RB             RC

                               Miss Brunt              Mrs Carby - Monday to Thursday

                                            Miss Burton - Friday 

The teaching assistants will swap between both classes each half term.

Ms Alizadeh        Ms Brennan

General Reminders

Water Bottles, Wellies, Book Bags and PE kits
Please could you ensure that your child brings a named water bottle to school every day.

We also ask that you bring in a pair of wellies, which will be kept in school, from your child's first week so they can access our outdoor learning environment. 

To help your child carry important letters and shared/guided reading books, they need to bring a St Peter's school book bag to school and not a backpack. We have limited space in our cloakrooms but each child has a designated tray for their book bag.

PE lessons kits must be kept in school on your child's peg. 

Important Dates:
Please note dates may change so keep a check on this web page. 

Tuesday 14th April - Return to school 

Wednesday 22nd April - Reception Magic Show - 3.30-4.15

Thursday 23rd April - Breakfast Club - 8.15am-9.00am

Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday 

 Monday 18th May - Sports Day - 9.00am-10.00am

 Friday 22nd May -  Break up for half term 

 Monday 1st June - Return to school

Wednesday 3rd June - Class photographs 

 Monday 8th June - School nurse visit to measure height and weight

Tuesday 9th June - Maths workshop

Friday 19th June -  Non-uniform day - Summer Fayre gift 

 Friday 26th June -  Summer Fayre in the junior playground

 Friday 17th July -  Break up for summer 

Our topic for this term is:

Minibeasts 

Religious Education 

At St Peter's we use Jack in the Box which is a children’s Bible story resources designed for Early Years. It features Jack, a lovable Labrador puppet, who helps the children learn about the Big Bible Heroes of the Old Testament and the significance of Jesus' love for the world. We sit for worship time every week and use interactive stories and activities which encourage the children t explore and reflect on biblical themes.

Some of our stories this term are:

The Holy Spirit comes

The Fruits of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

Phonics

At St Peter's we follow Supersonic Phonic Friends. It is an education initiative created by phonics and early reading experts Anna Lucas and Emma Carey. The program employs a fully systematic synthetic phonics approach, which is designed to build children's confidence in reading and writing by developing their phonetic knowledge and skills. Its key features are engaging characters, structured lessons and a focus on speaking and listening.

We have completed the Firm Foundations stage and Basics 2 and 3.  

We will now spend the summer term ensuring the children are secure with all of the previous learning from Basics 2 and 3. We will recap any sounds the children are finding hard to remember and we will continue to learn new tricky words. They will continue to learn the early concepts of Choose to Use with Suze for some further multiple spellings for sounds and an introduction to Switch it with Mitch for alternative pronunciations of spellings for sounds. Children will learn their tricky words with Tess and read nonsense words with Nan.

Literacy

This term we will focus on a mixture of fiction and non- fiction books by introducing the children to books about different types of insects. In small groups the children will be able to look closely at non-fiction books to find out and listen to interesting facts about different Minibeasts. This will help inform the children when they come to write their own sentences about a particular insect. 

We strive to immerse the children fantastic books with rich vocabulary so that they can start to use these words in their own writing.  

Mathematics

We use White Rose Maths which is an initiative designed to enhance mathematics teaching and learning. It emphasises a comprehensive understanding of mathematical concepts rather than just rote learning, focusing on mastery and problem-solving skills. The program is into manageable steps, ensuring that children build a strong foundation before moving on to more complex topics.

This term the children become more familiar with numbers beyond 10 and the pattern (table order) of numbers to 20 and beyond. First, we will ensure children can say the numbers 11, 12 and 13 and we will support them to use one-to-one correspondence to count items beyond 10. They will go on to recognise that the numbers 1 to 3 repeat after every full ten. So, they have 1 ten and 1, 1 ten and 2, 1 ten and 3. We focus on numbers to 13 first, before going up to 20.

We will also encourage the children to count on a back from different starting points, to say what comes before or after a given number and place numbers in order.

After, we will focus on the process of counting and the numerical patterns. The children will be provided with opportunities for verbal counting beyond 20. They will also be provided with hundred squares and number tracks which will support the children to become familiar with 2-digit numbers beyond 20 and start to spot patterns within them.

Understanding the World

This term our topic is Minibeast. This topic will give the children the chance to explore their local environment to learn about a different insects, their diet and habitat. The children will be encouraged to classify them according to the amount of legs they have, how they move or what they eat. 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

As a school we use SCARF which is a whole-school approach supporting primary schools in promoting positive behaviour, mental health, well-being, resilience and achievement.  More than just a PSHE scheme of work, SCARF supports great learning every day. SCARF represents our values for children of Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship. 

This term we will be covering:

- Seasons

- Life stages - plants and animals

- Life stages - humans

- Where do babies come from?

- Getting bigger 

- Me and my body - Boys and girls 

The children will have the opportunities to express their ideas and thoughts and any feeling or worries they may have.

Every other week the children will take part in a My Happy Mind session. It is a NHS backed program designed to support children's mental health and well-being. It combines the latest research and technology to teach children science-backed strategies for managing stress and improving resilience in a child friendly, age-appropriate way. 

Physical Development

This term in 'Get Set for P.E' the children will be learning 

- To develop changing direction 

- To develop jumping

- To develop hopping

- To explore different ways to travel using equipment 

- To aim when throwing and practise keeping score 

Expressive Arts and Design

This term the children will be introduced to colour and collage. The children will look at the work of Eric Carle and learn how he created his illustrations. Then the children will make their own paper using paint to create different effects using tools and their colouring mixing knowledge to make the colours they need. After, the children will create their own minibeast by using the paper they have made and cutting skills. 

In fortnightly guided drawing sessions, the teacher will model a variety of techniques and tools linked to the skills the children have been learning in their EAD lessons. 

Also, the children will take part in a music lessons. They start by learning different songs and thinking about their breathing techniques. Within this the children are taught about pitch, tempo, pulse and rhythm. They also have the opportunity to play the glockenspiel.