Autumn 2024
Throughout the Autumn term the children have loved learning about our topics of ‘Ourselves’ and ‘Animals.’
As writers, we have been working hard on developing our segmenting skills. We have enjoyed drawing and labelling who lives in our house, writing captions as to where the skeletons were hiding, writing about our dream pet and making a list for Santa. We have also been busy writing for lots of different purposes in the environment, in particular shopping lists, appointment cards in the vets and labelling our fantastic models!
As readers, we have been reading the fiction books; In Every House on Every Street, Monkey Puzzle, Funnybones, I want a Pet, The Three Little Pigs and The Gruffalo which have been used as the basis for our learning. As well as these, we have read a range of non-fiction texts linked to Diwali and Christmas and explored them in shared reading. We have been developing our early reading skills in guided reading where we have used our phonic knowledge to sound and blend unknown words, have practised reading ‘tricky’ words and have worked on our tracking as we read skills.
As part of our transition into school we have spent a lot of time developing our listening, attention and social skills. We have met Jigsaw Jenie and Paws who have helped us to discuss and learn about being a member of the Elephant and Tiger family and the importance of working together, helping each other and being kind.
