Magnolia Class (EYFS)

Welcome to Magnolia Class

Staff

Class Teachers: Mrs Matthews and Mrs Bolejko

Class Teaching Assistants: Mrs Underwood and Mrs Bauckham.

Term 1 Key Information

PE day – Friday
Forest School – Alternate Mondays
- Monday 14^th September
- Monday 28^th September
- Monday 12^th October
Tuesday 1^st September – Start of Term 1
Tuesday 1^st September – Reception children school times 8.45am – 11.30am
Wednesday 2^nd September - Reception children school times 8.30am – 11.30am
Thursday 3^rd September - Reception children school times 8.30am – 1.00pm
Friday 4^th September - Reception children school times 8.30am – 2.30am
Saturday 12^th September – Friends Boot Fair
Tuesday 15^th September – Individual/Sibling photos
Monday 21^st September – Harvest Festival
Wednesday 30^th September – Pop in Wednesday/Book Look
Friday 2^nd October - Pop in Friday/Book Look
Friday 2^nd October – Friends Adults only Bingo
Friday 16^th October – Friends Barn Dance Disco
Friday 23^rd October – Last day of Term 1
Monday 2^nd October – Start of Term 2.

Term 1 Curriculum

This term in English, we will be reading The Gingerbread Man by Mara Alperin, exploring the characters, setting and key events in the story. Children will learn to sequence the story, make predictions about what might happen next and begin writing simple words.

In Maths, they will build on their early number knowledge by developing their counting and subitising skills, exploring numbers within 5, and comparing groups of objects using mathematical language.

In Phonics, we follow the Little Wandle programme, beginning with Phase 2 grapheme-phoneme correspondences, with daily phonics lessons and three reading sessions each week. Children will bring home reading books and a ‘Treasure Chest Book’ to share with family members.

In RE, we will be learning about Creation, exploring the question ‘Who is God?’ and discussing how we can care for our wonderful world. Through PSED, children will learn to recognise and respond to emotions, develop respect and resilience, and begin to understand and manage risk safely.

In Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design, we will explore the signs of autumn, learn about families and maps, sing songs, create gingerbread man collages and investigate colour mixing through painting activities.

Key Texts

Home Learning

Please try to read at least three times per week and write in the reading record diary. Your child has a 'Treasure Book' that you can share together (your child is not expected to be able to read this alone) and a reading book which they have read three times at school and should also be reading at home, the aim is they should be reading this book fluently by the time they return it to school on a Wednesday.

Tricky Words

Tricky Words Basics 2

Websites

Listed below are some useful websites that you may wish to look at with your child. Please do not feel the need to complete activities on them, they are purely listed as suggested ideas you may wish explore with your child.

Oxford Owl for Home https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

You need to register for an account, but it is free to join. This site has lots of free e-books, activity sheets and maths games.

Literacy Trust https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/

This site is free to access and contains videos, links to stories online and activity sheets.

Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org

You need to register for a free account and then create an account for your child. This site is American, but if you choose courses/ early math at the top there are some interactive Maths activities that are appropriate.

ICT Games https://www.ictgames.com/

This site has free Maths and English Games. There is no need to register and you can adapt the games to suit your child’s knowledge.

Classroom Secrets https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/

You can create a free account for this site and it contains Maths activities. (Just select EYFS tab at the top).

Hammond Education https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5f9v0bDywz0UKkJW3Ik1EQ

This YouTube site has ideas of Phonics games you could play with your child.

Mr Thorne's Phonics: Geraldine the Giraffe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sW4j8p7k9D_qRRMUsGqyw

There are lots of videos on here about different sounds the children have learnt in Phonics. The children love Geraldine!

Mystery Science www.mysteryscience.com

You need to register for a free account. This is another American site, but the Mystery Science units for Grade K have some nice videos and activities. The ‘Plant and Animal Secrets’ unit may be of particular interest, as the children have been learning about plants and growth.

DK Find out https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/

Cued Articulation videos to show you the action for each sound.

Basic 3

Basic 2