Beech
Welcome to Beech - Reception
Welcome to Beech Class at Dunbury Academy!
A very warm welcome back to school for the second half of the Spring term.
Our topic this half term is 'Dinosaurs!' which we will relate to our school vision for the half term, 'Together in our World’. We will be finding out how we can embrace difference as the children learn about the world around us. We will be talking about friendships and festivals and celebrations that are special to us. We will explore different feelings, and how we can talk about and share these with people close to us.
EYFS
Reading | We will share purposeful daily stories before home-time linked to our 'Dinosaur!' topic, as well as enjoying a focus 'book of the week' in maths and English. We will be learning a poem each week linked to the seasons and special calendar events. Our first poem this term is 'Pancakes'.
At home: Your child will be bringing home books linked to the sounds we have learnt in school. Enjoy finding a time of day to get into a routine of sharing a school book. When you share books at home and read to your child, ask questions about the pictures/characters and predict what will happen next or an ending to the story. |
Writing | We are supporting the children to learn to write captions and short sentences with accurately formed letter shapes. In the Spring term, we are learning to write words using 'special friends' (digraphs and trigraphs) linked to the sounds we have learnt in phonics such as 'king, quick, think'.
At home: Encourage opportunities for your child to write/draw. Support lower-case formation (other than for their initial). Praise all efforts at mark-making, and please share any 'wow' moments with us! |
Maths | We are learning to count to 10 and form number shapes to 10. We are practising 1:1 correspondence, subitising skills (that is, seeing a number without counting it, such as a dice pattern) and number bonds within 10.
At home: Play dice games and support your child to recognise dice number patterns (without counting the dots). |
EYFS - 7 areas of learning: Please see the curriculum overview on the EYFS page to see the key texts and curriculum experiences which will be the focus of our learning this half-term.
Please feel welcome to contact me on our class email address beech@dunbury.dsat.org.uk if you have any questions or concerns. Alternatively, you can see me in person at the classroom gate in the morning or after school.
We look forward to a wonderful half-term of learning at Dunbury.
Mrs Stoker