Donaldson

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Welcome to Donaldson Class

Here are some photographs of our lovely learning environment so you can have a little explore of our classroom. In Donaldson Class, our teacher is Miss Jones. Our teaching assistants are called Mrs Coward & Mrs Randall. We also have some other support staff who will visit us to help.

Mrs Andreas and Mr Stenning also support us during the week.

Spring term!

Our theme in Reception for this term will be 'Animal Safari' as part of our topic we will be visiting the zoo to learn about different types of animals! We will learn about incredible animals that live worldwide and we will explore various animal habitats and compare the animals that live there with animals in their locality. We will also learn how to care for pets and what all animals need to grow, survive and stay happy and healthy. We will be exploring animal features and find out how they survive in the wild. Finally, we will compare the ways that animals are similar and different.

Phonics

During this term we are focusing on securing our understanding of the digraphs and tri-graphs we learned in Spring term. We will also be focusing on phase 4 of phonics and continuing to develop our letter formation. Our phonics books that we take home are carefully selected to meet your child's reading level and they will be moved on following reading sessions with a trained member of staff. Your child may have the same book for more than a week as it is important they are fluent in decoding each word and blending the individual sounds together.There will be lots of opportunity to embed their learning through our wonderful classroom environment and outdoor provision.

Please visit the parents page on the Little Wandle Website for more support and guidance.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Reading

Your child will bring home a 'Little Wandle' book, matched to their level of decoding skills. Please enjoy sharing these and encourage your child to use their phonics knowledge to help read the words and think about the questions contained within the books to support and build on comprehension skills. Please record your reading with them in their orange homework diary, this allows us to support their reading progress.

Maths

Our theme in Maths for this half term is '20 and beyond!' We will be learning about numbers up to 20 and further and focusing on securing the understanding of building numbers to 20 e.g. 10 + 10 = 20, 10 + 3 = 13. Concepts will be developed and consolidated through hands on, child initiated learning.

PE will be Fridays so please send your children in PE kit on this day. Our PE Unit is; Ball Skills

Children will develop skills of controlling, travelling and changing direction of a ball. Children will develop fine and gross motor skills, through handling equipment. They will learn how to stay safe using space. They work independently and with a partner to complete tasks.

Below are some useful documents and some OPTIONAL home learning!

Please get in contact if you have any questions.

Miss Jones & the reception team.

Your celebrations and festivals...

If you will be taking part in any celebrations or festivals, please let us know, as we would very much like to celebrate these with you. If you would like to come in and talk to the class about your celebration, we would very much welcome you to do so!