Welcome to EY2!  Our class teacher is Mrs Catlin and our Teaching Assistants are Mrs Wilson, Mrs Draper, Mrs Costello, Miss Phillips and Miss Del-Rio Ferrari

In EY2, the Spring term is full of fun learning, more fun learning and even more fun learning!  The children are settled, happy and have started their learning journey with a sound knowledge of Level 2 phonics and key numeracy knowledge.  We are beginning to use our phonic learning in our writing and are gaining confidence to ‘give it a go’, embracing the School’s Christian Value of perseverance; being safe in the knowledge that the more we try, the better we will get at any task.  The children are resilient in the understanding that mistakes are positive, as they help us learn.  

Our teaching in the Spring term is carefully built on this newly acquired confidence and resilience and encourages children to love their learning and be as independent as they can be.  

In Literacy our topics this term are Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Stories in Spring 1; and, Growing and Being Healthy during Spring 2.  We will be teaching Level 3 phonics, looking at digraphs and trigraphs and we encourage children to use this knowledge in their writing during child initiated leaning and adult led learning.  

In Religious Education, we will be visiting our local Church, St. Augustine’s, to consolidate our learning about being unique and being baptised into God’s family and discussing the Christian story of Easter.  
  
In Maths, we continue our exploration of numbers, counting, looking at whole and parts of a number, including subitising and composition of these numbers.  We will also look at 3D shapes and will learning the mathematical language to describe these shapes as well as looking at measure and consolidating positional language. 
 
Each week in our Jigsaw sessions, the children explore a range of topics related to their personal, social, health and emotional development. We use books, role-play and circle time discussions to develop these vital aspects of your child’s learning.
 
The EY2 team really enjoy this term!  It is the term were we see the children flourish and grow significantly, becoming the even more amazing individual little learners they are! We look forward to enjoying sharing in this personal growth in partnership together and thank you for your continued involvement and support of our school and your child’s education.

My First Five Years

Scan the QR Code below for a great App which supports parents with children under five.  There are lovely activities, learning and more importantly, a fantastic list of 50 books that your child should read before they are five years old.  Miss Clifford (English Lead) and Mrs Catlin (Early Years Leader) have agreed that this is a comprehensive list of books, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as books covering diversity and emotional well being.   Download and take a peek!