Welcome to FS2
Turtles - Mrs Booth & Mrs Goddard
Monkeys - Miss Martin & Ms Colston
Butterflies - Miss Freestone & Mrs Jarvis
FS2 Teacher - Mrs Walton
We are so excited to welcome you and your child to the start of a wonderful school year! This term is all about settling in, building friendships, and developing independence. The children will be learning through play, exploring new ideas, and having lots of fun along the way. We’re looking forward to a fantastic Autumn term full of laughter, learning, and discovery. Thank you for your continued support – we can’t wait to see all the amazing things your children will achieve!
Our Summer 1 Topic is ‘Marvellous Me and My Wonderful Community'
This half term in Literacy, children will be exploring a selection of engaging stories, that are pictured above. They will practise retelling the stories in their own words to help build their confidence with language and understanding story structure. Children will learn about characters, who they are and what part they play in a story. Through our phonics learning, they will work on identifying the initial sounds in words and begin using this knowledge to write simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words linked to the stories we read. There will be lots of opportunities for children to challenge themselves and grow as confident story tellers and early writing.
In phonics, we will be focusing on oral blending and segmenting, learning phase 2 sounds and using these sounds to blend and read words.
In Maths this half term, children will be focusing on subitising—recognising numbers of objects without counting—up to five. This important skill helps them develop a deep and secure understanding of numbers to 5. They will explore numbers in a variety of ways, including using real objects, images, and practical activities. Children will also be introduced to key mathematical language such as greater than, less than, fewer, one more, one less, and the same, which they will use to compare and talk about numbers. Each week, we’ll have a special song linked to their learning to make number work fun, memorable, and meaningful.
This half term, our topic work will focus on helping children become more independent and confident in managing their own needs throughout the school day. We’ll be supporting them to build respectful relationships with their peers and adults, express their own feelings, and begin to recognise how others might be feeling too. In Understanding of the World, we’ll be learning about the important people who help us in our community, such as doctors, nurses, dentists, postal workers, refuse collectors, teachers, vets, opticians, paramedics, and firefighters. We’ll also spend time talking about our families and learning more about ourselves. In Art, we’ll be exploring printing, using a variety of tools and materials to create our own colourful designs.
Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below. The definitions have been designed specifically in a child-friendly way and to link to previous knowledge.
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Similar |
Things that are the same. |
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Different |
Things that are not the same. |
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Emergency |
A serious event that has happened. |
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Emergency Services |
Someone who helps us in an emergency. |
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Community |
A group of people. |
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Vehicle |
A type of transport |
Important Information
Turtle Class PE days – Monday and Friday
Butterfly Class PE days – Monday and Friday
Monkey Class PE days – Tuesday and Friday
PE Teachers will be in touch when the children need to start to bring their PE kit.
Dates for your diary
Phonics workshop for parents to attend - Tuesday 29th September at 9am (the workshop will roughly last about 45 minutes).
Home Learning
Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are this half term’s challenges for you to try.
Other home learning activities for the spring term are:
- Phonics home learning sent home weekly
- Reading 4 times a week
- Putting on my coat and shoes for school