Busy Zone - Pre-School and Reception

  • Ms Emma Sumpter

    Class Teacher

  • Mrs Rosanna Nisbet

    Class Teacher

  • Mrs Natasha Butcher

    Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Karen Edwards

    Teaching Assistant

Busy Zone

 

Welcome to the Busy Zone, where the youngest children  begin their learning in school.

The children are encouraged to be strong independent learners. Following their interests and guided by positive adult support.

The classroom and outside area are full of rich learning opportunities for play and playful teaching.

The teaching staff ensure active and challenging experiences are explored fully.

We encourage the children to talk about their learning and to be reflective about the next steps along their learning journey.

 

  

Family Learning

Teach your monster to read!

A fun and interactive game to help children recognise and use phonics

Oxford Owl Reading - An excellent source of Phonics information and support, with the added advantage of free ebooks to download and share as a family.

Spring 2021

Tell us a tale.....

This terms topic is going to focus on stories, tales and fables, exploring a range of traditional and modern tales.   We will begin the term recapping the story of ‘Stick Man’ thinking about the world around us and how winter affects the local wildlife, helping them to prepare for the season ahead.  We will then move on to thinking about the weather.   Using the story ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ as a focus for exploration, we will make our own rain gauges and collect data on rainfall, as well as using water for some creative activities.  We will then use our understanding of weather to compare and contrast with the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’, exploring weather around the world and using the food within the story as a focus for D&T. In art we will be looking at colour mixing and collage (keep hold of those chocolate wrappers!). Using the story of the Mixed up Chameleon as an introduction, we will think about the different animals and their offspring as well as creating representations using colour mixing.  Finally, we end the term with the story of ‘Dogger’ thinking about our own favourite toys.  We will think about how toys have changed over time, looking a toys of the past and making our own timelines using family toys.

During the second half of the Spring Term, we will focus on more traditional tales.  Starting with The Three Billy Goats Gruff, we will think about story language and music, making our own accompaniments to the story.  In science, we will be learning about Materials and linking this with the story of The Three Little pigs, building our own houses and testing materials.  Finally, we will end the term with the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.