Welcome back to Autumn 2!🍂

Little Look Back at Autumn 1 🦁🐘

We have had a fantastic first half term in Year R, exploring our topic “On Safari!”, inspired by the story Dear Zoo. The children have enjoyed finding out about different zoo animals, creating their own small-world safaris and getting stuck into lots of painting, creative activities and messy play.

We finished our topic with a special Safari Day, when the children went on their very own safari adventure around the school grounds! Armed with a map, they followed clues to discover hidden animals, including a tiger, an orangutan, a lion and many more, before finding some treasure at the end. We also enjoyed animal-themed games and challenges and even made our own safari-themed cakes!

What a wonderful first half term full of curiosity, imagination and exciting discoveries!

Coming Up in Autumn 2… ✨

This half term, we will be exploring our new topic “All About Me, Inside and Out”, discovering what makes each of us special and celebrating the things that make us unique.

Our Literacy Tree story is Amazing! and we will be going on an exciting adventure by adopting our very own mythical creature companions! 🐉 The children will have opportunities to name and describe their creatures, think about the things they can do, and explore their personalities and special qualities. We will be using our imaginations to create action captions, write a little sorry note, share positive affirmations and, eventually, create and retell our very own versions of the story!

We will also be continuing our My Happy Mind journey, celebrating how wonderful we all are. We will be thinking about what makes us special, recognising our own strengths, learning about kindness and exploring how we can show bravery, even when something feels a little tricky.

Of course, there will be plenty of Christmas excitement too! 🎄 We will be exploring why Christmas is such a special time for Christians, learning about the Nativity story and discovering the true meaning of Christmas. There will be lots of festive activities and preparations as we get ready for our very own Christmas celebrations.

We are looking forward to another exciting half term full of creativity, imagination, confidence and festive fun!

Please see Autumn 2 Topic Webs and Family Learning documents attached. 

Mrs Garrett