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Autumn Term 2023

Curriculum Newsletter

Homework Autumn 1

17.11.23

Another lovely week has flown by in RG. The children continue to impress me with their efforts during phonics and maths. Some have made more space-related models. we have practised counting and subitising 1-5 (including 1 more and 1 less), taken pizza orders and made pizzas in the 'pizza parlour', enjoyed lots of stories as usual and watched an astronaut in space brushing their teeth.

13.11.23

Anti-Bullying Week and Odd Sock Day.

We read 'Monty the Manatee' as part of our work on 'Say yes to Friendship!' We discussed the importance of kindness and the many different ways we could be kind to one another. The children showed good understanding and came up some really great ideas!

10.11.23

Today we marked Remembrance Day. We talked about the people who helped us and all of the brave soldiers and why we use the poppy to say 'We remember'. Here are the wonderful pictures the children enjoyed creating using a range of materials.

9.11.23

Divali 

This week we have learnt about the Hindu festival of Divali. We discovered how Hindus prepare for, and celebrate this festival. We learnt a dance, created bright, sparkly Diva lamps, watched fireworks and listened to music. 

9.11.23

Darlington Library Visit.

This afternoon, RG had a special visitor from Darlington Library. The children in RG enjoyed sharing the story 'A Shark in the Park', as well as enjoying some nursery rhyme games with a parachute.

 Our visitor let us know that we can join the library for free. There are lots and lots of books available and we can get a card that lets us take out 15 books at a time. These can be kept for up to 3 weeks.

13.10.23

Here is a snippet of some of the wonderful learning that’s taken place this week!
After sharing the story ‘The Lion Inside’ the children spoke ideas about times they had been brave and showed courage.
We’re so creative in RG and have made some wonderful models (including the Burj Khalifa).
We’ve found and created our own patterns and have begun developing our sequencing skills using a story map of The Little Red Hen.

6.10.23

This week we have lots of great learning take place. We are doing well with our phonics and Maths, we celebrated World Animal Day and we have baked bread following The Little Red Hen's recipe. This event was much anticipated! 

'Who will help me bake the bread?'

'I WILL!' 🐔

We discovered how wheat is planted, harvested, milled into flour then used as an ingredient to make bread.

We mixed flour, water, yeast, salt and sugar together, noticing the different consistencies. Kneading the dough was great for building muscles in our hands and arms. Then we separated the dough to make bread buns before placing them in the oven.

The children enjoyed a taste of 'their' bread (which looked remarkably like buns from the supermarket!) and some said it was the best bread they had tasted.

25.09.23

 This week we have retold the story of Rosie's Walk using our positional language. We have been really impressed with the children's efforts. They may be able to tell you what happened to the fox...

Here are our Little Red Hens! We are very creative. We looked at hen pictures to help us create our individual designs. 

We have been orally retelling the story this week with lots of accompanying  actions too. We really enjoy this activity!