Autumn 1- My Family and Me.

October 2024

Our first Topic in Waves Class, we have been learning about all that makes us special and learning about all our different families.

We have been exploring our new Classroom and experiencing all the new provision to find out what our favourite toys and activities are to explore when in Continuous Provision. We have also been using our Food Technology sessions to explore our favourite foods and exploring new foods and textures.

We have LOVED our Bucket time sessions! During these sessions we have been learning about our body parts, our emotions and the different houses that people can live in.

One of our first activities was to paint pictures of ourselves we enjoyed using different types of mirrors to explore the features on our faces. Then, thanks to the pictures from home we have been learning about how all families are different and who is in our families. The children have been learning how to use a scissor block to cut out our family pictures carefully. We then used symbols to match to our family members. This term we introduced teeth brushing and have had fun learning about how we clean our teeth. We especially all enjoy sitting together to brush our teeth to the music. 

All throughout the term we have been exploring symbols. We have been using lots of communication boards modelled by staff to teach the children how to request favourite items and songs. We especially enjoy our number songs in Waves Class. This songs have been helping us to learn our numbers to 5. Wave’s children really enjoy our Maths activities especially as they link to their favourite songs.

Our first half term ended with lots of fun HALLOWEEN activities. We have enjoyed getting messy and exploring new textures and makings lots of Halloween crafts.

We have had such a fun first Half Term in Waves :) 

Our first full week in school

September 2024

During our first full week in Waves Class we have been working lots on our Literacy Skills. We loved our first Write Dance session where we used shaving foam to make marks, to help develop our skills for writing. We have also explored chalk, paint and crayons to see what marks we can make. In Phonics we have been exploring environmental sounds. We have been matching animal sounds and made ‘listening ears’ ready for our listening walk. We love exploring books together and have enjoyed exploring symbols to help us to communicate.