Dolphins

Welcome To Dazzling Dolphins

We are a Foundation 2 Class!

Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Please send your child in their PE kits on their PE days for the Spring Term.

Our topics are Time Travelling and Kings and Queens

In the Spring Term we will be learning all about the people who help us, things from the past and present and important people. We will be thinking about important people, looking at past and present vehicles, sorting different materials and baking.

Over the term we will be covering all of the seven Foundation Stage Areas of learning.

Writing

We will following Drawing Club and the Poetry Basket for our writing sessions. We will also be acting out stories and talking about the characters. In literacy will also be learning to recognise taught digraphs and tricky words. We will begin to write words representing the sounds.

Maths

In maths we will follow the White Rose Hub planning where we will be will looking at mass, capacity, length, height and time. We will also look at the numbers 6-10 and explore 3D shapes.

 Communication and Language

The children will be beginning to talk in sentences using conjunctions and ask questions to find out more. We will learn to use new vocabulary and re-tell a story. We are also following the Nottinghamshire Nursery Rhyme Progression and will be learning a new Nursery Rhyme each week.

Social, Emotional Development

 We follow the SCARF scheme and this term we are completing the 'Keeping Safe' and 'Rights and Respects' units. The children will be learning to recognise their own feelings and show resilience. We will also be participating in Take 5 and THRIVE sessions.

Physical Development

We will be participating in PE sessions delivered by our Coach Mr Wood as well as sessions from our PE scheme complete PE. The children will be able to control a ball, balance on a variety of equipment and jump and land safely.

Understanding the World

Within Understanding the World we will be covering History, Geography, Science, Computing and RE challenges. This half term we will exploring the past and present, features and observations of the environment and how to stay safe online. In RE we will learning about different religions and listening to different Jesus stories.

Expressive Arts and Design

We will be following the KAPOW scheme for our music sessions and we will be celebrating with music. In Art we will be looking at the artist Andy Goldsworthy. The children will explore different techniques for joining materials to make things.