Welcome to Woodland Class. We are really looking forward to this half term, we have lots of fun activities planned. Our new classroom is set up and ready to go! Our topic this half term is Incredible Me. We will be learning about ourselves and the world around us.

Our literacy focus will be a poem called ‘I Am Me’ and the story ‘Incredible You' by Rhys Brisenden. We will learn about how incredible we are and make books about ourselves, our school and our wider worlds that we can share with our friends. We will be developing our sound awareness and sound discrimination skills as well as playing alphabet games.  In PSED, the topic is ‘Being me in our world’, we will be looking at ourselves in mirrors and exploring different emotions and how they present. We will make playdough faces and learn to work together and take turns in the classroom. In PSED sessions there will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy shared experiences and explore new activities together.

In Maths, we will explore the concepts big and small, more and few and the same. The classroom will be set up with a range of activities to engage with, including sensory activities that will incorporate the key words. The children will make big towers and knock them down, use different sized containers in sand and water and join in with repetitive number rhymes.

In Food Technology, the children will have the opportunity to explore and taste a variety of foods, including some that are familiar and others that may be new to them. We will encourage them to express their preferences using simple language such as "yummy" or "yuck." The children will also follow simple instructions to create recipes, using a range of kitchen utensils and equipment. During our weekly music sessions, they will explore different musical instruments, develop their listening skills, and practise taking turns while playing larger instruments.

Our Knowledge and Understanding of the World (Science) sessions will be learning about the human body and how it works. We will also be looking at different animals and discussing our favourites.

Our physical activity is swimming. We will be heading to Aqua pups at Headley on a Monday. We are looking forward to seeing how they progress through the term. Please remember to send in swimming kits every week.

On a Tuesday afternoon, we will be exploring our local community. We will visit local parks and woodlands, supermarkets, garden centres and the local library.

P.E will be on Fridays where we will be developing our throwing and catching skills.

In Creative sessions we will be creating self-portraits, pictures of others and other faces. We are looking forward to a very fun and busy term!

Lauren and the Woodland Class Team