Week beginning 2/11/2015

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People who care for us.
We will talk about family. Who is in our family? Who do we love? Who do we live with? Who else is in our family? Talk about places that we go with our family.
We will chat about what we do at home before we come to school. Who has helped us get ready?
How do people in our family show love and care to each other?
We will draw and label picture and talk about their families. We will read Bible stories and talk about the Wednesday Word.

Communication, language and literacy
During circle time we will listen to each other and talk about our half term school holiday, We will draw and write about the different activities we have enjoyed.
We will learn new sounds w, v, j and z and practise the sounds learnt so far, hearing them in words, reading them and practise tracing /copy writing over sounds with emphasis on correct pencil grip and formation. We will build words using these sounds and read high frequency words. We will continue to sing Nursery rhymes focussing on the rhyming word we can hear and think of new words that rhyme.

Mathematics
We will use Numicon shapes to develop our counting and number pattern skills. We will also count and say I more than a given number. We will sing number rhymes and talk about the properties of 2D and 3D shape.

Physical Development
1-     Dressing before and after PE independently.
2-    Dance and movement to different music.
3-    Wider outdoor activities – scooters/bikes/hoops/bean bags.
4-    Supported handwriting sessions per week

Understanding the world/Expressive arts and design.
Sense of smell – guess what’s in the pot.
Charanga
Firework pictures – blow painting, chalk pictures,
Chocolate finger sparklers