Mevagissey Primary School
Proud to be a part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust
EYFS
Welcome to Starfish - our YR/Y1 class!
Starfish is the first class the children join when they start their exciting journey of learning through Mevagissey School. Our learning is fun, engaging, challenging and encouraging. Our teachers are Mrs Hoare (class teacher) and Miss Gibson (TA)
This year, the Reception children are mixed with Year 1, so are fortunate enough to have some older role-models to help and guide them on their learning journey.
Spring 2
I wonder how it grows...
This open ended topic, will take us on adventures into our local environment, learning about a famous plant hunter called George Forrest, who worked at Caerhayes Castle. The children will explore sources of evidence that will help them answer questions about who George Forrest was and why he was famous. This topic may lead the children to think about where they have been on journeys and what features they have seen on their journeys in the locality and beyond. They will use their own experiences to begin thinking about how he travelled the world in the past. The children will be learning about the plants, naming parts of a plant and investigating how they grow. They will observe the work of Van Gogh and experiment with colour mixing when recreating his Sunflowers painting . The children will continue to support their fine motor skills development by carrying out woodwork projects.
Number - White Rose Maths
Reception (EYFS)
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Alive in 5 – 2 weeks Growing 6,7,8 – 3 weeks Building 9 and 10 – 1 weeks |
Building 9 and 10 – 2 weeks Length, Height and time– 2 weeks Mass and capacity – 1 weeks How many now? – 1 week |
Consolidation
Each day, we will talk about the date and temperature. The children will begin applying our understanding for numbers to identify whether the date/ temperature more or less than the previous day. They will pay for their fruit each starting at 1p initially.
Year 1
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
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Place Value – 3 weeks Addition and Subtraction – 3 weeks |
Addition and Subtraction – 3 weeks Place Value – 2 weeks Length and Height – 2 weeks Mass and Volume – 2 weeks |
Early Reading and Writing
Reception
The children will continue learning their Set 1 and Set 2 sounds. We will be focusing on continuing to develop our fine motor skills to support letter formations when writing labels, captions and sentences.
Year 1
Children will continue in their RWI groups each day and use their knowledge of Set 2 and 3 sounds to develop their reading and writing. They will apply and develop these skills when writing in sentences independently building a knowledge for writing in different genres, as well as continuing to develop an understanding for adjectives and verbs. The children will begin to understand similes and conjunctions in their writing.
Novel Study/ Drawing Club
Being a 'Novel Study School', we will develop a love of books through Drawing Club. We hope this will allow the children to develop a love for familiar texts and develop using a range of new exciting vocabulary, as well as beginning to apply their phonics skills taught in RWI. Children will be continue the 'joy' of writing through carefully chosen books/ animations that will enhance and develop their vocabulary during each 1 week focus. The books chosen for Drawing Club will also be carefully selected to allow the children follow their interests whilst exploring themes such as; healthy relationships, cultures and the wider world.
Children will continue to choose their favourite story (choice of 2 books a day) at the beginning of each day, which we will listen to before lunch. We will also listen to 3 other stories from our familiar text pallet, during the day, to again develop a love for familiar books and enjoy more new exciting vocabulary as well as embedding the British Value: Democracy
We will continue to visit the school library once a week, so the children can carry on making independent selections for the pictures books they wish to take home and share with an adult.
Sharing achievements
Seesaw - We use Seesaw to communicate and share amazing moments in class, but you can also use this to send us 'WOW' moments from home too!
Homework - Starfish Class
With an adult
Reception
- Sharing a library book with an adult
- Reading and writing red 'tricky' words
- Watch RWI videos sent from the Virtual Classroom
- Reading our RWI books 4 times a week at home
Year 1
- Reading and writing red 'tricky' words
- Reading RWI books 5 times a week at home
- Practicing weekly spellings
- Completing Maths homework (Hand in on Wednesday for marking)
Independently
- Dressing and Undressing
- Putting on and doing up our coats
- Putting our shoes on the correct feet
- Using cutlery to eat out dinner independently
- Cleaning our teeth
- Asking for help when we need it
