Spring
Week 1 Word of the week: Hanukkah
Phonics: This week, the children have been exploring new phonics sounds, including the digraphs "ai" (as in "rain") and "ee" (as in "see"), and they were introduced to the trigraph "igh" (as in "light"). They have been practicing reading, spelling, and writing words and sentences using these sounds. We also focused on letter formation, ensuring the children are correctly forming their letters as they write.
Maths: In Maths, the children focused on the number 0. They participated in a fun "Number Hunt," where they searched for objects that represented zero, such as zero leaves on trees. The children practiced writing the numbers 0-5 and learned how to compose these numbers using objects and visuals. We also worked on subitising, which is the ability to recognise small quantities at a glance without counting.
Science: In Science this week, we explored the fascinating topic of light and colour. The children created their own colour wheels and investigated what happens when the wheel is spun. They observed that as the wheel spun, the colours blended together and appeared white. This was a great hands-on experiment that helped the children understand how different colours mix and how light can affect the way we see colour. It was a fun and engaging week of learning about how light works!
Religion and Worldviews:
This week in Religion and Worldviews, we learned about Hanukkah, the celebration of light in the Jewish tradition. The children listened to the story of the Maccabees and discovered why the Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah by lighting a menorah, a special candle holder, for eight days. The story helped the children understand the significance of light during this festive time and the importance of the miracle that led to the eight days of light. It was a meaningful exploration of a key tradition and celebration in the Jewish faith.
Week 2 Word of the week: Nature
Foundation Class have been very busy this week! The children have been engaging in lots of play and different activities to support their learning.
In Phonics, the children have continued to learn new phase 3 digraphs, the short /oo/, long /oo/, /ar/ and /or/. They have been working hard to apply this to their writing. The children have been recently getting stuck into guided reading where they have been developing their use of expression and comprehension skills.
In Maths, we have been recapping on one more and one less within numbers up to 5. We have been exploring the composition of numbers from 0 - 5, practising our subitising skills and applying this to conceptual subitising where you can see sets of numbers within other sets.
In Religion and Worldviews, we have been discussing what special places are and where our special place is.
We have been learning all about ownership in ProjectEvolve, which supports children with online safety, and we have been focusing on naming my work I created, so others know it belongs to me.
To end the week, in Geography, we have been on a lovely nature walk wearing our leaf crowns and created our very own nature catchers! With our buddies, we used our senses to describe the things that we added to the nature catchers - it was lots of fun!
Week 3 Word of the week: Capacity
