In the first half of the Spring term Acorns have continued to develop their phonics knowledge, consolidating the sounds they learnt in phase 2 whilst also learning new sounds in phase 3. They then used this new knowledge to help in literacy lessons, starting to write sentences with purpose. In maths lessons we looked at capacity, length and height as well as developing our understanding of numbers to 10, including 0. 

We have explored the night in our Understanding of the World lessons, discovering how we sleep best, what animals are active during the night-time and we have also looked at space. In our Expressive Art and Design lessons, we explored new media, such as pastels, to help us create our own space pictures, which linked to our Understanding of the World lessons, and we found out about different ways to combine materials together. We have continued to develop our skills to help us be supportive friends, understanding the impact our words and actions have on others through our Personal, Social and Emotional Development lessons and we had lots of opportunities to work as a team. We were also excited to provide the children the opportunity of joining Oaks on a weekly basis to have a poetry session with Mrs Dervish.  The children always love these sessions, and we know that many of them have come home sharing poetry with you!  We hope you enjoyed it as much as they did.

In the first half of the Spring term Acorns have continued to develop their phonics knowledge, consolidating the sounds they learnt in phase 2 whilst also learning new sounds in phase 3. They then used this new knowledge to help in literacy lessons, starting to write sentences with purpose. In maths lessons we looked at capacity, length and height as well as developing our understanding of numbers to 10, including 0. 

We have explored the night in our Understanding of the World lessons, discovering how we sleep best, what animals are active during the night-time and we have also looked at space. In our Expressive Art and Design lessons, we explored new media, such as pastels, to help us create our own space pictures, which linked to our Understanding of the World lessons, and we found out about different ways to combine materials together. We have continued to develop our skills to help us be supportive friends, understanding the impact our words and actions have on others through our Personal, Social and Emotional Development lessons and we had lots of opportunities to work as a team. We were also excited to provide the children the opportunity of joining Oaks on a weekly basis to have a poetry session with Mrs Dervish.  The children always love these sessions, and we know that many of them have come home sharing poetry with you!  We hope you enjoyed it as much as they did.

This half term Acorns have been very busy not only learning through two topics but also learning and performing in our nativity play. The first topic Acorns were learning through was called Big Wide World. During this topic we found out about different countries around the world, had visitors come in to talk to us about their experiences of different countries and cultures and we spent lots of time exploring different places on maps and globes. We learnt how to say hello or good morning in different languages and found out about different habitats in different countries. 

Following on from this we moved on to a topic called Sparkle and Shine. In this topic we found out about celebrations around the world.  We looked at Diwali and made our own Diya lamps and we talked about celebrations such as birthdays, before we moved on to Christmas itself.  We had to learn lots of songs and actions as well as some lines for our Christmas play, "Baarmy Bethlehem", which we enjoyed performing in front of all our families.  Everyone did a fantatic job.

In PE lessons we have continued to develop our basic ball skills, such as learning how to direct the ball and we've also been learning some partner skills in dance, such as mirroring. In PSED we've been learning all about our feelings and behaviours and how we can help ourselves and each other. Finally, in art we have been very creative this half term using lots of colour, we made our own Northern Lights pictures using chalks!

This half term Acorns have been busy learning all about themselves, their families, their friends and learning about the word community. Acorns have found out about people who help us at home, at school and out in our local community. The children were lucky to have a visit from two police officers with their police van! They got to find out about the role of a police officer, how they help people and got to try on their uniform before visiting the police van and hearing it’s siren, it was loud! Then the children received a visit from two nurses who helped them learn how to get help in an emergency and taught the children how to bandaging and use a stethoscope. The children have loved this visits and it’s really enhanced their learning. In the last two weeks of term the children have been learning about Autumn, they learnt about seasons, animals which hibernate and explored lots of autumn themed art. In PSED the children have been learning how to keep themselves healthy, learning about brushing their teeth, eating a healthy diet and learning how to keep the germs away. A busy first half term but a great one with the children making great friendships along the way.