We will be listening to some of the music Queen Victoria enjoyed including her favourite composer Mendellsohn, we will move to music including learning some body percussion. We will also be learning lots of new songs and learning about rhythm names, as well as learning songs for Christmas. 

How you can help 

Listen and move to music at home and tap the beat. Help to learn the songs and actions for the Christmas song.

Art

The children will be exploring line and shape; working and experimenting with different materials through observational and collaborative pieces inspired by artists.

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Making a moving story book

Explore slider mechanisms and the movement they output to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook from a range of templates.  

Throughout the term the children will continue to work in their phonics groups. All children will continue to either learn or recap Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 sounds, applying these to spell and read words.

To support your child at home please can you ...

• Watch the videos sent home each week via your child's phonics group on Teams.

• Read with your child everyday for 20 minutes.

• - Encourage children to 'fred talk' and orally blend words for example... c   a   t - cat.

• Regularly use the speed sounds chart at the front of the phonics book to rehearse the sounds. See image attached.

  
  

The children will spend time working on missing number problems, one more, one less and number bonds to 5 and 10 using +, - and = symbols

After half term we will cover working with money: recognising different coins. We will also cover time (o'clock and half past on an analogue clock only). The children will learn the names of the days of the week (Monday, Tuesday...) and months of the year. They will use this to put events in chronological order. We will also cover measurement, ordering objects from shortest to longest (introducing them to rulers).

In the coming weeks your child will also receive their Numbots login details please look out for this. This is an online platform where they can practice their maths skills.

https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/22746

To support your child at home please can you ...

• Go on Hit the button daily for 5 minutes. Focusing on: number bonds to ten and doubles to 10. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

• Practice counting forwards and backwards in 1's from any given number. For example  23, 24, 25, 26, 27. Your children are familiar with this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc

• - Help develop their number recognition, counting and ordering, using one of the following games...

  
  

  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

• Alternatively you can use real objects at home to count out amounts.

• Practice writing out number from 1- 20. Creating their own number line or number cards. If you would like to challenge your child, miss a few numbers out and ask them to fill them in. 

After half term we will be writing instructions and reading and performing the poem "When the Wind Blows" by John Foster. The children will write a sequence of instructions on how to make something using time words to signpost (e.g., First, Next, Finally).

To support your child at home please can you ...

• Help your child learn the story off by heart, using the video posted on Teams. 

• Write out small parts of the story, checking their punctuation focusing on capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

• Make a sandwich at home with your child ask them to tell you the sequence (e.g. First, I spread the butter on the slice of bread).

This will help familiarise the children with traditional story language, a range of characters and support them to develop their vocabulary.

To support your child at home you could...

• Read a variety of traditional tales with your child. Asking questions, modelling a story telling voice, asking them to join in with repeated parts and most importantly share in your enjoyment of reading.

  
  

• This website shows a booklet in a variety of languages giving you tips on how to support you child with being a lifelong reader. https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/tips-and-advice/reading-with-your-child-4-6-years/#!?q=&sortOption=AtoZ&pageNo=1

Monday 21st September - Parent Curriculum Meeting. Reception - 3.30pm -3.45pm

Wednesday 23rd September - School Individual Photographs

Wednesday 23rd September - Lost Property Second Hand Shop - 3.15pm-3.45pm

Friday 25th September - Flu Immunisations

Friday 25th September - Macmillan Coffee and Tea Afternoon - 2.00pm - 3.30pm

Monday 28th September - Phonics Practice Sessions - Y1,2&3: Parents In - 3.40pm-4.00pm

We will be exploring a variety of materials and their properties. Sorting materials into different groups according to their properties.

We will share new vocabulary we will be teaching on Teams the children by exploring different materials.

We will also be exploring seasonal changes. Looking at how the environment changes for example leaves changing colour in the autumn.

To support your child at home please can you ...

- Discuss what materials different objects are made out of.

-Explore a variety of materials, testing their properties. What happens when you get a piece of paper wet? What happens when you bend a stick? etc..

-Discuss why different objects are made out of certain materials. Why is a table made of wood? Why are socks made of fabric not metal?

- Research different materials using books and websites. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrssgk7

To support them in answering this question the children will be learning about Victorian life; transport, schooling, toys etc.

They will have hands on experiences with artefacts and different historical sources. Asking and answering questions using their growing historical knowledge.

To support you child at home..

• Take books out from the local library all about Victorians. Read these with you child and see what you can learn together.

• Talk to your children about the past- when and where you grew up, what you played with and how things have changed over time.

• Research Slough Train Station and how this links to Queen Victoria. Perhaps even ride the train from Slough to Windsor and visit the Queen Victoria Statue.

• Explore the Museum of London's online immersive Victorian Walk. This virtual experience allows you to walk through a recreation of London's streets during the Victorian time period, can you spot all the objects? https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/fun-home/virtual-tour-victorian-walk  OR  https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/fun-home/victorian-christmas

Please do not hesitate to get in contact with us if you have any concerns, questions or you would like any guidance on ways to support your child. 

The best way to do this is via TEAMs. All children should have a login and password and should have access to the class teams page. Check this on a daily basis as we will use the class page to communicate any key information.

Your child's class teacher is available on TEAMs from 8am until 4:30pm. If you send messages after this time, they will be responded to the following day. Please also note that during the day, the teachers will be teaching and may not be able to respond. Any urgent information (e.g. about collection) should go through the school office.

The parent newsletter is sent out, via Teams, on Mondays. Please read this every week as it often contains key dates and details that you need.

We often have physical letters that need to be sent home with the children so please make it part of your routine to check their bags at the end of the school day for any of these.

This term we will be covering...

Throughout the term the children will be learning about how they can be a good classmate, what good choices are and why they are important and rights and responsibilities. After half term we will be looking at celebrating differences.

To support your child a home..

- Please talk with you child about what good choices they have made at school and how this made them feel.

- Give them a responsibility at home such as helping tidy up or remembering their things for school.

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This term we will be covering...

This term we will be learning about Hinduism. Looking at their places of worship and various religious items. They will learn the story of Rama and Sita and why this is important to Hindus. They will also learn about the celebration of Diwali.

To support your child at home...

• Please discuss that different people have different beliefs and this is something to be celebrated.

• Spend time talking about different cultures and religions and how they may relate to your own. 

The children say the caption to help remember what the letter looks like.

After half term we will be learning about Christmas in Spain and we will be learning the Feliz Navidad Song Buenos dias song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhnoUhu6MZ4

This term the children's PE topics will be Gymnastics and Ball Skills.

Ball skills

Outside in Ball Skills in the first half term they will learn how to control the ball using their hands. For example throwing and catching.

After half term the focus of the learning is to develop pupils’ throwing skills (underarm). Pupils will further develop a secure understanding of how we throw a bean bag underarm and why it is important to be accurate.

Gymnastics

Indoors in Gymnastics they will be learning how to use different apparatus and move their bodies to form different shapes.

After half term the focus of learning is to apply 'champion gymnastics' to explore movements and balances in a wide way on the floor and on apparatus.