our records up to date and your children safe. Thank you!

Please ensure your child also has a water bottle each day - busy minds and bodies need lots of hydration :)

We will be using the Tapestry app as our main communication link – please ensure you have activated your login and that you check regularly as there will be pictures and key dates and information regarding upcoming events. We really love to hear about what the children get up to home and we share weekend stories every Monday morning as part of ‘Communication and Language’ sessions. Please share any activities that you get up to at home - this can be something super exciting like the beach or the park or something simple like reading a bedtime story and having a family dinner! Please ask us if you need any support with this and we will do our best to help you.

We love continuing to get to know your wonderful children and watch them make their brains grow each day.

Our door is always open so please pop in if you have any questions.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs O’Hanlon and Mrs Barber

F1 Team