The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

In English, our first focus text for this half term is ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, and we will be reading an alternative retelling of the traditional story called ‘Little Red’.  We will be sharing various traditional tales and using our role play areas to retell stories. We will also be sharing the story ‘Super Milly and the Super School Day’ learning about our own superpowers and talents. Our maths lessons will be focusing on numbers to 10 and measurement.

As scientists we will be continuing our work on materials and exploring changing states of matter including looking at ice, gloop and water beads. We will also be testing materials to see if they sink or float. As always we will continue to monitor and discuss seasonal changes including looking at weather and changing animal behaviour.

Our geography focus will be our local area. We will learn about the village where our school is located (Appleton) and the road it is on (Wood Lane). We will investigate, locate and recognise features of the school setting and grounds. Our geography work will include retrieving information from a simple map.

In Art we will be exploring paint and painting techniques through nature, music and collaborative work. Developing creativity through child-led exploration of mixed-media, making collages and transient art.

In the second part of this term we will be visiting a farm and will learn about why farms are important and about the animals which live on the farm.  Through our science and geography topics we will also be thinking about the changes we can observe in spring, including the baby animals which are on the farm.

Our English focus texts for the half term are 'The Tiny Seed' and 'The Extraordinary Gardener'.  We will be developing our writing skills by writing leaflets, letters and retelling stories.  As mathematicians we will be continuing to explore the composition of numbers to 10 as well as pattern.

For our design technology focus we will be looking at Structures and Junk Modelling. We will be developing small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently, developing our scissor skills.

In History we will be looking at toys and games from the past and comparing them to our own toys.

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