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Teaching Team Miss Oliver Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Paynter
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Support Staff Miss Hardwick Miss Shaw Mrs Gardener Mrs Edwards Miss Draper |
Week beginning: 14th July 2025
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Squirrels Class weekly theme Team Squirrels! We can't quite believe the last week of school is upon us! This week we will be celebrating team Squirrels and the amazing journey each and every one of them has come on. We will hold an awards ceremony on Monday morning to talk about what we're proud of this year with adults sharing why they are proud of each and every Squirrel. We will also be watching the Y2 leavers assemblies, working together as a team to tidy up the classroom, sort and organise and having lots of fun in between! Lastly, we just want to thank all the children for being the amazing stars that they are. We have loved teaching them this year and seeing the progress both academically and personally, they have been so wonderful. We know that they are almost ready for Rabbits, but before that we will enjoy our final week together as team Squirrels! With love, Miss Oliver and Mrs Fitzgerald |
Owls Class weekly theme Champion Owls
We are so proud of all the children have achieved this year, not least their growth in resilience and being a really caring community. Well done everyone!
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Our Learning this week includes:
Literacy - We will spend time recapping on different types of literacy - non fiction, fiction - picture, chapter books and poetry. Children will have choices of activities across the week, giving them a chance to practise and celebrate their developing confidence as writers.
Maths - This week we will be comparing the capacity of different containers. We will be exploring and developing these key skills:
- describing a container as full, half full, empty, nearly full and nearly empty
- comparing capacity by using a ‘go between’ for instance pouring a jugful of water into two bottles to see which holds more
- understanding the concept of conservation: that the amount stays the same, even if the appearance alters
- using non standard units to compare capacity, for instance finding out how many cups of water can be poured from different bottles.
| Phonics focus of the week | Song of the week | Words of the week |
Poem of the week |
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Recapping phase 4 tricky words : they, today, some, what, when |
full, half full, empty |
Furry, furry squirrel Wise old owl |
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Our termly Class letter is viewable here
What the children say...
In our EYFS unit we plan according to the children's interests. We spend time talking to the children, asking them what they already know and what they would like to find out.
Our weekly themes are led by the children. Each week we share ideas and then pick a theme for the coming week.
Our PE days for both classes are:
- Wednesday (am)
- Friday (am)
RE learning
In Religious Education, we will be learning about different celebrations and festivals which link to the heritage of some of the children.
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