Westonzoyland Primary School ‘Embrace Opportunities, Choose Kindness, Value Everyone’
Merlin – Miss Stockford (Reception)
Summer 2025
This first half of the term will see us explore the world of minibeasts within our topic of 'Growing' of which many of the children are really interested in. The warmer weather will also bring opportunities of exploring life-cycles of animals - seeing our caterpillars transform into butterflies, as well as the germination of seeds, including beans which we will hopefully be able to eat in a few months! We will be working hard in the garden area tendering our vegetables and observing their growth.
Our Drawing Club sessions utilise themed books on minibeasts, with children applying taught graphemes to writing simple sentences by themselves using a capital letter and full stop, as well as developing their imagination into their own versions of stories. We will also be developing our understanding of non-fiction books, writing facts that we have found out from reading different non-fiction books.
Our maths focuses on learning number facts by heart, as well as expanding our knowledge of using numbers to 20, including addition and subtraction, grouping and sharing.
Spring 2025
We welcome everyone back to a new term! Learning moves forward very quickly, and you will be amazed at the progress children will make as they begin to apply their new skills.
Our initial half term focuses on journeys, focusing on contrasting places around the world, specifically the polar regions. We will be reading different books to explore the climate and animals that live in these regions. We will be drawing simple maps and representing features.
After half term, we will be exploring growth, particularly of animals and their life cycles, though we will also be introducing vegetables as we begin to plant seeds in preparation of warmer weather. Our outdoor learning will continue to explore seasonal changes, as well as collaborative projects and developing skills using different tools.
We will be introducing Level 3 phonemes within our phonics, including digraphs and trigraphs. Please remember to practice these at home so children can apply them successfully in their reading and writing. Remember, children are expected to read 5 times a week. There are lots of DoJos on offer as children are quickly finding out - reading at home holds double points on our scoreboard!!
Outdoor learning - Mondays (school trousers/black leggings/joggers and normal school uniform top half)
PE day - Wednesdays - please come to school in PE kit
Friday - normal uniform
Please also ensure spare clothing and wellies are kept at school (named).
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to see me - don't let worries build up when they can be easily solved, however small.
Many thanks for your support
Miss Stockford
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