Year R - Owl Class ​​

Welcome to Owl Class

Class Teacher: Mrs Peachey-Smith

Teaching Assistant: Miss Esson

Term 3

This term we will have our 'On the Move' topic where we will be developing our knowledge of different forms of transport, while exploring the history of travel from hot air balloons to space rockets! We will be developing our creative arts and design skills by learning how to create models of different vehicles, using building blocks, play-dough and junk modelling materials such as boxes and bottles and thinking carefully about which features we need to add and the best way to attach them to our models. Keep your eyes open for an invitation to join your child in school for a junk modelling workshop later on this term - perhaps you could start saving some of your recycling if you find a great box to make a car, or a brilliant bottle that would make the perfect rocket!

With winter upon us, we will be exploring how winter looks and feels in our outside environment, from the frost on the grass to the ice in the water trays and if we are lucky enough for snow, we can watch out for footprints in the snow and investigate which animal could have made them. We will also be discussing the clothes we need to wear outside in the winter and how this is different to the other seasons and why. 

In phonics we will be learning Level 3 phonemes (sounds), which includes digraphs such as ch ee and oo. We will continue developing our skills to be able to read and write simple words using these phonemes. The children will continue bringing home Rhino Reader phonics books containing the sounds they can confidently recognise and blend. If you have any questions about Rhino Readers or how to support your child at home with their reading, then please just ask as we are here to help. 

Forest School - Tuesday

Your child will need to bring in their Forest School kit for these sessions. Please provide them with old clothes, water proofs and some wellington boots or snow boots. With the weather changing, please ensure your child has clothes that are warm and waterproof. 

P.E. - Thursday

Please make sure that your child has their P.E. kit in school on this day. This should be in a named bag and should include shorts, a t-shirt and plimsolls/trainers.

How you can help at home

- Read with your child at least three times a week. Every week on Friday, your child's books will be changed. Please sign the reading record so that we can keep track of what books have been read. 

- Practise the phonic sounds we have been learning in class.

- Talk to them about school routines, such as putting their things in their lockers, lunch times, eating, register and tidying up.

- Use the curriculum newsletter to discuss their current learning and encourage them to incorporate what they have been learning into their everyday routines. 

- Explore their interests through play.

Thank you for your support. If you ever have any concerns or questions then please don't hesitate to contact me. I am at the classroom door before and after school or alternatively, you can email me on ClassDojo.

The Term 3 knowledge organiser below provides information on our learning enquiry for this term. 

Please click here to access extra phonics, reading and spelling resources.

Please click here to access links to other useful home learning resources published online.

If you are unsure of any log in details please contact the teacher through Class Dojo or email office@pilgrims-way.kent.sch.uk