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Branston Church of England Infant Academy
'The Best We Can Be'
Little Owl Class Reception
Welcome to Little Owl Class
Little Owl Class is our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Reception Class.
Within Little Owl Class we have two ‘nests’: Barn Owls and Tawny Owls.
In Little Owl Class we love to learn and particularly enjoy to explore the outdoors, finding and using natural resources to help us learn new things. We discover through play and use a range of brilliant stories to guide our learning. Our timetable is a combination of child initiated learning and adult led activities. Our wonderful indoor and outdoor learning environment provides endless learning opportunities; we can follow our own interests and access exciting weekly challenges. Adult led learning takes place in small groups or in our ‘nests’.
The EYFS Team
Teachers
Mrs Garrick - Barn Owls
Miss Heald - Tawny Owls
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Daw
Mrs Macdonald
Mrs Stephenson
Miss Small
Values
Our Church School Values
LOVE KINDNESS FORGIVENESS PERSEVERANCE RESPECT COMMUNITY
Our value this term is Love
We will learn about love through stories, role play and through discussions in our Class Worship and Talking Time sessions.
Term 6
We hope you enjoyed the half term holiday. We are so excited to start the final term in Little Owls.
What an amazing and exciting year we’ve had in Little Owls. We are so proud of the children and excited for their next adventure!
What are we learning about in term 6?
Our World
Key Vocabulary – Under the Sea: Ocean, scales, sink, float, shallow, deep, pollution. Dinosaurs: Dinosaur, fossil, past, enormous, herbivore, carnivore, fierce. Space: Astronaut, planet, Earth, space, solar system, rocket. Summer: Summer, shade, season, sunflower.
Week 1&2 ~
Under the Sea
We will look at the World map and identify where the different oceans are. Children will explore sea life through stories like The Rainbow Fish and learn the names of different sea creatures. We will take part in a science experiment to investigate floating and sinking. We also think about sea pollution and how to ensure we care about the environment. We will be taking part in role play and make our own pirate treasure maps.
Week 3&4 ~
Dinosaurs
We are going to explore dinosaurs by learning that they lived in the past. We will describe different dinosaurs and their features. We will be palaeontologists and look at fossils and the various dinosaurs that existed. New words will be learnt including ‘carnivores’ and ‘herbivores’ and the children will gain an understanding of what dinosaurs enjoyed eating. They will write about their favourite dinosaurs.
Week 5&6 ~
Space
During these weeks the children will be reading non-fiction books as they are introduced to space, planets and astronauts. We will learn about the adventures of Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake and find out about gravity and what that means. The children will also be painting Vincent Van Gogh inspired art in the style of ‘Starry Night’.
Week 7&8 ~
Summer
As we start to think about the Summer and the hot weather we will be thinking about the way this season differs from the previous. We think about ways to stay safe in the sun and seaside. We are going to start thinking about our memories from the year and share our favourites. We share thoughts and feelings about moving into year 1 and most importantly enjoy the final 2 weeks in Little Owls.
Useful Information for the new term.
We want to say thank you for reading with your child and writing about it in their reading diaries. Please read with your child 3 times a week and don’t forget about revisiting the phonics sounds.
We have a large quantity of clothing at the end of every term with no names and struggle to find the owners. We will begin to put the trolley outside at the end of some days. Please take what you need as we’ve had this a while and it will be disposed of at the end of term 6.
- As the weather begins to warm please send your child into school with plenty of water, sun cream where necessary and sun hats.
- Please ensure that your child has a spare change of clothes in their bag should they require a change of clothes due to any accidents or wet play.
- PE remains the same and takes place every Monday with Miss Heald / Mrs Garrick and Thursday with Premier Education. Please send your child to school in their PE kits.
- We have a daily time for a snack. We provide the children with a healthy snack in school. If you would like to bring in an additional/different fruity and healthy snack you are very welcome. We are a nut free school - Please make sure they are nut free!
Phonics – Phonics will take place every morning. The children will be put into their new groups during the first week.
Please enable your child to sit down and read their sounds with an adult at home several times each week. This will really help develop their reading fluency.
Books we will share this term:
