Welcome to Acorn Class
These are the plans for Acorn Class for the Summer Term 2022:
Our Topics are:
For our topic on 'Amazing Animals' we will be learning:
For our topic 'Where Shall We Go?' we will be learning:
The children in Acorn Class might like to read:
Information books about animals and the world. This will help with our topic work. They may also like to read shorter stories and rhymes about animals or other countries.
You might like to discuss with your children:
To help with our Mathematics work it would be great if you could:
To help with our Literacy work it would be great if you could:
You might like to look at these websites with your child:
PE Days:
In Acorn Class our PE days this term are on Wednesday and Thursday each week. Your child will need to come to school in their PE Kit on these days. School PE kit is: plain black jogging bottoms/leggings/shorts (no logo please), a white T-shirt or school PE top and plimsolls/trainers. The children may also wear their school jumper/cardigan on PE days in the colder weather.
Reading Books:
Your child will read to an adult in school most days. Please ensure that your child has their book in school each day. Please support your child with their reading and sounds at home by sharing your child’s book with them and making a note in their reading diary.
Library Day:
Our library day is on a Tuesday. Please ensure that your child has their library book in school on this day each week.
Evidence Me:
In our class we use the Evidence Me app to share the children’s learning and achievements. You can use this app to tell us about something special that your child has achieved at home. We really value your comments.
Useful Documents:
Our Topics are:
- Amazing Animals (1st half term)
- Where Shall We Go? (2nd half term)
For our topic on 'Amazing Animals' we will be learning:
- About different kinds of animals i.e. farm animals, zoo animals, jungle animals, animals which live in water, insects, reptiles, dinosaurs and pets.
- How to care for animals.
- About animal lifecycles.
- How to look after pets.
For our topic 'Where Shall We Go?' we will be learning:
- About different forms of transport.
- About London and the landmarks you might see there.
- About the culture, clothing and the weather in China.
- About what it’s like to live in the Arctic.
- About Australia and the animals that live there.
- About what it’s like to live in Africa.
- About our favourite holidays in this country and abroad.
The children in Acorn Class might like to read:
Information books about animals and the world. This will help with our topic work. They may also like to read shorter stories and rhymes about animals or other countries.
You might like to discuss with your children:
- How you can care for and look after animals.
- The different places that animals live.
- The different forms of transport that people use i.e. cars, trains, aeroplanes, buses.
- What it might be like to live in another country.
To help with our Mathematics work it would be great if you could:
- Play number games or sing number rhymes for the numbers from 1-30.
- Order and write the numbers from 1-20.
- Look at different 3D shapes and discuss the shape names.
- Make repeating patterns using beads or toys and discuss the pattern.
- Discuss simple addition and subtraction facts such as finding one more and one less.
- Talk about doubling, odd and even numbers and halving and sharing.
To help with our Literacy work it would be great if you could:
- Share alphabet games or jigsaws for the letter sounds.
- Share your child’s reading book at home and discuss the words and sentences.
- Practice writing the lower case and capital letters correctly.
- Help your child to write a simple sentence or story.
- Help your child to complete their homework tasks each week.
You might like to look at these websites with your child:
- www.oxfordowl.co.uk
- https://www.jellyandbean.co.uk/
- www.ictgames.com/
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
PE Days:
In Acorn Class our PE days this term are on Wednesday and Thursday each week. Your child will need to come to school in their PE Kit on these days. School PE kit is: plain black jogging bottoms/leggings/shorts (no logo please), a white T-shirt or school PE top and plimsolls/trainers. The children may also wear their school jumper/cardigan on PE days in the colder weather.
Reading Books:
Your child will read to an adult in school most days. Please ensure that your child has their book in school each day. Please support your child with their reading and sounds at home by sharing your child’s book with them and making a note in their reading diary.
Library Day:
Our library day is on a Tuesday. Please ensure that your child has their library book in school on this day each week.
Evidence Me:
In our class we use the Evidence Me app to share the children’s learning and achievements. You can use this app to tell us about something special that your child has achieved at home. We really value your comments.
Useful Documents:
| sounds_write_information.pdf |
| alphabet_letter_formation_reception.pdf |
Here are some photographs of Acorn Classroom:
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Concerns or Worries:
Please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the Early Years Foundation Stage Team via the school office or in person at the beginning or end of the school day if you have any worries or concerns.
Thank you
Miss Bill (Early Years Foundation Stage Leader and Acorn Class Teacher)
Please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the Early Years Foundation Stage Team via the school office or in person at the beginning or end of the school day if you have any worries or concerns.
Thank you
Miss Bill (Early Years Foundation Stage Leader and Acorn Class Teacher)