Autumn

Enquiry

This terms enquiry was a geography theme. Throughout our enquiry sessions this term we answered the question, "How are we all different?". Each week we look at at topic to help us answer our main enquiry question.

Week 10 - India

We have been learning about India. This week we have looked at the different foods they eat and sometimes these food can be spicy. We tasted some Indian foods. 

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Week 9 - Indian celebrations 

We have been learning that different countries have special stories and festivals. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita and know that Diwali is the festival of light and it is celebrated in India with diva lamps and fireworks.

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Week 8 - India

We have found out that there are other countries in the world. We have been learning about the country we India, locating the UK on a map and looking at the flag. 

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Week 6 and 7 - My country and community 

We have been learning about the country we live in, locating the UK on a map and looking at thing associated with England. We have also been learning about Sutton and exploring the different features we have in our local environment.  

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Week 5 - Families

We have been looking at our families and how everyone family is different. 

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Week 4 - Differences

We have been learning about how are all look different and drawing more self portraits comparing our different features to a friends.

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Week 3 - Own Uniqueness

We have been learning about birthdays, the year we were born, and drawing self portraits. 

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Week 2 - Being Healthy

We have been learning what our bodies need to be healthy, name different fruits and vegetables, know the importance of brushing our teeth twice a day and name the five senses.

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Week 1 - School

We have been learning about what is it like at school, what are classroom routines are and what the Forest Glade values are.

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Every Wednesday we have an enrichment day with Nursery. Throughout the children's time within EYFS we aim to provide them with as many enrichment opportunities as possible. We hold weekly activities such as  cooking, arts and crafts, outdoor learning and library visits. Throughout the year we hope to add much more to our curriculum, ensuring children get a breadth of experiences. These enrichment opportunities may change and are dependent upon the children's interests.  

Maths

Children in Reception studied numbers 1- 5 throughout the Autumn term. Each number was taught separately and in greater depth. The children explored and studied a variety of different representations for each number. Throughout the term, children had opportunity to recite numbers in order to 5, we used number songs to help support this learning in a more interactive and fun way! We wanted children to be able to use number names accurately in play and know that numbers identify how many objects are in a set. As well as matching numbers to quantity and comparing groups, identifying if they have the same number - more or less. We also looked at subtraction within 5 and number bonds to 5.

Throughout this term, the children also explored shape, space and measure. We can name 2D shapes, make patterns and sequence events in a day. 

They studied each of these topics through group led sessions as well as within their play, discovering and having hands on experiences within the provision. 

Literacy

During this term we used lots of good quality texts to help us with our Literacy lessons. 

We will use 'What makes me a me?' to help us write list poems about our bodies.

We will use 'Martha maps it out' to compare fiction and non fictions and help us write facts about Sutton.

We  will use 'Chapatti Moon' to help us write instructions of how to make a chapattis.

We will use 'Elmer' to retell a narrative. 

Phonics 

This term we learned some new sounds. We looked at letter formation, writing and reading words with the following sounds:

s,a,t

i,p,n

I, c

k, ck

e, h

th, r

m, d, g

o, u

l, ll

f, ff

ss, b

We also learned the following words:

I, to, no, go, the, into