Reception

20/7/20

Details of home learning activities for week 8 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

13/7/20

Details of home learning activities for week 7 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

6/7/20

Details of home learning activities for week 6 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

29/6/20 – ART WEEK

Details of home learning activities for week 5 have now been added to the homework tab. This week, learning will focus on our Art Week theme. Please continue helping your child to engage home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

22/6/20

Details of home learning activities for week 4 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

15/6/20

Details of home learning activities for week 3 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

8/6/20

Return to School Letter

Please view this video with your child in preparation for returning to school. We will be discussing safety measures in more detail during our Zoom lesson.

Details of home learning activities for week 2 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

1/6/20

WB 1.6.20 Zoom Letter to Parents

Details of home learning activities for week 1 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, Changes. Please continue helping your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review.

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22/5/20

Summer half term holiday home learning has now been added to the homework tab. Thank you for continuing to work with children at home.

18/5/20 – Summer 1 Week 5

Details of home learning activities for week 5 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, People Who Help Us. Please continue to help your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review and provide feedback.

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11/5/20 – Summer 1 Week 4

A new link to some fun music activities has been added to the useful links tab.

Details of home learning activities for week 4 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, People Who Help Us. Please continue to help your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review and provide feedback.

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4/5/20 – Summer 1 Week 3

A new link to some fun music activities has been added to the useful links tab.

Details of home learning activities for week 3 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, People Who Help Us. Please continue to help your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review and provide feedback.

Details of Zoom teaching sessions have been shared with parents and we hope all Busy Bees and Laughing Ladybirds will be able to join us. These sessions will focus on consolidating teaching and learning concepts and strategies, and addressing common misconceptions. We ask that parents please sign in to Zoom sessions 5 minutes prior to the starting time so that we can begin on time. We also request that pupils have access to paper and a pencil or a whiteboard and marker for each session (which ever you have access to or your child finds easier to use).

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27/4/20 – Summer 1 Week 2

Please share the following information with your child and initiate an age-appropriate discussion around online safety with them: Staying safe online AHPS

Details of home learning activities for week 2 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, People Who Help Us. Please continue to help your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review and provide feedback.

Details of Zoom teaching sessions have been shared with parents and we hope all Busy Bees and Laughing Ladybirds will be able to join us. These sessions will focus on consolidating teaching and learning concepts and strategies, and addressing common misconceptions. We ask that parents please sign in to Zoom sessions 5 minutes prior to the starting time so that we can begin on time. We also request that pupils have access to paper and a pencil or a whiteboard and marker for each session (which ever you have access to or your child finds easier to use).

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20/4/20 – Summer 1 Week 1

Details of home learning activities for week 1 have now been added to the homework tab. Each week will focus on a different aspect of our new topic, People Who Help Us. Please continue to help your child to engage in phonics, maths and topic based home learning, then upload evidence of this to EExAT for staff to review and provide feedback.

Details of Zoom teaching sessions have been shared with parents and we hope all Busy Bees and Laughing Ladybirds will be able to join us. These sessions will focus on consolidating teaching and learning concepts and strategies, and addressing common misconceptions. We ask that parents please sign in to Zoom sessions 5 minutes prior to the starting time so that we can begin on time. We also request that pupils have access to paper and a pencil or a whiteboard and marker for each session (which ever you have access to or your child finds easier to use).

Today’s maths lesson PowerPoint has been added to the homework tab.

Mr Ananda has provided a PRE project for pupils to continue their PRE learning. This has also been uploaded to the homework tab.

New maths and science links have been added to the useful links tab. We hope these will be helpful to parents and children over the coming weeks.

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3/4/20

Easter holiday home learning has now been added to the homework tab. Thank you for continuing to work with children at home. Please continue to upload evidence as normal 🙂

30/3/20

Many thanks to parents who are uploading evidence of home learning on EExAT regularly. EYFS staff are checking all uploads and adding feedback and next steps that we hope we be helpful to parents and pupils. We trust you are all well and staying safe during this most unusual and uncertain time.

20/3/20 

Due to the school closure, home learning will be uploaded to the Homework tab on a weekly basis. Please try your best to complete suggested activities throughout the week and upload evidence on EEXAT as normal. We will monitor parent uploads and give feedback and next steps as much as possible. If you have questions or need more support you can email the school and they will pass on the message to us. Alternatively you can leave a comment on EEXAT and we will respond as soon as possible. We will also be uploading some helpful power points that we use in class, please use these with your child. You will find them in the homework tab.

Stay safe and we hope to see you all soon

Mr Burns and Miss Parmar

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Wb 16.3.20 – Gaura Purnima celebration this Thursday. 

Our literacy focus will be the story, Dear Zoo. Students will be encouraged to start creating their own animal stories; thinking about characters, setting and events.

In maths we will be recapping positional language and capacity. We will extend children to start using ‘quarter full’ and ‘three quarters full’ terminology.

Topic work will focus on changes in animals from infancy to fully grown. We will recap animal life cycles.

Please support your child to learn their weekly spellings (click spellings tab) and complete their weekly homework (click homework tab), in addition to your usual home learning based on our focus areas as detailed above. Many thanks

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Wb 9.3.20 – Science Week; pupils will be planting in the Sensory Garden, exploring static electricity with our own paper snakes, participating in the Animal Experience on Wednesday, and continuing to engage in exciting exploration and investigation throughout the week. Ask your child to tell you about their learning!

In literacy our focus story will be Rumble in the Jungle. We will be describing animals from the story and the animals brought in during the Animal Experience. We will also be exploring non-fiction texts and creating our own animal books.

Our maths learning will focus on subtraction. We will use varied methods of subtraction; taking away concrete objects, counting backwards on a number line, using drawings to represent amounts then crossing out as we subtract, and counting backwards in our heads. Please try these with your child at home.

In topic we will be finding similarities and differences between animals, focusing on their appearance, habitat and diet.

Thank you to those parents who are regularly reading with their child on Bug Club. Please do let us know if you are having any trouble accessing this great online resource.

Please support your child to learn their weekly spellings (click spellings tab) and complete their weekly homework (click homework tab), in addition to your usual home learning based on our focus areas as detailed above. Many thanks

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Wb 2.3.20 – This Thursday we have our whole school World Book Day celebrations. Pupils can come to school dressed as their favourite animal character (ensure sensible footwear is worn). We will be making sock puppets to use on Thursday; if possible, please send in an unwanted pair of clean socks for children to create their own puppets with.

Please ensure the Animal Experience payment is made via Parent Pay and that permission and medical forms are sent in.

Phonics is now being taught in streamed groups to better support pupil development. Please check your child’s diary for their phonics and spellings colour, then check the spellings tab for their weekly focus sounds and spelling words.

In literacy our focus story will be Giraffes Can’t dance. We will be acting out the story and describing story characters using adjectives.

In maths we will focus on money as we celebrate World Maths Day this Wednesday. We will concentrate on recognising coins and notes, understanding the value of pounds and pence, and adding simple amounts.

In topic we will be focusing on animal habitats and how to maintain and take care of animal and human environments.

Please support pupils to learn spellings (click spellings tab) and complete homework (click homework tab) in addition to your usual home learning based on our weekly focus areas as detailed above.

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WB 24.2.20 – Please pay for the Animal Experience on ParentPay, and send in relevant documents, if you haven’t already done so.  

This week in phonics we will be recapping the last few phase 3 sounds: ear, air, ure, er. Please continue to encourage simple sentence writing at home using phonic sounds.

In literacy our focus story will be Monkey Puzzle. We will be discussing the characters and story settings, and making links to our new topic and role play areas.

Maths learning will be focused on halving. We will recap halving objects, halving amounts and halving numbers.

This week we are introducing our new topic, animals. We will explore animal habitats and environments as we create and decorate our new role play areas.

Please support pupils to learn spellings (click spellings tab) and complete homework (click homework tab) in addition to your usual home learning based on our weekly focus areas as detailed above.

PLEASE UPLOAD EVIDENCE OF HOME LEARNING ON EExAT; AIM FOR 1 OR 2 PIECES OF EVIDENCE EACH WEEK.  

Please try to upload pictures/videos of children completing tasks; for multiple photos,  try uploading one ‘photo collage’ if possible.

We would very much appreciate if you could add codes to each piece of uploaded evidence:  

CI = child initiated (work that children do without being asked)  

AD = adult directed (work that you have asked your child to complete)  

I = independent (completed by the child without adult intervention)  

WS = with support (completed with adult support).