F1 Welcome

Welcome to summer term in F1 – we hope you have all had a fantastic half term break with your lovely families and are ready to come back to our class for a fresh new term full of fun and learning. I can’t believe it is our last term of this academic year and what a great term it is going be - full of exciting activities and lots of brain growing!

We will be learning about animals in hot countries this half term through our books ‘Monkey and Me’ and ‘Jungle Jamboree’. We will explore the exciting world of jungles and rainforests through play-based, hands-on learning experiences. The children will be introduced to a rich variety of jungle animals such as monkeys, parrots, snakes, and tigers, learning about their habitats and unique sounds through interactive story times and songs. We will create sensory jungle environments using natural materials, allowing children to engage in imaginative play and small world setups. Some of the exciting activities we have planned are; making animal masks, painting with leafy prints, going on a jungle animal hunt around the classroom and our outdoor area and building our own zoos and animal habitats. These activities will not only build vocabulary and curiosity about the natural world but will also support fine motor skills, social interaction, and creativity.

In maths, the children will explore shapes by handling everyday objects and using them to build pictures or patterns, helping them recognise and name basic 2D shapes like circles, squares, and triangles. We will introduce the composition of numbers to 5 through hands-on experiences such as counting out snacks, singing number songs, and using fingers or counting bears to show different ways to make a number (e.g., 2 and 3 make 5). To understand what comes before and after, children will engage in number line games, ordering number cards, and sequencing familiar routines or stories. These activities help develop number sense, pattern recognition, and an early love for maths whilst still being fun and engaging.

 We love going outside, in EYFS and we are still enjoying our amazing new outdoor area and all it has to offer, so we will be learning outside come rain or shine. As we enter the summer months, we are hopeful that this will be more shine than rain and so we ask that you please provide your child with a sun hat or cap to be left in school. We also ask that when sun is forecast, you please apply and provide suncream for you child. Children’s skin is fragile and can burn even when it doesn’t feel overly hot outside.

Please ensure your child also has a water bottle each day.

We will continue to use 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. Please ask us if you need any support with this and we will do our best to help you.

We can’t wait to continue working with your wonderful children and watch as they learn, imagine, wonder and 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