Author: Laura Mathews

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We are going to be spending time re-establishing friendships and think about how good friends make us feel. We will also be thinking about how we are all good at different things and this is what makes our class so special. As it is the start of a new year we will be thinking about things we would like to achieve and goals we might like to set ourselves—be it in our learning or in other parts of our lives.

We will continue to promote our school values which are: Caring, Courageous. Fair, Resilient, Curious and Respectful.
If your child shows one of these values at home then please write what they have done on a small leaf shape and give to the teacher.

Rabbit Class - Spring 1
People Who Help Us!

Physical Development
In PE we will be further developing our ball skills and think about how our bodies feel before, during and after exercise. Inside the classroom we will continue to improve our fine motor skills to improve our hand eye coordination and grip which will have a positive impact on our writing skills.

Communication and Language Development
We will think carefully about asking and answering questions and thinking about our whole sentence before speaking. We will be encouraging the children to retell their own stories using exciting vocabulary. They will be influenced by class texts and use small world characters to support this.

Please ensure PE and Forest School kits remain at school at all times.
PE -Wednesday and Forest School -Thursday

As we plan for the children's interests our topics are decided by the children and can change throughout the term!

Mathematics
We will begin to look at arrangments within and above 5, thinking about one more than a specific number. We will continue to verbally count to 20 and above and order numerals correctly. We will think about the fact that numbers above 5 can be split into 5 and a bit which will help us to make equal and unequal sets.

Literacy
This half term we will spend time looking at non-fiction texts to find out information. We will also learn and recite some simple poems linked to our focus of people who help us. We may have a visit from ‘Evil Pea’ which we will use as a writing stimulus. The children will apply their phonic knowledge to write words and short sentences.

Understanding the World
We will be thinking about people who help us and what we can do to look after other people too. Linked to this we will be exploring emergency vehicles and creating our own. We will investigate which objects roll and why, and use ramps to extend our predictions. We will also look carefully and excitedly for the first signs of Spring!

Expressive Arts & Design
The children will continue to have the opportunity to build their own models and use them in their play. We will also be planning and creating our own emergency vehicles that move, thinking about how to make the wheels work. This half term we will be experimenting with printing using wheels from different vehicles to create our own abstract art.