The children have been excitedly watching the caterpillars grow bigger and bigger, learning all about the life cycle of a butterfly along the way. They’ve also been using their story maps to confidently retell The Very Hungry Caterpillar – it’s been lovely to see their enthusiasm!
PE
Continuing with our Very Hungry Caterpillar theme, we’ve been playing a fun multi-skills game. Children worked in pairs to throw beanbags to hit the cones, helping their caterpillar ‘grow’ longer. This activity supports Physical Development in the EYFS by developing coordination, control and aiming skills, while also encouraging turn-taking, teamwork and perseverance. We’re looking forward to developing this game over the next few weeks.
Phonics
This week, we continued to learn phase 4 words such as frog, shift, chimp and drum. We’ve also learnt more phase 4 tricky words; some, come, love and do.
Help at home- Continue to look at the ‘Learn at Home’ phonics sheets each week. This will help to reinforce your child’s phonics skills and build confidence in their reading and writing. Thank you for your continued support at home.
Poetry Basket
This week’s poem is called Under a stone. We’ve been focussing on the words earth (land eg soil, dirt) and firm (a solid surface).
Maths
This week, we’ve continued to develop our subitising skills (see the quantity without counting) in complex arrangements. We explored creating arrangements of 6 using different objects and children explained how they could see 6.
“I can see 3 and 3. I know that double 3 is 6.”
“I can see 4 in this pattern and 2 more. That’s 6.”
“There are 2 next to each other and 3 there. I know that 2 and 3 is 5, not 6.”