Tigers - Foundation Stage 2
Welcome to Tigers!
Our class teacher is Mrs MacDonald.
Mrs Howe is our teaching assistant on a Monday and a Tuesday.
Mrs Workman is our personal care assistant.
Important information about Tiger Class
PE: All children will have P.E on Wednesday. Please make sure that your child is wearing their P.E kit to school and that any jackets/hoodies are labelled. If you have earrings please take them out or cover them with plasters and tie long hair up.
Homework: All children are expected to read 4 times per week. Reading rewards are also given at the end of each half term for children who have read 25 times or more over the half term.
Open Door is on a Thursday morning 8.40-8:55
Reading Books: Your child's reading book will be changed once a week on a Friday. Please make sure children bring their book to school each day.
All about Tiger Class
In Tiger Class we always try our best and have a go even when it's tricky. We love a challenge and understand it's ok to make mistakes, that just shows we're learning! We are kind to all our friends in Tiger Class and we like to help each other. We're all superstars!
Our Learning Challenge for this term is...
Our Learning this half term will be based around the topic of ‘Our Wonderful World. In Understanding the World we will be learning about plants and growing our own beanstalk! In Past and Present will also be learning about the monarch Queen Elizabeth II. In Expressive Arts and Design we will be learning about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. We will then create our own daffodil drawing inspired by her artwork. During Music sessions, we will be following the Charanga Music scheme. We will listen and respond to different styles of music and explore and create (pulse, rhythm and pitch) using voices and instruments. In Computing we will be learning what an algorithm is and will practise our programming skills by using the beebots. In RE, the F2 children will learn about the Christian celebration Easter.
Our special stories are ‘Jack And The Beanstalk’, ‘There's A Dragon In My Book’ and 'The Easter Story'. We are very excited to continue our Drawing Club Journey. Each week we will read one of the stories and then create our own characters and adventures based on them. We will use our phonics knowledge to write labels and codes linked to our drawings. In our daily phonics sessions, we will learn the Phase 3 letter sounds and how to blend and segment these sounds in words.
We take a mastery approach to maths. Focusing on a number over two weeks to gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of each number. We will be counting, recognising and ordering these numbers. We will also be finding numbers that are one more/less and learning how to partition the numbers to help us to add and subtract them. We will also learn to name and talk about 2D and 3D shapes and their properties.
In their weekly P.E sessions the F2 children will take part in Balanceabilty sessions. This is where we will develop our skills when using the balance bikes. The children will also be taking part in Chinese dancing. They will join in with daily wake & shake and yoga to help to improve their core strength, balance and coordination. The children also have access to a wide range of ourdoor equipment which they can access on a daily basis during free flow.
Our Jigsaw theme this half term is ‘Healthy Me’ and the children will be discussing how we can lead a healthy lifestyle.
Our British Value focus is Mutual Tolerance. We will learn about this through a range of stories and by discussing our school rules in more detail.
We will continue to take part in our Well-Being Wednesday sessions to help us to learn how we can look after our well-being and mental health.
Our bus ride on a London Bus
Christmas Sing-a-long with Elsa
Christmas Party
Christmas Brass Band
Visit From Santa
Christmas crafts
Diwali
Life Bus
Visit to Clipstone Allotments
Mark making morning
First week in Tiger Class
Learning Activities
Below are some useful links for at home learning.