Curriculum Theme

This term is jam packed with lots of amazing adventures! We will begin our learning journey by being introduced to the historical figure ‘Florence Nightingale’. Next, we will be making our own history celebrating the King’s Coronation with our friend Paddington Bear. Our adventure then continues from London to Liverpool, where we will be performing in own St John’s Eurovision song contest. But our journey doesn’t end there, as we will be preparing to take off to discover ‘Space’ as our final destination for this half term.

Mathematics:

This term we will cover the following topics during Maths time:

• 3d shape – learning how to find, recognise and use 3d shapes.

• To 20 and beyond – children will begin to explore place value and number patterns with numbers to 20 and beyond.

• How many now?– in this Topic we will continue to develop the understanding of addition and subtraction change structures by adding and taking away , working to the value of 10.

We will keep improving our fluency with odd and even numbers, doubling, and compositions of number to 10.

RE:

The title of the RE topic this half term is ‘What can we learn from stories?’. With the help of our mascot Bertie the Owl, we will be exploring the morals and values of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism, through story and role play.

PSHE:

Our PSHE topic is all about changing. With the help of our PSHE buddy Jerrie, we are learning the names of our body parts, how to stay safe and healthy, how we grow from babies to adults and talking about any worried or excited feelings we may be experiencing about starting year one. 

Reading Books

Reading books are changed weekly on the following days. New books will be given if the reading record has been signed.

REC- Tuesday
RLB- Thursday
RBG- Wednesday

Library Books Days

REC- Wednesday Afternoon
RLB - Tuesday Afternoon
RBG- Thursday Afternoon

P.E Information

We will continue to come into school wearing St John’s PE kit on these days. Please ensure your child is wearing their St John’s jumper over their PE kit.

In addition, children should attend school wearing their trainers/school shoes however, a pair of pumps, which will be stored in their locker, should be worn in their PE lessons.

REC- Tuesday Afternoon
RLB- Thursday Afternoon
RBG- Wednesday Afternoon

Drinks and Snacks

Milk, fruit and fresh water are available to children on the ‘snack table’. Fruit is free and milk is free until your child’s 5th birthday.

If you child is 5 years old, milk can be purchased at a cost of £6 for the half term. A letter will be sent home when payment is required and you can make the payment on Simspay.

Phonics

We will be introducing consonant blends to help speed up our reading: 

st, nk, bl, cl, cr, dr, fr, ft, mp, tr, sh, ch, th, & ck  

We will practise putting these sounds together to read and spell simple words and sentences. 

Reading books will be allocated on Oxford Reading Buddy to help the children put their phonics skills into practice.

Additional Information

Forest Afternoons

REC- Thursday
RLB- Tuesday
RBG- Monday

Children should come to school wearing suitable outdoor clothing on these days.

Children can wear their school polo t-shirts and school jumpers with jogging bottoms or leggings. Wellies are kept in school throughout the year.