Language & Literacy Talking and Listening

· Recount own experiences, using some detail to help the listener, e.g. who, when, where, what

· use props to stimulate and assist the development of language, e.g. puppets, toys, story sacks

· use an extended range of vocabulary, e.g. new words acquired from reading and shared experiences Writing

· apply knowledge of letter/sound correspondences in helping the teacher to scribe and re-read what the class has written;

· write labels, captions and short sentences for pictures and drawings;

· experiment with writing and recognise how their own version matches and differs from conventional versions Reading

· use knowledge of familiar texts to re-enact or re-tell stories

· locate and read significant parts of the text, e.g. picture captions, names of key characters, rhymes and chants

· read aloud familiar texts showing awareness of the need to read with expression, intonation and pace. Phonics

· Learning the skills of blending, segmenting and phoneme manipulation using sounds ‘ch, sh, th, wh’

· Use phonic knowledge to read and write simple regular words and make phonetically plausible attempts at longer or more complex words.

World Around Us (Topic Work) -

Our topic this half term is ‘Hip Hop Hooray…Let’s go on holiday!’. We will be:

• Talking and listening about our holiday destinations and locating these on a map.
• Packing a suitcase for our holidays, discussing sun and water safety.
• Making a boat and investigating how well it can float when the water is calm and when waves are made.
• Comparing and contrasting weather around the world and activities we do at the beach today and in the past.
• Recognising our five senses and how we can use these senses at the seaside.