Curriculum Information
Summer Term 2:
We can now share our amazing news with you! For the last 4 weeks, we have been looking after some very special visitors in Wren Class. They arrived as tiny babies and we have watched them change and grow... and this week, we have had the excitement of saying goodbye to some of them (with more destined to leave next week!)
We have also enjoyed a wonderful day at Wakehurst Place, near Ardingly. We hunted for minibeasts in a variety of locations, including woodland (to tie in with last half term's learning) and pond (for our topic "Water" this half term.
Summer Term 1:
This half term, we have been finding out about the wonderful minibeasts in our environment. We can tell you all about bees, beetles, dragonflies and many more creatures and we have found out about the characteristics of insects. We don't want to ruin the surprise, so come back here in a few weeks to hopefully see our news!
Spring Term 2:
We can't believe that we are now into the second half of the school year! The time is racing past, but we are learning and growing every day! This half term, our Topic was "Under Our Nose". Despite all of the rain and floods, which have prevented us getting out and about as much as we would have hoped, we have still learnt a great deal about our local area! We started this topic by exploring and mapping our school. We studied some maps and aerial photos before creating our own maps of the school. Next, we looked at the wider environment of Charlwood Village. We noticed that there are lots of fields surrounding the village and also found the airport, the museum, shops, woods, park and windmill on aerial photos and maps. We can tell you about the key on a map and know that a compass can show you North, South, East and West. We now know that part of our class garden faces South and so we are hoping to use this information when gardening. We have designed and labelled our own imaginary ideal towns and villages and have then driven a remote controlled car around the sites of interest in them. Our Role Play area has provided us with lots of opportunities to use the new vocabulary we have learnt, as we negotiated selling houses in the local area. A big thank you to Jackson-Stops Estate Agents in Reigate for the resources they have kindly donated. Mother's Day has also taken place this half term, so we decided to take a little time out of the "Under Our Nose" topic to create a thank you card for the special lady in our life.
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Spring Term 1:
This half term, our Topic was "Traditional Tales". We started our learning by enjoying many versions of Cinderella. We designed and made some new party shoes for her to wear to the next Palace Ball. We noticed that Hans Christian Anderson's story of The Snow Queen has many similarities with a popular Disney film and we have enjoyed learning more about the Lunar New Year. We have also enjoyed many other Traditional Tales, including Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, The Three Little Pigs and many more. We have learnt a story about a Jade Emperor and 13 animals who had a race and we have designed and cooked our own noodles recipe for snack. Having enjoyed listening to all of these stories, we have been inspired to write our own tales and design our own fairy tale castles using K'nex Sand.
This term, we have been lucky enough to work with our gymnastics and sports coaches too.
This term, we have been lucky enough to work with our gymnastics and sports coaches too.
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Autumn Term 2:
This half term in Wren Class, our topic is been "Celebrations". We have been enjoying learning about a range of celebrations.
This half term in Wren Class, our topic is been "Celebrations". We have been enjoying learning about a range of celebrations.
What a busy term! We have made woven pictures in the style of Monet's "Starry Night" (available to view in the school hall), have also continued with our reading, writing, phonics and maths and have even had time to squeeze in a Christmas party and a visit from a very special person!
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We have worked really hard during our dance sessions and have enjoyed performing our Angel Dance during the Nativity. We also loved singing all of the songs and signing the words in Makaton. Thank you to Anna for all her help with the choreography.
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Look at the fun we have had baking Christmas Cakes for our Families. We hope they love them and think that the recipe is delicious!
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We have enjoyed making Christmas cards.
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We have loved making Diwali lamps from Clay and can tell you why they are an important part of the Diwali celebrations.
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Our poppies have made a beautiful display for Remembrance Day.
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We can tell you about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.
Autumn Term 1:
In Wren Class this half term, our Topic is "3, 2, 1, blast off!" We are enjoying learning all about Space. Alongside this, we have also been working hard to build new friendships and an understanding of the rules within our classroom and the wider school.
In Wren Class this half term, our Topic is "3, 2, 1, blast off!" We are enjoying learning all about Space. Alongside this, we have also been working hard to build new friendships and an understanding of the rules within our classroom and the wider school.
See Us in Action
We have enjoyed Space-themed fiction and non-fiction books.
We have designed a space rocket to take us to the moon.
We have used our imagination to paint the solar system...
and have re-told a story about a bear who went to the moon. Whatever next!
This has also inspired us to invent our own space travel stories too.
At the start of term, we posed our own questions. We have worked with an adult during the half term to try to answer our question and we have also found our more about our "Space" topic.
