The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

Our main focus in science this half term is plants with a particular focus what they need to help them grow. We will be planting and growing our own sunflowers as well as observing and drawing them carefully.

In English lessons this half term, the children in Reception will be using the focus text ‘Hairy Maclary’ and will be using our role play veterinary surgery to retell and create our own stories.  We will also be using the book ‘The Night Pirates’ to work on developing our writing skills by writing captions, letters and our own narratives. Our Pirate small world tables will support our storytelling and communication skills.  Our maths lessons will be focusing on numbers to 20, counting on and back and discovering numerical patterns.

India is the focus for our geography work this half term and we will be comparing life in India to life in Appleton using texts including ‘Monsoon Afternoon’ and ‘Where Three Oceans Meet’.  We will also be using maps, atlases and non-fiction books to discover more about India.

Sculpture is our focus in art for this term and we will be learning about the artist Paul Johnson who created sculptures from paper.  We will also be finding out about local sculptors who work with metal and clay as well as creating our own sculptures. As we walk around school, we will be spotting the sculptures in the grounds like the sleeping giant and our metal flower.