Ladybirds are a fun loving, energetic and enthusiastic class that love to learn new exciting things. We will be having lots of fun exploring a range of themes and lessons, enabling us all to build relationships and explore new friendships in our new school. We hope you enjoy looking at our page and seeing all our lovely photos!
Love
Ladybirds, Hannah, Becca and Sophie
Autumn term 1
Curriculum
This half term our topic will be 'Muck, mess and mixtures'. We will be learning through creativity.
We will be making our own colour monster, exploring colours and emotions and celebrating Halloween with our last story before half term. We will also be focusing upon our fine motor skills during our art and cookery lessons.
Literacy
In Literacy the books we will cover this half will be 'Colour monster goes to school ' 'The day the crayons quit' and 'Monster Max shark Spaghetti'. Sensory props, food, songs and puppets will be used to encourage the children to engage with the stories. We will be using lots of colours, slime, spaghetti and puppets this half term.
Maths
This half term we will focus some of our time on looking at Heavy and light objects, Positional language and Numbers. We will also be focusing our time on our individual maths boxes as always to consolidate our learning.
Theme
During our topic lessons we will be looking at creativity, and how we can be creative and experimental ? We will also be looking at famous artists, science experiments, treasure hunts and exploring the forest school.
PE
P.E. sessions take place each Wednesday afternoon for Ladybirds class. Please ensure a full PE kit is brought to school and that items are clearly labelled to avoid confusion. Swimming sessions will take place on a Thursday morning. ( I will inform you when this will start)
This half term in PE we will be practicing our balancing skills and star jumps.
Cookery
We do cookery every Monday afternoon, please let us know if your child has any food allergies, and this half term to continue with our creativity topic and we will be making rainbow cookies, sandwiches, decorating biscuits and making colourful fruit salads.
What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside.Story about a ladybird at the Sea side - A rhyming story. The pupils explored various sea creatures and materials e.g. water, shells, seaweed
Exploring Sand - exploring the texture of wet and dry sand
What the Ladybird HeardStory about what the Ladybird heard. Ladybirds decorated stones to make their own ladybird.
Ladybirds Celebrating Environmental Awareness Day - Planting seeds and Potatoes.
The Hungry CaterpillarStory of how a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly - Ladybirds enjoyed exploring the fruits used to support this story. Pupils decorated paper plates to make various insects including a beautiful butterfly.
Painting Butterflies:
Happy New Year Ladybirds
We hope you have all had a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.
We hope that you enjoy looking at all our exciting lessons and topics that we are going to be learning about this year. We will have half termly topics as a focus for our lessons. This year, our lessons will include English, Maths, Science, Theme (this includes history, geography, Art and DT), Phonics, RE, Computing, PSHE, Swimming, Cookery, PE and all the extra activities that will come throughout the year. We also learn through activities inside and outside the classroom. Enjoy our class page.
As we start our Spring Term 1 a lot of us we be learning at home.
Please keep looking at our class page which will be updated regularly.
Home Learning Packs will be available to pick up from school on Thursday 7th January. If you require more work or need to speak to one of the Ladybirds Team please phone school on on 0151 222 4894.
Keep safe and well
from
Team Ladybirds
To start the term we hope you enjoy the story
"While We Can't Hug Story' a story linking to social distancing and what you can do instead of hugging your friends and loved ones
While we cant hug
While We Cant Hug.An adorable story about how to show someone you love them whilst maintaining social distancing,
Hello songsWe like to start the day with a Hello song or two, we look for our photographs and look at ourselves in the mirror, maybe pull a funny face !
Set 1- Lesson 3
We start the week with a phonics lesson, and look at a new sound each week. keep talking about the sound and looking for things beginning with the sound throughout the week.
Some worksheets to support writing or mark making with the phonics sound
Sensory musicWednesday afternoon should be swimming, why not try some massage, sensory music and maybe a footspa or bubble bucket
Bubble foamWednesday afternoon, if quiet time isn't for you, why not try some lovely sensory bubble foam, mark making and drawing shapes in the foam is a great idea.
Music ManiaThursday afternoon is theme, this week we can look at making music
How could you say "hello" to your friends and family you can't hug right now?
Write a letter
Make a card
Wave to them!
Sing a song/dance
Make them a video!
Make them a beautiful picture
A Big Welcome Back to Ladybirds Class
Welcome back Ladybirds its lovely to be back at school. For the rest of this half term we will continue with our Theme 'Memory Box'.
Literacy - will include some traditional tales as well as our usual phonic lessons. Maths- will include 1:1 work working on your individual targets. Continue to look at our class page which will include photographs of our learning sessions.
Charlie and Lola - I will not ever, never eat a tomato! 🍅
This week our story and learning ideas will be linked to Scrumdiddlyumptious foods. Read or listen to the story every day.
Activities and worksheets to support literacy lessons
Phonics - Read Write Inc. Objects are used to support Power Point. Can you find the picture on your mat? Say the name of the letters. What sound does the letter make?
Fire Work PartyCBeebies Firework Party (Razzle Dazzle) - Enjoy!
As Part of our Bon Fire Celebrations it was planned to make some apple pops! These are simple to make. melt the chocolate (not too hot) then dip the apple that is on a lollipop stick into the soft chocolate. Cover the apple with the chocolate then sprinkle coloured sprinkles onto the apple. Mmmm! delicious.
Chocolate Pop Apples - Delicious and simple to make.
Home Time - Children are encouraged to get their own coats and bags
Autumn Term 2
This half term Ladybirds theme is 'Memory Box'.
During this 'Theme' we will cover - Ladybirds class when they were babies.
Foods past and present - What did our grandparent eat?
Famous people starting with Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.
Leading up to looking at toys past and present - Then focusing on Christmas Traditions.
Literacy - This half term our stories will include : Peepo, Dogger, Old Bear and Traditional Tales.
We will focus on Nursery rhymes.
Maths - We will be working towards pupils individual maths targets. We will be introducing shops linked to our theme.
To all our little Ladybirds. We hope you have a safe and happy half term holiday and we will see you soon.
The Ladybirds Team x
To all our Ladybirds at home, we are thinking about you and hope you all stay safe and well. Whilst you are at home keep watching our class page where you will find some activities to do on a daily basis.
Wednesday Daily Routine
Individual Education Plan Work - Shared Reading followed by the Tidy Up song
5 speckled frogsSimple counting and subtraction song. - Pause the song and allow your child to count and subtract use a number line to allow your child to answer "How Many"
Goodbye SongsA selection of songs which signify home time.
Time for Home
A HUGE welcome back to school Ladybirds.
We are extremely proud of how you have all transitioned back into school. School is a little different this year. To help you cope with the small changes in school please share the booklet and power point we have included ( below ) at home.
We hope that you enjoy looking at all our exciting lessons and topics that we are going to be learning about this year. We will be learning through lots of practical activities and sensory play. We will have half termly topics as a focus for our lessons. This year, our lessons will include English, Maths, Science, Theme, Phonics, RE, Computing, PHSE, Swimming, Cookery, PE . We also learn through activities inside and outside the classroom.
Enjoy our class page
Autumn Term 1:
On returning to school our focus has been on Mental Health and Well Being. We have taken part in ' Over the Rainbow Month' activities. We have participated in exercise, yoga classes and have looked at healthy eating. In Ladybirds we enjoy our sensory sessions which include relaxation music, foot spa's and massage.
Our Theme for the rest of the term is 'Beat, Band, Boogie'.
Ladybirds are enjoying exploring musical instruments. Each week we take part in a 'Charanga' music programme listening to and playing along to some favourite songs.
P.E. consists of lots of Music and Movement - (our warm up song is included below)
Maths - Lots of Number Rhymes, we are also looking at money.
Our two stories for this half term include Movement and Rhyme. (follow the link below - From Head to Toe and Pass the Jam Jim)
Whilst school is closed we will be uploading activities on a daily basis. We will include songs and activities that are used in school to support your child's daily routine. It is important that all our children remain happy, safe and secure.
Number songThis song is used to signify Maths is about to start
General Class Information
Home School Dairies
We ask families and carers to return the Home School diary each day, as this will enable the class staff to provide comments and information about you child's day in school. If there are particular things you wish to be informed about, please speak with the class teacher.
Individual Education Plans
These set out the priority educational targets that your child is working on for the term. IEPs are updated each term and sent home. If there is anything that you would particular like us to be working on please just let us know.
Reading Books
All children and young people are encouraged to engage in reading and develop a love of stories. We have a wide range of reading books, sensory books and big books to support the learning style and levels for each child. Every Friday, your child will receive a new reading book and this will be sent home with them to enjoy with you over the weekend. Please encourage your child to engage with the characters and stories and fill in the reading record to let your child'd class staff know how they have gotten on and the please return to school on the Monday morning.
Magic Moment Books
Your child will also be sent home a Magic Moments Book. This is an exciting way to share all the wonderful things that your child does at home. Its also a way to record special moments, anything that your child does for the first time and anything that they enjoy doing. We would also love it if you could send the book back in at the end of a half term or after a holiday so that we could share your child's amazing achievements.
Class Funds
We kindly request that you send in £2 a week. This contributes to any weekly resources such as sensory, cooking and snack that class might need.
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