Welcome to Poppy Class
The Staff in Poppy Class are:
Miss Greaves - Class Teacher
Mrs Lawrie- L3 Teaching Assistant (Mon-Weds)
Mrs Parker - L3 Teaching Assistant (Thurs-Fri)
Mrs Ewa - L2 Teaching Assistant
Mrs Pala - Lunchtime Supervisor
This half-term our topic is called:
People Who Help Us
This half-term we will be:
Learning about people who help us such as: vets, doctors, dentists, firefighters and police officers
Learning about how to care for and look after animals
Learning about how and why we keep our bodies and teeth healthy
Looking at and making our own maps
Going for a walk around our local area to find the vets, doctors and police station
Getting creative - using junk to make vehicles and buildings, printing, painting, creating collages and drawing
Talking about our own experiences in class discussions
In Literacy we will be:
Learning some more Phase 3 sounds in our phonic lessons
Writing and reading simple words and sentences
Labelling pictures
Writing captions
Learning, writing and performing poems
Learning and using new vocabulary
Reading and sharing stories
In Mathematics we will be:
Learning about and exploring 2D and 3D shapes
Learning to double numbers
Learning to share equally into groups
Learning to subtract numbers
Learning our number bonds to 10
Learning about odd and even numbers
The topics we have learnt about so far are:
All About Me
Let's Celebrate!
Traditional Tales
and
Let's Investigate
Our PE day is a Wednesday. Your child will need a t-shirt, shorts/joggers and a pair of trainers. Your child can leave their PE kit at school on their peg. Please can you name all of your child's belongings.
Reading books are changed every Monday and Thursday. Please can you make sure that your child's reading record is signed twice. Books will only be changed if the reading record is signed.
Please can you make sure all of your child's clothes and drink bottles are clearly labelled.
Here are some useful websites to use at home:
www.phonicsbloom.com
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.oxfordowl.co.uk
www.gonoodle.com