Willows
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Mr Guy SEND |
Mrs Hayward SENDTA |
Miss Connell SEND Support Staff |
Mrs Moylan SEND Support Staff |
Mrs Kaur SEND Support Staff |
Within our Willows setup, the children have already settled in fabulously. They are already following routines and structure allowing us to take part in a variety of topics, stories, and activities. Each day gives us the opportunity to explore through sensory play, selecting different tasks alongside complete our phonics, maths and writing challenges each day.
We Are All Different, is our first focus, giving us opportunity to learn about ourselves and each other. In circle time we sit talk about why the people in our lives are so special to us. This topic also includes, being unique. The Elmer series of books and The Rainbow Fish, both help us to delve further into our backgrounds and how we are all different.
A few weeks later, we read more about our bodies. We use the fantastic Funny Bones book to take us on an journey into learning about our bodies, discovering fascinating facts about our skeletons and the importance of staying healthy.
Willows seasonal topic brings us an adventure through Autumn. As part of our art activities, we have fun labelling colours, exploring senses that fill the air and making art with natural resources.
Further into the term we explore places around the world, comparing hot and cold, near and far as well as a selection of foods from around the world. Building up to stories about Christmas from different corners of the world; learning about how it's celebrated and traditions involved. This gives us chance to understand the world around us, create more art and designs, even expand our knowledge of the world we live in.
Below is our Half Termly Overview showing you Willows curriculum coverage.
Willows springs forward into Spring Term with adventures, exploration and worldwide-wildlife! Our set routines and structure allow us to take part in a variety of topics, stories, and activities. Each day gives us the opportunity to explore through sensory play, selecting different tasks alongside complete our phonics, maths and writing challenges each day.
We leave winter behind, with one more glance over our shoulders. Clothing, temperatures and heaps of snow to build snowmen in the garden (the snow day really helped)! Dressing up in scarves, gloves and hats (fine motor), talking colours that suits winter and looking further afield to Acrtic animals covered in white fur!
Learning more about Africa, gives us opportunity to learn about the vast landscapes, weather and climates and the areas of wildlife full of everyone's favourite animals. This topic also includes, improving our writing skills to include verbs (action words) and more description (adjectives) to help us build our longer phrases and sentences. 'Handa's Surprise' teaches us all about the some of the African animals and fruit, opening the door to food tasting, building landscapes and creating our own animals!
Weeks down the line, we read more about 'the time that land forgot', with our fabulous dinosaur topic. We take a journey back millions of years to discover all about the animals that roamed the earth - with their dangerous claws, sharp teeth and love for human underpants! Our topic book, 'Dinosaurs Love Underpants', is an exciting and jovial journey into the most feared carnivores of all time.
The second half of the term brings life cycles, houses and homes with a build up to Easter for the children. Exploring materials with 'Three Little Pigs', rhyming words and further writing opportunities with the classic 'Chicken Licken' and delving into the Christian celebration of Easter with traditions and discovery of the famous story behind this special event.
Below is our Half Termly Overview showing you Willows curriculum coverage.
