Welcome to Acorn Class
These are the plans for Acorn Class for the Autumn Term 2020
Our Topics are:
Marvellous Me (1st half term)
and
Festivals and Celebrations (2nd half term)
For our topic on ‘Marvellous Me' we will be learning
For our topic on 'Festivals and Celebrations' we will be learning:
The Children in Acorn Class might like to read:
Information books about bodies, pets, homes, friends and family. This will help with our 'Marvellous Me' topic work. They may also like to read shorter stories and rhymes about different festivals and celebrations.
Your 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 to help your child with their learning:
www.oxfordowl.co.uk
www.jellyandbean.co.uk/
www.ictgames.com/
www.sounds-write.co.uk/
PE Days:
In Acorn Class our PE days this term are on Tuesday 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 Thursday. Please ensure that your child has their library book in school on this day each week.
Notes from Home:
House notes from home will be introduced to the children in September. You can use these to tell us about anything special that your child has achieved at home. If you would like any more house notes from home you can download these below or please ask any member of the team. We really value your comments.
Useful Documents:
Our Topics are:
Marvellous Me (1st half term)
and
Festivals and Celebrations (2nd half term)
For our topic on ‘Marvellous Me' we will be learning
- About our family
- How to look after our body
- About different feelings
- To name and recognise a variety of pets
- About different types of homes
- How to be a good friend
For our topic on 'Festivals and Celebrations' we will be learning:
- Why we celebrate special festivals
- How people celebrate harvest
- About bonfire night and what people do to celebrate
- Why people get married
- Why we celebrate our birthday
- About festivals of light that are special in different religions, i.e. Hanukkah and Diwali
- The Christmas Story and why Christmas is an important time for Christians
The Children in Acorn Class might like to read:
Information books about bodies, pets, homes, friends and family. This will help with our 'Marvellous Me' topic work. They may also like to read shorter stories and rhymes about different festivals and celebrations.
Your might like to discuss with your children:
- How you can care for and look after your family and friends
- The names of different body parts
- Why we need to keep healthy
- Why people celebrate birthdays, Christmas, harvest and weddings
- The Christmas story
To help with our Mathematics work it would be great if you could:
- Play number games or sing number rhymes for the numbers from 1-20
- Help your child to recognise and write the numbers from 0-20. You could make the numbers using playdough, write them or paint them
- Look at different 2D shapes and discuss the shape names
- Make repeating patterns using beads or toys and discuss the pattern
- Look at coins and discuss the coin value. You could count out different totals using 1p coins
- Look at a clock and tell the o'clock time
To help with our Literacy work it would be great if you could:
- Share alphabet games or jigsaws for the individual letter sounds
- Share your child's reading book at home and discuss the pictures and words
- Practice writing the lower case letters in a cursive style correctly
- Help your child to write their name and other simple three sound words
You might like to look at these websites to help your child with their learning:
www.oxfordowl.co.uk
www.jellyandbean.co.uk/
www.ictgames.com/
www.sounds-write.co.uk/
PE Days:
In Acorn Class our PE days this term are on Tuesday 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 Thursday. Please ensure that your child has their library book in school on this day each week.
Notes from Home:
House notes from home will be introduced to the children in September. You can use these to tell us about anything special that your child has achieved at home. If you would like any more house notes from home you can download these below or please ask any member of the team. We really value your comments.
Useful Documents:
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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)