This term’s topic is:

Stomp, Chomp, Big roars, here come the Dinosaurs!

FossilsSkeletons

Dinosaurs

What happened to the dinosaurs

Handwriting

Correct pencil grip Correct letter formation

Punctuation

This term we will be encouraging children to use some punctuation in their work.

Our main focus will be leaving spaces between words, but we will also introduce capital letters and full stops when your child is ready.

Rhyming strings

Can the children recognise rhyming words and continue a rhyming string?

Rhyming words bingo

Rhyming story book

Nursery rhymes

Numbers Number recognition up to and beyond 20 is

important.We will be looking at hundred squares and

thinking about some of the patterns we can see and thinking of easy ways to remember numbers.

Can the children count in 10’s, 5’s and even 2’s?

Counting

Subtraction

We want the children to have a secure understanding that subtraction means taking away.

We will be taking away practically and counting backwards on number lines.

We will also introduce the children to simple sums.

Addition

We want the children to know that adding is placing 2 sets together to make a larger set.

We will be doing this practically and by counting on using a number line.

We will also be teaching the children some doubles and simple number bonds.

Shapes

This term we want the children to be able to name 2D shapes (square, rectangle, circle, triangle, diamond, pentagon)

The children will also begin to look more closely at simple 3D shapes (cube, cuboid, sphere, pyramid, cone, cylinder)

Physical Education

Ball skills

Throwing and catching

Dance and moving creatively

Safe use of apparatus

Importance of a healthy lifestyle

Art and Design

Painting dinosaurs

Paper mache

Junk modelling

Understanding of the world

Different dinosaurs

Dinosaur extinction

Herbivores/Carnivores

Using laptops/computersUsing programmable

toys

Transition• This term we will begin to introduce more

structure to the daily routine to prepare the children for the changes in year 1.

• We will restrict the access to free flow outdoor play and introduce playtimes instead

• Before the end of the school year the children will meet their year 1 teacher and visit their new classroom.

Our aim is to make the transition as easy as possible for your child.

What can you do to help?

Please read and practise sounds and sight words for at least 5-10 minutes every day.

Send in any old boxes and newspapers for art work

Count and look at numbers at every opportunity

WOW!

• We want to celebrate all of the lovely things you do with your children at home.

• We will be sending home a new book with the children and we ask to use this book to tell us about anything your child does at home, no matter how big or small, that makes you say “Wow!”