Overview – F2 Autumn 2
Amazing Animals / our celebrations
Amazing Animals / our celebrations
Over this half term we will be continuing to look at the changes in the seasons, especially the change from Autumn to Winter. We will link to seasons around the world and how they differ from ours. We will be going for local walks in small groups and looking closely at the environment we live in. We have enjoyed spending time on our school field so we will continue this with weekly forest school type activities on a Friday afternoon. This will be an ideal time to discuss the seasonal changes that are taking place and why this is happening.
We will have our very own ‘treehouse’ in the school role play for the children to explore, use their imagination and investigate. We will be learning about some of the animals that live in our world, especially linked to parks, forests and woods. In particular, we will be looking at hibernation, habitats and nocturnal animals.
We will also be looking at celebrations that are special to us and also some celebrations that are special to other people in our country and around the world. For example, Christmas, bonfire night and Thanksgiving and a range of activities will be set up to teach children about why some people celebrate these special occasions. We will also look at similarities and differences between some of these celebrations, linking back to our work on Diwali.
We will also be having a one-off focus on the artist Wassily Kandinsky to help us with shape and colour mixing.
Again, there will be a big focus on communication and language – specifically speaking, listening and understanding and PSED – specifically deepening our understanding using new vocabulary and taking part in class discussions.
Most importantly, we will ensure the children continue to develop their school routine, are making friends and are happy and settled in school. We will be constantly revisiting our school rules - be safe, be ready and be respectful and share good examples of these to promote and help understand them in a child friendly way. We will also be using weekly examples of children showing our school values to help build an understanding of these.
These include teamwork, friendship, perseverance, responsibility, respect, truthfulness, creativity and compassion.
Every week we will cover specific objectives and areas of learning for maths, literacy, phonics, understanding the world and expressive art and design etc. Miss Cotterell and Mrs Neal will keep you updated weekly via TAPESTRY with specific details of what we have been focusing on in our classroom so that you know what you can work on with your child at home.
