This term in Acorn class, to help the children with their Personal, Social and Emotional Development, we will continue to encourage children to understand and follow the rules that we have in school. This will include focusing on walking feet, kind hands, listening ears and one person talking at a time. We will also continue to encourage children to build friendships with each other, particularly through play. 

Our main theme in Acorn class will be "Growing and Changing." We will looking at the changes that take place in each of the four seasons. We will be exploring seeds, bulbs and different flowers. We will be planting seeds in our garden, and some cress seeds inside. We will look closely at their growth and learn how to care for growing plants. We will use leaves to create collages, to print with, cut and measure. We will explore different fruits and vegetables; those grown here and those grown in other countries. We will follow recipes to make our own smoothies. We will look at different life cycles and the different stages of human growth.

In Literacy we will be exploring our core text "The Enormous Turnip." We will look at the characters in the story and how they all work together, during both story and activity times.

The children will learn 2 core rhymes "10 Green Bottles" and "1 Potato, 2 Potato." These rhymes will be sent home for children to share with you and help your child become more familiar with them.

In Phonics, we will be making different sounds with our mouths, using instruments to make different sounds. We will be using Metal Mike to help us sound out 3-letter words. We will continue to look at words that rhyme through different activities and stories.

In Maths we will be focusing on counting; rearranging and counting groups of objects. We will also focus of subitising, looking at 1, 2 and 3 dots. We will be comparing and sorting collections, describing them and identifying if they are the same or different. We will learn how to match shapes and discover how different shapes can fit together and how we can make simple arrangements with them.

In Art we will be exploring Walter Crane's illustrations for "Jack and the Beanstalk". We will use powder paints and watercolours to create different patterns. We will use crayons to draw leaves and brush watercolours over the top to recreate wax resistant images.