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Welcome to the Elephant class with Miss Foster and the FS0 team. This page is for our parents and children to use together. It includes information about what FS0 are learning, key dates, homework and helpful websites.

Please click here to download the FS0 Topic Long Term Plan 

Spring Term

Our topic for Spring 1 is… “Under the Sea”

This term, children will be learning about the different creatures living in the sea. Our topic books will support their learning of the ocean and key sea animals such as fish, shark, crab, starfish, jellyfish and whale. Some of our stories will include "Commotion in the Ocean", "Clark the Toothless Shark" and Rainbow Fish".

Creative activities linked to our topic are making rainbow fish using celery sticks in paint, shark collages, handprint crabs and sponge painting. Other activities we will be taking part in to support development include completing inset puzzles, ball skills, colour recognition games, identifying differences between us and completing pencil control activities. As part of our WOW Moment, we will be having a sea themed music bugs workshop to help children work on many skills such as imagination, singing, dancing and puppet control.

 

Please click here to view our Medium Term Planning:   MTP Spring 1

 

Our Topic for Spring 2 is “Ticket to Ride”

Our next topic this term will focus on transport and the different vehicles which can be used for this. Each week, the children will focus on a different mode of transport through our topic books. Stories which will be used this half term are "Trains", "Dazzling Diggers", "Roaring Rockets" and more. Key person times will support children in identifying the different types of transport they have used and where they might take people.

We have lots of exciting activities planned to support your child's learning and development. Some of these include transport environmental phonics games, building train tracks and using car pens to "drive" across the paper. Our creative tasks this term will also include making rocket ships, using shapes to make a bus and train block printing! There will also be plenty of time for crafting and activities for special occasions such as pancake day, Holi Festival, World Book Day, Red Nose Day, Eid and more! We are also super excited about our WOW Moment at the end of term when a play bus will come to visit us!

 

Please click here to view our Medium Term Planning: Spring 2 MTP

 

Dates for your diary

Tuesday 4th March- Pancake Day Tasting

Thursday 6th March- World Book Day

Friday 14th March- Holi Festival

Friday 21st March- Red Nose Day

Thursday 27th March- Play Bus Day

Sunday 30th/Monday 31st March- Eid al-Fitr

Parent Phone Calls- W.c 24th March

 

Home Learning

Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are the Spring challenges for you to try. 

           

The Elephant Room 

The Elephant Room is fun, engaging, exciting, safe and secure!

    

The children take part in a variety of activities including, singing, number time, Tumble Tots, art and crafts, painting, building, sand & water play, dressing up and much more!

   

We encourage the children to be independent, kind, resilient, polite and caring.