Early Years - Sycamore

Class teacher Miss Jenny Skilton  

Please see below our Year R Curriculum Presentation 2023-24

stl 2023 24 year r curriculum powerpoint for parents.pdf

EYFS - Sycamore Class - Spring 1

Hello Sycamore Class parents

What a fun half term in Sycamore Class! Over the half term we have enjoyed listening to stories based on animals, found out about a range of animals and learnt how we can care for animals in our environment. We even had a visit from the local fire station. The children really enjoyed going on a bug hunt and restoring the bug hotel! After Easter our learning theme will be The Farm. Thank you for all your support at home and we hope you have a lovely Easter.

PSED: The children have been talking about ways to keep healthy and developing independence in activities. Next half term we will continue to develop our independence and work towards simple goals. 

Literacy: Over the half term the children have been using their phonic knowledge to write simple words and sentences linked to the stories we have read. In handwriting we have been looking at the curly letter family. We will continue to use our phonic knowledge and tricky words to write simple sentences. We will be encouraging the children to write their ideas independently and will focus on forming letters correctly in our handwriting.

Phonics: In Sycamore Class we have been applying our phonic knowledge daily and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. We have been building our fluency and learning to read words by sight. After half term we will continue to practice reading and writing words using digraphs and trigraphs and learning to chunk to read longer words. Please read at home every day.

Maths: We have been exploring the counting system and subitising numbers. We have been exploring how a whole number can be made up of smaller parts and developing our number bonds to 5. Next half term we will continue to focus on our number bonds as well as exploring doubles and odds and evens. 

Sound books: These sounds should be practiced daily at home. In the front of the sound book there are some activities you can pick and choose from to support learning at home. 

Home learning:
Please read for 5-10 minutes every day.
Please go through our sounds every day.
Enjoy singing nursery and number rhymes.
Talk about numbers and count items up to 20.
Practice number bonds to 5.

Practice forming curly letter correctly.
Write shopping lists, cards or simple sentences. Encourage your child to hear sounds in the word and to form letters correctly.
Share stories with your child at home every day. Talk about the front cover, predict what might happen, discuss what has been read and ask questions about the text to develop understanding.

Miss Skilton and The EYFS Team