Butterfly & Grasshopper Classes: Term 4

What is an explorer?

Communication and language

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Physical Development

Children will be able to:

This term we will be working on connecting one idea or action to another using a range of connective. We will listen to and talk about stories, rhymes and non-fiction texts and describe events in detail.

This term we are focussing on the importance of being healthy.

We will:

• Continue to build constructive and respectful relationships.
• Play with others and find solutions without adult support.
• Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
• Describe what is a healthy food choice.
• Explore why exercise is important.

This term we will be focussing on gymnastics, through this,

Children will be able to:

• Gain core strength.
• Develop co-ordination, balance and agility.
• Explore different ways of moving and navigating the space around them.
• Continue to develop the foundations of an appropriate writing style.

Literacy

Mathematics

Understanding the World

This term our key texts will be Here we are, My Granny is a pirate and the Smeds and the Smoos.  Using these texts we will be working on:

• Reading groups of letters using “Fred Talk” to break words into individual sounds and then blend them to make a word.
• Writing words using the same skills and then writing short sentences.
• Using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.

This term we will we working on:

• Counting objects, actions and sounds.
• Counting beyond ten.
• Comparing numbers.
• Continue, copy and create repeating patterns.
• Comparing length, weight and capacity.

This term we will be working on:

• Drawing information from a simple map.
• Understanding that some places are special to members of their community.
• Be able to recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
• Exploring the natural world around them.
• Be able to understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.

Expressive Arts and Design

Rhythm and Rhymes

Dates to remember

This term we will be:

• Exploring and using a range of materials to support and extend their learning.
• Learning, singing and recalling a wide range of songs.
• Exploring, using and refining a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
• Returning to and building on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
• Creating collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.

The house that Jack built.

Little Robin Red Breast.

Fiddle Dee Dee.

Old King Cole.

London Bridge is falling down.

I had a little nut tree.

Tom, Tom the Piper’s son.

Oh dear! What can the matter be?

Monday 19^th February: First day of Term 4
W/C Monday 4^th March: Book Week including Scholastic Book Fair
Thursday 7^th March: World Book Day – Dressing up!
Thursday 7^th March: Parent Consultations 15:30 – 19:00
Friday 8^th March: INSET day
Tuesday 12^th March: Parent Consultations 15:30 - 17:00
W/C 18^th March: Parental Engagement Events (year group dates TBC)
W/C: 25^th March: Careers Week with whole-school events TBC
Thursday 28^th March: End of Term 4
Friday 29^th March: INSET day
Monday 15^th April: Start of Term 5 - first day back!