Willow Class (EYFS)

Welcome to Willow Class

Staff

Class Teacher: Mrs Challoner

PPA Cover Teacher: Mrs Nickelson

Teaching Assistants: Miss Powling, Mrs B, Miss Lawlee and Mrs Underwood

Term 5 Key Information

Forest school this term is on Thursday afternoons. (Dates to follow)
We have PE on Friday mornings, please ensure your child wears their PE kit with their school jumper to school.
Tuesday 28th April - School trip to Singleton Environment Centre.

Term 5 Curriculum

This term, our English book is Gigantosaurus by Jonny Duddle. We’ll be helping the children grow in confidence when sharing their ideas, using new vocabulary, and asking questions to help them understand the story more deeply. They’ll be practising how to explain their thinking, use words like and or because to join ideas together, and talk about events in more detail. We’ll also be encouraging them to retell the story to strengthen their understanding.

In Maths, the children will continue developing their counting skills, working with larger numbers and trying out different counting strategies. We’ll also be practising number facts and beginning to explore subitising using tools such as the Rekenrek.

In Phonics, we will continue our Little Wandle journey as the children are introduced to new digraphs (two letters that make one sound). We are incredibly proud of the fantastic progress they’ve made—many are now reading more fluently and with growing confidence. Children read each book three times at school before it comes home on Fridays. Please return books on Wednesdays, and do take a few minutes to listen to your child read—you’ll be amazed at how far they’ve come!

We are also excited for our school trip on Tuesday 28th April to the Singleton Environment Centre.

Key Texts

Home Learning

Please try to read every day and write in the reading record diary. Your child has a 'Treasure Book' that you can share together (your child is not expected to be able to read this alone) and a reading book which they have read three times at school, the aim is they should be reading this book fluently by the time they return it to school on a Wednesday.

Tricky Words

Tricky Words Basics 2

Tricky words Basics 3

Websites

Listed below are some useful websites that you may wish to look at with your child. Please do not feel the need to complete activities on them, they are purely listed as suggested ideas you may wish explore with your child.

Oxford Owl for Home https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

You need to register for an account, but it is free to join. This site has lots of free e-books, activity sheets and maths games.

Literacy Trust https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/

This site is free to access and contains videos, links to stories online and activity sheets.

Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org

You need to register for a free account and then create an account for your child. This site is American, but if you choose courses/ early math at the top there are some interactive Maths activities that are appropriate.

ICT Games https://www.ictgames.com/

This site has free Maths and English Games. There is no need to register and you can adapt the games to suit your child’s knowledge.

Classroom Secrets https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/

You can create a free account for this site and it contains Maths activities. (Just select EYFS tab at the top).

Hammond Education https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5f9v0bDywz0UKkJW3Ik1EQ

This YouTube site has ideas of Phonics games you could play with your child.

Mr Thorne's Phonics: Geraldine the Giraffe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sW4j8p7k9D_qRRMUsGqyw

There are lots of videos on here about different sounds the children have learnt in Phonics. The children love Geraldine!

Mystery Science www.mysteryscience.com

You need to register for a free account. This is another American site, but the Mystery Science units for Grade K have some nice videos and activities. The ‘Plant and Animal Secrets’ unit may be of particular interest, as the children have been learning about plants and growth.

DK Find out https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/