Willow Class (EYFS)

Welcome to Willow Class

Staff

Class Teacher: Miss Mason

PPA Cover Teacher: Mrs Challoner

Teaching Assistants: Miss Powling, Miss Keeley, Miss Lyell and Mrs Underwood

Term 3 Key Information

We have Forest School on Monday 5^th January, Monday 19^th January, Monday 2^nd February.
We have PE on Friday mornings, please ensure your child wears their PE kit with their school jumper to school.

Term 3 Curriculum

This term, we have lots of exciting learning ahead!
Our Pathways book is Let’s All Creep Through Crocodile Creek, and we’ll use it to practice sequencing and retelling stories with words like first, next, then, after that, and finally. In Phonics, we’ll focus on consolidating Phase 2 sounds and begin blending and segmenting to build confidence in reading and writing. In Maths, we’ll explore how numbers can be made up of parts and put back together again, looking closely at sets of three, four, and five. We’ll play games like Guess the Whole and use spatial language to identify and describe shapes. In Understanding the World, we’ll learn about special journeys and discover fascinating facts about animals and their habitats. In RE, we’ll continue exploring Christianity and think about questions such as “What do Christians believe is special about Jesus?” to help us reflect on his message.

Key Texts

Home Learning

Please try to read every day and write in the reading record diary. Your child has the 'Tricky Words' stuck into their orange reading diary, please practice these each day when you read. At the end of each week in their red phonics book we will send home the set of sounds your child has learnt that week in our Phonic lessons . Ask your child to explain what they have been learning and show you the 'cued articulation' action for each sound, as they progress they will be able to segment and blend the sounds and words they have been learning.

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/