Willow Class (EYFS)

Welcome to Willow Class

Staff

Class Teacher: Mrs Challoner

PPA Cover Teacher: Mrs Nickelson

Teaching Assistants: Miss Powling, Mrs Bauckham, Miss Lawlee and Mrs Underwood

Term 6 Key Information

Forest school this term is on Thursday afternoons. (Dates to follow)
We have PE on Friday mornings, please ensure your child wears their PE kit with their school jumper to school.
Monday 15th - Friday 19th June- Sports Week
Friday 19th June- Sports Day and Family Picnic
Friday 26th June- Make it Groovy workshop (Children to wear PE kit please)
Thursday 2nd July- 1st Transition session
Thursday 9th July- 2nd Transition session
Saturday 11th July- Summer Fair 11am - 2pm
Tuesday 14th July- 3rd Transition session
Wednesday 15th July- Parent Pop-in - straight after school
Thursday 21st July- Family Picnic and End of Term
Tuesday 1st September -Start of new school year.

Term 6 Curriculum

This term, our English book is The Sea Saw by Tom Percival. We’ll be helping the children build confidence in sharing their ideas, learning new vocabulary and asking questions to deepen their understanding. They will practise explaining their thinking, joining ideas using words like and and because, and retelling the story to help secure their learning. We will also be supporting the children to develop their writing skills and encouraging them to write short sentences independently.

In Maths, we will continue developing counting skills, working with larger numbers and exploring different counting strategies. We will also practise number facts and build on our subitising skills.

In Phonics, we continue following the Little Wandle programme, introducing new digraphs (two letters that make one sound). We are so proud of the progress the children have made, with many now reading more fluently and confidently. Children read each book three times at school before bringing it home on Fridays. Please return Treasure Chest books on Mondays and reading books on Wednesdays, and continue to read regularly at home.

We are also very excited for our Make it Groovy workshop on Friday 26th June, which links to our English text.

Key Texts

Home Learning

Please try to read every day 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 it at home each night, 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

Tricky words Basics 3

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/