Skill of the Week -  Create; Joining

• Stick different materials on to an oval shape to create patterns
• Create little masks using snipping with scissors (modelling correct way to hold) and range of collage, resources
• Pictures of eggs, loose parts to create simple patterns- ABAB
• Practise scissor skills snipping along a straight line- extend to wiggly if they are ready.
• Collaging a big egg together using a range of resources, tissue, natural leaves.
• Create own stained-glass windows using a laminating pouch/tissue paper.
• Matching creating patterns using eggs in halves

Story of the Week- Five Little Bunnies

·  Share the story with the children, using expressive reading to engage attention.

·  Use simple language, puppets, and farm props (bunnies, carrots, baskets, etc.) to support understanding and bring the story to life.

·  Encourage children to join in with repeated phrases such as “Five little bunnies hopping in the garden…” to develop language and memory skills.

Rhyme of the Week- Hot Cross Buns

Stage 3- Finger rhymes help with whole body control.

Children combine fine motor actions with imaginative movements.

Stage 1 Whole hand and all 10 fingers at the same time

Stage 2- Whole hand to fingers-children have to isolate each finger, and help them to name each finger

Stage 3- Finger rhymes - help with whole body control

Phonics of the Week: LINKS TO STORY: Phonics Phase 1

LINKS TO STORY: Phonics Phase 1

N1 – Aspect 2: Instrumental Sounds
Children explore different sounds inspired by the story and the farm setting:

• Shaking containers of dried peas or rice to represent bunny hopping or seeds in the garden.
• Tapping spoons or wooden sticks to mimic the bunnies nibbling or hopping.
• Listening to and copying different sound patterns, such as “hop-hop-hop” or “sniff-sniff-sniff,” to match actions in the story.

N2: ASPECT 5 – Alliteration

Children explore alliteration inspired by the story:

• Play a Silly Bunny game using story vocabulary: b – bunny, c – carrot, g – garden.
• Encourage children to make silly alliterative phrases, e.g., bouncy bunny, crispy carrot, green garden.

Extend by asking children to think of their own alliterative words related to bunnies, farm, or nature, reinforcing initial sounds and vocabulary

 Makaton Sign of the Week

Forest School Adventures

 This week in Forest School, we are starting with a spring walk to explore the changing seasons, noticing all the new growth and tiny buds appearing on trees and plants. Children will use binoculars and magnifying glasses to get a closer look at the delicate details, from sparkling raindrops on leaves to tiny insects crawling in the soil. We’ll encourage curiosity and imagination, inviting children to wonder aloud about what’s waking up in the forest and what magical creatures might be hiding among the flowers and trees. Through careful observation, playful exploration, and shared discovery, children will connect with nature, ask questions, and marvel at the magic of spring coming to life around them.

MIXING

“I wonder” What can we create with our ingredients…

• Children explore dry ingredients (e.g. cereal) and wet ingredients (melted chocolate) in a bowl.
• They use spoons to mix and stir the ingredients together.
• Children notice how the ingredients change as they combine.
• They create their own chocolate nests and choose how to shape them.

VOCABULARY:  mix, bowl, stir

ADJUSTMENTS:

     N1: Use hands to explore wet and dry ingredients 

     N2:  mix ingredients without help understanding when its ell combined

Vocabulary of the Week

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Home Learning

What Spring adventure will go on during the Easter holidays, please add photos on Tapestry to share when we return. 

Vocabulary of the Week

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stick 

 make

Home Learning

What Spring adventure will go on during the Easter holidays, please add photos on Tapestry to share when we return. 

Vocabulary of the Week

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Home Learning

What Spring adventure will go on during the Easter holidays, please add photos on Tapestry to share when we return. 

Vocabulary of the Week

 cut

 stick

 make

Home Learning: 

What Spring adventure will go on during the Easter holidays, please add photos on Tapestry to share when we return. 

Vocabulary of the Week

 cut

Home Learning

What Spring adventure will go on during the Easter holidays, please add photos on Tapestry to share when we return. 

Vocabulary of the Week

 cut

stick 

 make

Home Learning: 

What Spring adventure will go on during the Easter holidays, please add photos on Tapestry to share when we return.