Summer 2
Dough Disco
Here are some new dough discos for you to enjoy at home. The songs have been adapted to be all about dough.
Splish Splash Splosh
Summer 1
Body Percussion
Here is a link for resources on body percussion. Using our bodies to make sounds is something we do lots of at school.
Dough Disco
Please find below two Dough Disco videos. Click the links below to watch the videos.
Dough Disco - Fleur East - Sax
I know lots of you really enjoy water play so below are some ideas of how you can play with water at home.
Here are some rainbow activities to brighten up your day!
Sound Activity
Here is a link to a website where you can use your voices to make the balls move. You can practise making loud sounds, quiet sounds and even animal sounds.
Sensory Exploration
Below are some ideas to encourage sensory exploration. I hope you have fun giving them a go.
Baby Shark
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Keep Moving
Using balloons to encourage communication
Summer 1 Activities
Explore Makaton Signing
Kitchen Activities
Rice
Gross Motor Skills
Below are some wonderful ideas to improve gross motor skills using a ball.
Spring 2
Colander Activities
Below are some great activities to try with a colander.
Easter Home Learning Ideas
Home Learning
Below are some fantastic learning ideas you can do at home. They cover a range of learning goals from role play to communication and use everyday things from your home.
Taste Safe Paint
Sensory Art Ideas
Sensory Bottles
Down on the farm
Our topic next half term is down on the farm. See below for some lovely activities based around this topic including some lovely sensory ideas.
Home Learning
Moana Themed Activities
Below are some great creative Moana themed activities which will help develop communication and fine motor skills. Don’t forget to get moving to some of the songs at the end (link below).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXsTYn-i7cbcb3Usvt9o8uxLQTV3g8hun
Dough Disco
At school the children regularly take part in dough disco to help develop their finger strength and fine motor skills. Here are some videos you can try with your child. These could be done once a day as repetition is great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSBO8N4ctJg&list=PLtw-7Jf06an2kfRMTdYqf21GkM0YT2HaP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBsNhwxzgc
Here is a handy no-cook playdough recipe that you can make at home. You could also get your child involved in making it with you!
Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough Recipe – Simply mix then kneed all the ingredients together
- 2 cups plain flour
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (baby oil and coconut oil work too)
- 1/2 cup salt.
- 2 tablespoons cream of tartar.
- 1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in increments until it feels just right)
- food colouring (optional)
Topic
Our topic this half term is 'Leave Your Mark' and the class worked together to make a rainbow.
World Book Day!
Snow!
Robin class had great fun playing in the snow!
Pancake Day
The children pretended to cook and flip some 'pancakes' and then they got to choose what they wanted on top of their pancakes before eating them!
Please find below our curriculum map for this term
Spring 1
Topic
We have been on a magical train ride in Topic this term, we have visited lots of different places including the jungle, under the sea and the land of cakes. This week we have made and decorated our own delicious cakes!! yummy!
Maths
In maths we have been learning positional language including in, on, under and behind.
English
This term in English we have been learning about different nursery rhymes. We have been practising our writing skills and acting out different nursery rhymes, including being a speckled frog and jumping into the cold water.
Please find below our curriculum map for this term.
Autumn 2
English - Jack and the Beanstalk
Topic - Light and Dark
Topic - Night & Day
Maths Big & Small
Topic - Bonfire
We made some amazing Bonfire inspired paintings in our topic lesson.
Maths - Shapes
We have been sorting, naming and matching shapes. We went on a shape walk around the school to find objects that are square, triangle, rectangle and circle
Please find below our curriculum map for this term.
Autumn 1
Our trip to Snakes and Ladders
My name is Angela and I am the class teacher. Jemma is our TA3 and Sharon, Katie and Ellie are our TA1s. In our class, we have 6 pupils including Josh, Dominic, Zak, Aliyan, Grace and George
This half term our topic is ‘all about me’ which focuses on the pupils understanding of themselves and the people around them. We will be looking at naming different parts of the body, using our 5 senses, discussing our likes and dislikes and recognising the people around us; our friends and family.
Our English book this half term is called ‘Silly Suzy Goose’. We have already started to learn the actions and sounds of the different animals in the story!
I look forward to meeting you at our ‘meet the teacher’ so that I can put a face to the handwriting in the home/school books. Please keep looking at our class page to see pictures and descriptions of what we are getting up to in Robin class!
