Our exciting learning themes this term have included 'Remember, Remember', 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' and 'Sparkle and Shine'.
Some of our highlights are:
" Learning the remaining graphemes sounds, including some long sounds and digraphs.
" Practising our sound talk and blend skills to decode words and to spell some
" Having a go at recognising tricky words
" Exploring what a sentence is and the common features of them
" Exploring numbers to ten, comparing place value and the skills of knowing more and less
" Practising our numeral writing skills
" Joining in, discussing and exploring repeated patterns in songs, body percussion, stories and dance. We created patterns using colours and sizes to explore patterns that are ABAB.
" Looking at the signs of Autumn in the world around us, including going on a walk around the perimeter of the school
" Exploring autumnal colours and learning how we can mix red and yellow to make the colour orange
" Finding out about some ways other children celebrate momentous occasions and different festivals such as birthdays and Diwali
" Finding out about Bonfire Night and creating many sparkly arts and crafts
" Learning about Remembrance Day, producing poppy art work and taking part in a special minute silence
" Developing out ICT skills using a mouse and a computer to click and drag in order to make a picture on programs such as Simple City, Purple Mash and 2Paint
" Making Diwali Diya's using clay to make a thumb poit before letting it dry so we could decorate it
" Practising our scissor cutting skills some more
" Singing and learning Nursery Rhymes we did not know
" Learning about The Nativity Story from the Bible and all the characters from it
" Finding out about what babies need and how they grow. We even brought in baby photos to guess which of our friends they were
" Visiting St Martins at Herne church together for the very first time as part of our Harvest Festival
" Performing our first Nativity Play to parents in the hall
" Joining in with some Writedance sessions that help us with our Herne Handwriting Patterns
" Exploring more complex handwriting patterns as we prepare to get ready to write
" Having a go at writing the letters in our names in a cursive script
" Exploring our gross motor skills in the hall by moving our bodies and enhancing our balancing skills in many ways using BEAM exercises
" Visiting areas around the school such as the HIVE and Wildlife Area as part of our Teacher Time and COOL Time sessions
" Taking part in special Worship and reflective times with the rest of the school
" Finding out about Christingles and making our own
" Using our creative skills to decorate our classroom with Christmas themed arts and crafts
" Having a class elf come to stay and having a visit from Santa himself!
" Writing letters in the form of shared writing that were collected by Elfie the North Pole Postman
" Coming together with our families for the Herne Festival of Love and Light after school in our school grounds
" Finding out about all of our COOL Time Characteristic Characters whilst we learn through play and enjoy receiving stickers with them on when we have demonstrated a particular characteristic
Well done to all the little Hedgehogs, Squirrels and Dormice who have transitioned into our Herne Infant family very well indeed. We have started our school journey by getting to know each child on a 1:1 basis in their new classroom, shortly followed by half day sessions in two small groups. We then became a whole class family by all coming into together for the mornings. We even tried our school dinners for the first time before we went home. Now we are full time and our days have been full of activities to help us learn our new routines and creating friendships with our peers. This week is our first full week of being full time. Although they are already tired, they are doing so well!
Some of the things we have done so far include:
We would like to thank the parents for all the information you gave us regarding your wonderful children on our parent partnership days, and for their valuable support throughout this transition time. We look forward to welcoming you at our Parent Information Workshop on Monday 25th September.