Aire
Aire - Foundation
Early Years
This half term our topic for Nursery and Reception is ‘Kings, Queens and dragons.’. We will be talking and finding out about King Charles including what his job is and where he lives. We will be trying to create a collage portrait of the King and a crown. We will also be talking about castles and naming the different parts. We have set up a banquet in our role play area and everyone has enjoyed dressing up as someone royal and enjoying a meal fit for the King. Next week a ‘dragon’ will visit our classroom (pssstt don’t tell your children). We will be considering whether dragons are real and doing lots of craft linked to dragons including printing dragon scales and making a playdough dragon.
Nursery
Nursery are continuing to have their key focus time each day including key worker group and story times which is helping the children with their listening and communication skills. The children are enjoying using the construction area and making a range of different sized vehicles. We have also set up a fairy tale area and it is lovely to see the children using their imagination skills to set up an area for the fairies to live and play.
With Nursery we are working on their independence skills. This includes putting on their own coat and wellies. We are also encouraging children to do their zips. All these skills will help your child’s confidence and fine motor skills which will help with their writing as they move through school. Please try support us and ask your child to try do the above themselves.
Reception
In English we will be reading different books linked to our topic including, ‘The King’s hat’ and ‘That Pesky Dragon.’ We will be challenging the children to use their phonics learning to write simple phrases and sentences. We will also be doing some non-fiction writing about castles and dragons. This half term we are going to have a big focus on handwriting and forming the letters correctly. Please work on this at home with your child. During phonics lessons we are continuing to learn our phase 3 sounds with a focus on reading with fluency. We encourage everyone to read any words they know by sight and to re-read a sentence after they have segmented. In Maths we will be moving onto numbers beyond 5. We will also be looking at length and height and 3D shapes.
Please continue to read at home with your child daily including the book and any words they bring home. If you have any questions please send us a message on Dojo or speak to an adult on the door.
Thank you for your continued support.