Welcome to Owlets R 

Teacher :  Mrs J Worthy 

Teaching Assistants :  Mrs T. Sultana and Mrs T Kauser

Welcome to Owlets R

Wow! We are into the last term of Reception!  Time for new learning adventures!  

 Our topic this half term is

If we go down to the woods today .......

 This half term we will be focusing on traditional tales including Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk.   We will be using our imaginations to tell stories and change stories to our own versions.  We will be looking at different characters and taking on their roles, going on adventures in the Woodland area to find the characters and creating character homes.  

Our focus books we will be sharing together will be - 

 We will continue to explore the woodland area and investigating changes.  We will look for mini-beasts and types of trees. We will follow and make maps.  We will plant and grow different seeds.  We will sing nursery rhymes and learn simple poems.  We will paint, make models, create music and use our imagination. We will be focusing on the school values of Respect, Acceptance and Ambition.

Every morning we have fun with Fred Frog practising and learning new sounds and words in the Read Write Inc sessions. Children will continue to be taught to say and recognise letter sounds and tricky words. We will be continue to read short sentences.  

Next it is communication time, children will listen to a story and answer questions about it.  We have Magic Maths, learning new mathematical knowledge in a fun way followed by book time, and writing. We will encourage children to write their names, words, phrases and sentences. Focusing on using sounds to write words, leave finger spaces and remembering to start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.   A big focus will be reminding children to form the letters correctly.  On a Friday it is Drawing Club.   In the afternoon we have story time, rhyme time and Vocab Ninja! Each afternoon has a different focus - Re, Music, Woodland Adventures, P.E. Circle Time, Dance, Our Wonderful World, Healthy Heroes, Create and Imagine and lots more!  Finishing off the day with Key Person time, where children have a chance to chat and talk about their learning, have a healthy snack and to review the day's learning.  We learn in our inside and outside classroom in all weathers!

We have supervised toothbrushing every day and learn about keeping healthy.   If you would like further information regarding this click at the bottom of the page for the parent pdf.  

PE Day - Every Thursday - We are focusing on functional motor skills in our PE lessons.  Running, jumping, hopping, throwing and catching.  We will be climbing the large climbing frame this half term.  We talk about the changes that happen to our bodies when we do exercise.

Outside Adventures - Every Friday - We like to investigate the environment around us including the woodland area on campus and our local environment.