EYFS Newsletter Spring 2 2025

Welcome

Please find our curriculum information for this half term, along with ways you can support at home.

Maths

We will be learning;

• Finding and making doubles to 8 - 1 and 1, 2 and 2, 3 and 3, 4 and 4
• Combining two groups

Length Height and Time

• Exploring and comparing length and height. Using the vocabulary long/short longest/shortest tall/short tallest/shortest
• Talk about, order and sequence time. Using the vocabulary minute, today, tomorrow, yesterday, last week, weekend, before, after

Building 9 and 10

• Comparing numbers to 10 and subitising numbers to 10.
• 1 more and 1 less than 9 and 10.
• Composition of 9 and 10 eg 4 is a part and 5 is a part, the whole is 9
• Number bonds to 10 - which 2 parts make 10 eg 9 and 1, 8 and 2
• Number bonds to 10 - which 3 parts make 10 eg 6 and 3 and 4
• Doubles to 10 - 1 and1, 2 and 2, 3 and 3, 4 and 4, 5 and 5
• Explore odd and even numbers within 10.

Explore 3D Shape

• Recognise and name 3D shapes - cube cuboid cylinder pyramid cone sphere
• Find 2D shapes in 3D shapes
• Find 3D shapes in the environment
• Identify and copy more complex patterns (not just repeating pattern of 2 shapes) eg Circle circle triangle circle circle triangle

Literacy

• We will spend 3 weeks on the text “There is no Dragon in this story” to use our prediction skills and develop a deep understanding of the story.
• Using the story “Oliver’s vegetables” to link to our Knowledge and Understanding of the world and Jigsaw PSED lessons about healthy eating.
• Learning about instruction writing by re telling “Pea and mint soup” recipe using words and actions.

Phonics

• We will learn these digraphs (2 letters that make 1 sound) and trigraph (3 letters that make 1 sound) and write words with those sounds;

Igh oa oo (book) oo (moon) ar

• We will learn these red words (words than cannot be sounded out and have to be learnt by sight)

our says they said was all were there like

• There will be 1 phonics assessment this half term in the last week - Assessment 4.

PSED

Jigsaw - Healthy Me. 1 lesson per week

• Everybody’s Body - Understanding exercise is needed for a healthy body.
• We like to move it, move it - Understand how moving and resting is good for our body.
• Food Glorious Food - Understand which foods are healthy and not so healthy and be able to make healthy eating choices.
• Sweet Dreams - Understand how to help myself go to sleep and why sleep is good for us.
• Keeping Clean - To be able to wash hands thoroughly and understand why it is important.
• Safe Adults - I know who my safe adults are and how to stay safe if they are not close by me.

Knowledge and understanding of the world

• Keeping Healthy- Healthy body, Healthy mind, Healthy environment.
• Changing processes- Growing cress

Expressive arts and design

• Cutting skills - Shadow puppets
• Printing - Printing vegetables, pattern linked to maths
• Drawing - Dragons. Observational drawing of vegetables
• Music - Learning to sing new songs and to play more than 1 note on the glockenspiel in time to the music.

RE

• Special Books
• The Bible
• The Quran
• The Easter Story
• How do people celebrate Easter?

Outdoor Learning

The children will have access to our outdoor learning environment everyday and in all weathers! Please make sure they bring a coat to school everyday and have a pair of wellingtons that stay at school.

The children will be developing language and communication as well as learning to work as a team, taking turns and negotiating plans using the outdoor resources. We will be using not only our outdoor area but schools’ extensive grounds including the wilderness area.

How you can support at home

Sharing stories daily, practicing letter formation, singing number songs/nursery rhymes and counting. Using the flashcards in your child’s reading pack to learn the sounds. Using the red word flash cards to help your child learn the words by sight. Writing in your child’s reading record each time they read their guided reading book at home. We can’t wait to give out more certificates for 50 reads at home and 100 read certificates.

Thank you for your continued support

The EYFS Team

Mrs Benson, Mrs Wilson, Miss Price and Mrs Foster