As you know the term is going very quickly and we have been very busy with our 'Opposites' topic so far. We have been doing rough and smooth collage, loud and quiet sounds, slow and fast movements, black and white (magic) pictures and happy and sad faces! The children have also been busy during Quiz time - we have been counting 1 - 5 and 1 - 10, looking at pattern and shape and also thinking about more/less and heavy/light (opposites again!). In our Phonics we have been doing listening activities, sound discrimination and getting to know the letters and sounds 's', 'a', 'p' and 'i'. The children are focusing really well.
We have had lots of lovely opportunities this term, such as meeting Bailey the dog from the 'Dogs Trust' and learning how to approach dogs safely and look after pets. We have also had a 'Magna' science show where the children got to see lots of exciting experiments.
A few reminders:
- Monday is diary day so please try and bring something that your child can talk about and use as a stimulus for writing - this can range from a conker, to a leaflet or ticket from an outing.
- Friday is our physical day so please bring your child in comfortable clothes.
- Please encourage your child to hang up their coat/attach name card independently.
- The children change their books every Wednesday, so please bring in the book bags and the previous book so we can swap them.
Our target for this term is to encourage the children to put their coats on by themselves - they are doing a really great job of this so far and it would be really helpful for you to encourage this at home too. Some techniques that can help with this: sitting the coat on a chair or putting the hood up to help children find the arms!
As always thank you for your continued support.
- The Foundation One Team
