This term we are focusing on Personal, Social and Emotional development.

The aspects of this area are:

• Self Regulation - Seperating from parent or carer and talking about their feelings.

• Managing Self - To be able to communicate their need for the toilet, to be independent in self-care, to be independent in putting their coat and shoes on and off.

• Building Relationships - Beginning to join in with other's play, seeking other children to share experiences and getting to know other children.

Please support your child's learning by helping them at home with these skills.

Diwali

We have been learning about the Hindu festival of lights called Diwali.

We had a party to celebrate and the children enjoyed food and dancing.

Please click on the picture below to watch a family prepare their home and celebrate this festival.

Circles 

We have been learning about circles.

Circles can be found all around us!  Circles are a flat 2D shape. Circles are round, have a curved edge that never stops and don’t have any points.  You will find a circle face on each end of a cylinder.  A cylinder is a 3D shape or solid shape.  Many children will call a sphere (a ball shape) a circle and it is important to tell children that yes the shape is round like a circle but it is a solid shape/3D shape that we can hold so it is called a sphere. The cone 3D shape also has a circle face.    

I wonder if:

• You can find any shapes with circle faces on your way to and from school.
• You can describe a circle.
• You can find anything in your kitchen cupboards with circle shapes on.
• You can cut your fruit and vegetables into shapes that have circle faces.

Vocabulary to use : circle, round, curved, flat

Rectangles

Rectangles can be found all around us!

Rectangles are flat 2D shapes.

Rectangles are pointy, they have 4 points/corners and four sides, 2 short sides and 2 long sides. You will find a rectangle face on lots of different 3D shapes such as a cuboid. A rectangle can also be called an oblong.

I wonder if:

You can find any shapes with rectangle faces on your way to school.

You can describe a rectangle.

You can find anything in your kitchen cupboids with rectangle shapes on.

You can cut your bread, fruit and vegetables or other food into shapes that have rectangle faces.

Vocabulary to use:

long, short, corner, point, side, straight, rectangle, oblong

Christmas

We have been learning about the Christian festival of Christmas.

Click on the picture below to find out how a family prepare for Christmas.

The Nativity

Please click on the picture below to watch the story of the first Christmas.