This Term
Autumn 2 - People who help us!
We are so excited to welcome the children back into school after a half term break. The children have had a wonderful start to their year in Reception, working hard and being kind, and we can't wait to carry on with our amazing learning.
Our topic for this half term is 'People who help us'. The purpose of this unit is for children to be able to identify people who help them within the community, in school, and at home, and describe the ways in which they help them. The children will talk about their own experiences, as well as thinking about who to contact in an emergency, as well as how to contact them. They will explore different occupations, discussing the roles they may aspire to in the future. Children will learn about the importance of showing respect towards ‘People Who Help Us’, appreciating the contribution they make to our community. We are really excited to have lots of visitors booked in to come and talk to the children about their job roles, perhaps we will inspire some future doctors or police officers!
We will also be learning about the celebrations of Diwali and Christmas as part of our curriculum this half term. Children will be learning how people choose to celebrate these special occasions, comparing the two, and exploring different traditions. We hope you can come to our Diwali celebrations at school on the 4th November. We are also practising hard for our Nativity performance on the 6th December (it will be a morning performance), we hope to see you there!
The books and clips that will support our learning this half term are:
The BBC have some great resources linked to People who help us to explore with your children at home, click below to enjoy:
Story Snuggle Time:
Developing a love of reading at an early age will support your child's listening and attention skills, vocabulary development and understanding of the world around them. Your child will be bringing home a book from our 'library' for you to share together at home. This could include talking about what you can see in the pictures, other books that have similar characters, or what you and your child liked or didn't like about the story. We also hold Stay and Read every Friday from 8:45-9am, please join us for this, if you are able, to share in stories with your child.
Drawing Club:
Drawing Club is a special club that promotes confidence in mark making, imagination and writing skills. We use our focus books (as shown above on the page) to teach elements of writing.
The structure drawing club follows is:
Moment 1: Vocabulary Development
Moment 2: Listening to the story
Moment 3: Modelled drawing
Moment 4: Drawing Club. This aspect may be linked to the main character in the book, the setting or adventure time.
If you would like some more information about drawing club, or would like to see your child's work, just ask a member of staff.
PE:
PE will happen every Thursday. Please come to school wearing your sports leggings or trousers - there is no need for the children to get changed at school. We kindly ask you to support your child with taking off and putting on their socks and shoes. The more they practise this at home, the more independent they will become in PE lessons.
Forest School:
Forest School happens every Wednesday. We attend Forest School with Mrs Walker, who has worked at Victoria Primary School for a long time! She is excited to help the children explore our wonderful forest school space, to further develop their outdoor learning skills. Our children learn the importance of looking after our environment, alongside lots of knowledge about the world around them. A reminder to send in a pair of wellies to be kept at school.
Phonics and Reading:
We follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds scheme at Victoria Primary School. All children will bring a reading book home with them. This will begin as a wordless book, which is used to encourage language development first, and then move onto books with simple words and phrases in for the children to decode on their own. Please speak to staff if you have any questions or would like any support with phonics. Look out for a letter about phonics workshops in the first few weeks of term. You will see live lessons, and will have a chance to ask your child's teacher any questions you may have.