Activities

The children will participate in Student Support Plan based activities, taken from their individual plans. They will also take part in our very popular weekly cooking session.

Curriculum work

This will be based on Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curriculum objectives. In Science, we will focus our learning on “Plants”. The children will find out that plants need the right temperature, light and water to grow that most plants grow from seeds and that if seeds do not have the right temperature, light and water, they may not grow into healthy plants. They will find out about different parts of a plant. This will include learning that the roots of a plant act as an anchor, fixing the plant into the ground, that the stem of a plant grows above the ground and that the leaves and flowers grow from it. 

In History, we will focus our learning on “The Seven Continents". The children will find out that the continents are large areas of land and that we have seven continents on Earth. They will learn that we have five oceans on Earth and that oceans are large areas of water. Then they will find out that the North Pole is located at the most northern point on Earth and that the South Pole is located at the most southern point on Earth and that the Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. 

In Art, we will focus our learning on “Paintings of children”. The children will find out that paintings can tell us about how people lived in the past and that an artist called Hogarth painted a picture called "The Graham Children". The children will continue to experiment with mixing primary colours to make secondary colours and with using watercolour paints to make colours lighter by adding water. 

Our Early Years and younger children will be listening to the “Three Billy Goats Gruff”. They will describe the characters and setting and re-tell the stories using puppets and pictures. In Maths, the children will continue to engage with activities that develop their understanding of the different numbers and how they are made up for example a part of 5 is 2 and a part of 5 is 3 and the whole of 5 is 5.

Routines:

• Arrive at the Nest – settling in time and calming activities 
• Sensory Circuits – we will go outside or in the hall for this and will complete our circuits based on sequencing and calming activities
• Breakfast and a good opportunity for the children to share their news and help with jobs in the classroom.
• Most of the rest of the morning will be based on adult tasks (based on the above activities) and independent learning time. There will be a snack time.
• Singing, Story and Lunch time prayer
• Lunch (eaten in The Nest) 
• Outside to play 
• Afternoon registration
• Sensory Circuits or Yoga
• Most of the rest of the afternoon will be based on adult tasks (based on the above activities)  and independent time. 
• End of day singing, story and prayer

All of the children will spend time, supported by a member of The Nest team, in their year group class. We will discuss this with you.

Expectations 

• Children need to read at least three times a week for 5 minutes (EYFS and Key Stage 1) or 10 minutes (Key Stage 2). 
• Children will be expected to take part in adult based tasks. 
• Snacks – if you want to send your child with a snack, they will only need 1 healthy snack a day. We do have fruit for the children in the Nest.
• Drink Bottles – please only send water.