Term 4
Term 4- Mad About Minibeasts!
This term we will be learning all about minibeasts!
Our class texts will be 'What the Ladybird Heard' by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, 'AAARRRGGHH Spider!' by Lydia Monks and 'Yucky Worms' by Vivian French. We will also be exploring lots of non-fiction texts about minibeasts, animals and habitats and we will enjoy the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. We will be observing seasonal changes that happen during spring time, building our own bug hotels, learning about life cycles and looking after our very own class caterpillars! We will also be planting and taking care of flowers in our garden and growing our own cress and magic beanstalks!
In maths, we will continue with addition work, using manipulatives. We will focus on number bonds to 10, comparing numbers and amounts, measuring objects and we will explore 3D shapes.
In phonics this term, there will be no new graphemes/ phonemes or tricky words. We will be revising our phase 3 sounds and working on blending and segmenting longer words and words with 'ing' 's' and 'es' endings. We will also be working on sequencing words to build sentences, blending to read sentences (and comprehension skills) and segmenting to write our own simple sentences, at first with dictation and then moving on to using our own ideas. We will continue to develop our letter formation, working on both lower case and upper case letters.
Take a look at our medium term plan to find out more about our learning this term.
World Book Day 2025
We had a visit from an author this week called Emma Rosen. She read us her stories about sea creatures and sea grass in a fun and interactive way.
We did some observational paintings of daffodils and minibeasts.
Judaism
We learnt about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. We learnt that Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and is a time for asking for forgiveness of sins. Jewish people celebrate this special time by eating symbolic foods such as bread and apples, which are dipped into honey. The honey represents a 'sweet' new year ahead. We observed some close up photographs of bees and explored some real honeycomb from a bee hive. We tasted apples and bread dipped in honey. It was delicious! Pomegranates are also traditionally eaten as it is believed that the 613 seeds inside represent the special rules (commandments) that every Jew should follow. We practised drawing bees in our busy time and made Rosh Hashanah cards to give to someone special.
We have been learning about life cycles. We now have our own class tadpoles and look forward to observing them to see how they develop over time.
Castle Class are becoming very green fingered this term with all of their weeding and planting!
Castle Class have been on a minibeast hunt! We discussed the different habitats that each minibeast lives in.
We have been working on our scissor skills in our funky fingers session. Most of us can now hold the scissors correctly and use them safely and accurately to cut out simple shapes.
