Week beginning 18/5/2015

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We will talk about the month of May being a special month when we think about and pray asking Mary to pray for us and we will chat to our talk partners to tell each other what we know about Mary.
Explore Mary’s life - Saying Yes to God. Sing Mary said Yes. Worried about Jesus when he was lost in the Temple. With Jesus when he died on the cross.
We will talk about Mary as a mother. We can ask her to pray for us (Hail Mary, Rosary) formal prayers or we can also say our own prayers to her.
We are going to have a Prayer service to share the prayers we have made/written and to say the Hail Mary together.  We will crown Our Lady with flowers and sing - Mary said yes/Mary we crown you with blossom today. We will participate in our whole school May procession in celebration of Our Lady.
We will share the Walk with me calendar, the Wednesday Word and stories from the Bible.
Communication, language and literacy
"Farmer Duck” is our focus story this week. We will retell, discuss the setting/characters, draw, write and paint our ideas about the story. We will continue to hear and write the sounds we can hear in words and learn how to write high frequency words independently. We are practising our sounds and letter formation every day. We will read lots of different books – including fiction and non -fiction.
Mathematics
We will use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to
compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. We will count in 2s, 5s and 10s.  We will share/half/double numbers counting forwards and backwards.
Physical Development
Outdoor – wheeled toys/hoops/bean bags/large and small balls.
Cutting /threading/drawing skills.
How to stay healthy.
Understanding the world/Expressive arts and design.-
Looking at the flower area – conserving an area, how they are maintained? Who maintains them?
Environment –Comparing where we live to a farm/countryside.
May day parade/procession.
Dancing to different genres of music to continue
Free creative.
Mary paintings
Observational drawing of Mary