Welcome back and Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a wonderful break.
This half term our topic will be Once Upon A Time. Our text to support this topic is The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters.
Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring the text, looking in detail at the different letters and characters and developing our descriptive vocabulary. The text will also be supported by other traditional tales such as Rapunzel and The Gingerbread Man. In line with our topic, our reading corner has become Rapunzel’s tower. This week, the children have really enjoyed reading books to Rapunzel to keep her busy whilst she is stuck in her tower! Our role play area has become a castle for the children to enjoy dressing up as Kings, Queens and Knights and recreating some of their favourite traditional tales. You can see pictures of the reading corner and role play area below:
This week, we have also been busy writing silly sentences using CVC words and writing about what we did over the holidays. In Maths, we have looked in more detail at 2d shapes and their properties. We have also learned about symmetry and used shapes to create patterns on butterflies.
Today your child will be bringng home a letter regarding our school trip to the John Harvard Library on Monday. As stated in the letter, this trip is covered by the ‘blanket’ parental permission slip which you signed at the beginning of the year. However, if you have any reservations about this trip please contact the School Office as soon as possible.