EYFS

Week beginning 13/01/2025

We’ve had a wonderful week in EYFS! It’s been so lovely to welcome the children back to school and hear all about their half-term adventures and Christmas celebrations. This week, the cold weather has inspired lots of fun activities, and the children have thoroughly enjoyed playing with ice as part of our learning.

Worship theme of the week:

Baptism of Jesus 14th January

 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:16

Curriculum this week:

Please note that our curriculum overview for this term is at the bottom of the page.

Phonics: We will be learning the sounds ur, ow, oi, and ear.
Literacy: We will be reading the story Handa's Surprise and describing the different fruit in the story.
Maths: We will be exploring odd and even numbers.
Topic: We will be looking at our local area in the past and present to see what has changed over time.

Word of the week:

Our Word of the Week for this week is 'freezing'. Please explore the word's meaning at home with your child.

Homework:

Please note that this term's project homework is at the bottom of this page.

Reading:

We would love to see the children in EYFS using their extra time at home to read some brilliant books. If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket. Please, therefore, keep a quick record in reading logs – your children can write the title in to help! We would also like to encourage children to bring their reading records into school every day.

Coming up:

Ducklings Frog drama session- Monday 27th January
Tadpoles Frogs drama session- Friday 31st January
Parent outcome in the hall- Thursday 13th February
Break up for half-term- Friday 14th February

Many thanks for all of your support,

Miss Daw & Miss Wingate

Additional Resources:

Recommended Book list for EYFS: https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/reception/

Everywhere Bear - we have sent home the Everywhere Bear today. Please remember to share photos of your weekend on Tapestry and bring the bear back on Monday.

Class Cup - we have sent home the class cup and tie today. Please remember to bring back on Wednesday.

Reading Sketchbook - each week a new child will bring home the reading sketchbook. Please draw some pictures and write about your favourite story. We cannot wait to find out which is your favourite and why.

Purple Mash - We are awaiting logins for Purple Mash and will update you as soon as we have them. When you get them, please explore Purple Mash at home. It has many activities you can have a go at.

Healthy Teeth - we have attached a link below about the importance of children brushing their teeth. If you are struggling with this at home, please do let us know. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-teeth-and-gums/taking-care-of-childrens-teeth/