Atlas Summer 2
Summer Term 2
We hope you had a great break for May half term and enjoyed some quality family time.
This term, our theme is ‘Under the Sea’ where we will explore the oceans and seas and what lies beneath. Our theme covers the following topics:
1 & 2. Fish and Fishing
3 & 4. Oceans and Seas
5 & 6. Mermaids and Pirates
7 & 8. Shipwrecks and Treasure
We will continue to upload our best moments on Tapestry but if you would like any more information, please do not hesitate to ask.
Nia, Meggan & Jenny x
Week 1 & 2
Happy Summer Term!
We have begun our Under the Sea topic this fortnight where we have explored fish and fishing. We have enjoyed using magnets to catch some fish, singing fishy counting songs, decorated colourful fish with pom poms and loving other fishy crafts.
In bucket time, we loved watching Jenny pop the fish uncovering the coloured water which was hidden inside, making big bubbles for our foil fish to swim around in, singing slippery fish and then acting out our fish splashing into the water. We have had a great time learning about fish in the water and have been able to learn some new vocabulary as a result.
In phonics this term, we are beginning to blend our initial phonics together to create words. In week 1, we learnt to blend ‘tap’ which was lots of fun. We enjoyed tapping on the drum, made our word with magnetic letters and wrote our word using sand, highlighters and on whiteboards. In week 2, we blended the word ‘dig’ where we loved digging in kinetic sand to find our sounds, pressing magnetic letters into playdough and finding the sounds using pebbles. We are loving blending our sounds and can’t wait to blend more throughout the term.
We have decided to bring back maths bucket this term, to help us understand and explore our mathematical concepts. Our focus this fortnight has been on shape where we have made tangram shapes, drawn around numicon and played a game of matching the shapes. We also read the story ‘big box of shapes’ and practiced copying the shapes that appeared in the book.
On Wednesday, our core word bucket focused on the words ‘help’ and ‘want’. We practiced our Makaton sign and then played a ‘can you help me’ activity as well as an ‘I want…’ activity.
In life skills this term, our focus is fruit. We had great fun making a delicious fruit salad in week 1 where we peeled and chopped different fruits then added them to a bowl with some squash which was very tasty. In week 2, we had a great time cutting shapes in melon slices. We all had a turn and then got to eat our yummy designs.
Week 3 & 4
Week 5 & 6
Week 7 & 8
