Week beginning 19/10/15

Welcome! We have all had a busy half term settling into school, getting to know each other and starting our learning journey at Holy Souls School.

The themes we are exploring this half term through all learning areas –
God’s Gifts (I am special, creation, God’s beautiful world) Me and my family,
My school, My Church, My friends,  
Autumn and Harvest, the seasons and changes we can see around us
This week
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God’s gifts. I am special in lots of ways and God has given me many gifts.
We will talk to a talk partner about the gifts that God has given us.
Every day we will pray together. We will make the sign of the cross. We will say the Hail Mary and talk about Mary in her special month of October.
Then we will celebrate in a prayer service, lighting a candle, to thank God our Father for our gifts and the gifts He has given others. We will share stories from the Bible and the Wednesday Word.
Communication, Language and literacy
Our focus stories this week are “Room on the Broom” and “Pumpkin Soup”. We are going to listen and talk about what happened in the stories and focus on rhyming words. We will make our own rhyming string of words e.g. hat, cat, mat.
Every day we will read stories about Kipper and his family, together in small groups. We will practise holding our pencil correctly, forming our letters the correct way and read and write our names. We are going to listen to Autumn and Harvest poems. We will focus on the letter sounds u l f b and learn the Jolly Phonic songs and actions.
Mathematics
We will focus on 2D shape properties and play games where will hide and guess the shape by describing it,
We are going to match amount to numeral, using our fingers and say one more or one less than a given number.
Physical Development
We will learn how to get changed for PE independently.
We will develop our fine motor skills by threading, playing “dough disco” and handwriting practice.
We are going to use the outdoor wheeled toys and further develop our spatial awareness and listening skills in the Hall.
We will talk about how to keep clean and healthy.
Understanding the world/Exploring media and materials
Pumpkins – observe school garden, observe describe a pumpkin – inside and out!
Farm animals – small world role play
Draw a picture of a farmer and discuss
Espresso computer activities linked to learning area
Charanga music, singing songs, playing percussion instruments
Painting
Collage scarecrow
Make a leaf hedgehog.