Willow Class (EYFS)

Welcome to Willow Class

Staff

Class Teacher: Miss Hurford

PPA Cover Teacher: Mrs Wells

Teaching Assistants: Miss Lawlee and Miss Horder

Term 2 Key Information

PE day – Friday
Forest School – Alternate Mondays
- Monday 16th November
- Monday 30th November
- Monday 14th December
2^nd November – Start of Term 2
4^th November – School Flu vaccinations
11^th November - Remembrance Day
11^th November - Parent consultations
12^th November – Parent consultations
13^th November – Children in Need (Non-uniform/fundraising day)
16^th November – Odd sock Day and the start of Road Safety Week, Maths Week UK, Anti-Bullying
20^th November – Non-Uniform Day - World Children’s Day
27^th November – Friend’s Non-Uniform Day in exchange for teddies
5^th December – Friend’s Christmas Fayre
7^th December – EYFS Dress Rehearsal and last week of teacher led clubs
8^th December – EYFS Nativity Performance to parents (9am and 2pm)
16^th December – Festive Non-Uniform Day and Christmas Lunch
18^th December – Christmas Giving Tree and Carol Service (8.45am)
18^th December – End of Term
4^th January 2027 – Start of Term 3.

Term 2 Curriculum

This term, Reception will enjoy exploring the story I’m Going to Eat That Ant! by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, using it as inspiration for developing early writing skills, including words and simple captions.

In Maths, children will continue to build their counting and subitising skills, explore numbers within and beyond 5, identify equal and unequal groups, and begin to make links between quantities and numerals.

Through our Little Wandle phonics programme, supported by Cued Articulation, children will continue learning new sounds and applying them in their reading and writing.

In RE, we will learn about Christianity and the Nativity story, while in PSED we will focus on relationships, friendship and kindness. We will also explore Remembrance Day, learn about different minibeasts and discover how and why Christians celebrate Christmas.

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 and should also be reading it at home each night. 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/