Welcome to the Caterpillars!

Hello and welcome!

*Meet the adults in the Caterpillar class*

The teachers in the Caterpillars class are Mrs Walton (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning), Mrs Talbot (Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday).  The teaching assistants are Miss Goldacre and Mrs Taylor . We love teaching the Caterpillars and we are so proud of all of their achievements!

If you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you! 

*Our Christian Value for the term*

Our Christian value for this term is Trust.

Trust is the very essence of faith; trust in the God who is trustworthy.

Trust is essential to human life and lies at the heart of all relationships. Trust can mean putting yourself in others’ hands. We have to trust experts - pilots, dentists, surgeons – and our wonderful teachers, teaching assistants and all of our St Faith’s family, and be trustworthy ourselves.

John 14:1 (Jesus’ words to his disciples)

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.’

*Our Learning for this term*

Summer Term 1

How are we at Summer Term already!

We welcome our new children to the Caterpillar class for this term and cannot wait to get to know them and what they enjoy playing with and learning.

As the weather improves we cannot wait to spend more time outside in the fresh air, we have a lovely new mud kitchen area to play in and hopefully will be able to play out in less outdoor wear as the weather warms up - dont forget the mud kitchen gets muddy so puddle suits and wellies are ideal for this to save uniform!

We also have our amaxing new flooring in the classroom, allowing us to re zone some of the areas to make the classroom flow well now the weather is improving asn we can have the door open to outside.

This term our topic is Traditional Tales

We will be reading different traditional tales, looking at the language that is used within the tales and re-enacting some of the stories, focusing on using musical instruments to accompany the stories.

We will be baking and cooking this term and developing skills of perseverance through creative activities such as building and collaging.

We will be reading - Goldilocks, Three Little Pigs, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella

Can you visit the library to read these books too?

For those children starting school in September we will begin to look at transition for these children, equipping them with the skills they will need when they move to their new class.

We will continue to support them with how to write their name, recognise numbers and be able to count accurately.  We will ensure they are able to use the toilet independently and know how to organise their belongings in the morning, developing independence - you can also support with this at home.

Remember to log into Tapestry to share what your child does at home and look at what they have been doing at school

Spring Term 2

Is that a little Sunshine we can see?

As the weather starts to improve (we are keeping our fingers crossed!) we are really looking forward to making full use of our new outdoor equipment.  We continue to develop the outdoor area so that the children can get the most out of learning inside and outside.  All of the children in our Nursery bring in waterproof suits and wellies so that they can play outside whatever the weather!

This term our focus book is What The Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson.

Our learning will centre around minibeasts and insects.  The children will learn about the life cycles of different animals and we will also take delivery towards the end of the term of Caterpillars that we can watch change into butterflies.

The children will learn about different types of birds and use their creativity to design their own bird, linking it to maths through looking at pattern, we will also design our own butterflies as well.  Alongside pattern the children will begin to understand the concept of composition of number, we will learn how a number can be made up of different numbers - this will be done when we look at spots on a ladybird - if we have 1 spot on one side and 2 on the other, how many have we got altogether?

The children will take part in cooking this term, using the chicken's eggs to make omelettes, choosing their favourite fillings!

As Easter approaches we learn about the Easter Story read by Christians and take part in lots of lovely Easter craft activities too.

This term we will be learning all about Oral Health and the importance of brushing our teeth.

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