Anning Class Term 5 - April to May 2026

Curriculum Focus

This term our topic focus is all about our community. We will be exploring our homes and how they are similar and different to other peoples. We will also be investigating the village of Tackley and all of the wonderful buildings within it. As part of this topic we will learn about people who help us in our community and we will consider ways in which we can help the community.

At the end of the term we will be visiting our local church and learning about important Christian objects and how the church is used by the Christian Community.

 

Early Literacy

Our class texts this term will be based around communities. These will include;

• · Owl babies by Martain Waddell
• · Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak

We will also be exploring non-fictional texts when researching and learning about different homes, buildings and people who help us.

Our writing will focus on using sounds we have learnt in our Phonics sessions to spell words and this will led onto writing a simple sentence. We will also be thinking about how to use finger spaces to help space our words out so it is easier for us to read back. Everyone will be building on their fine motor skills through fun play based activities and Reception children will be perfecting their letter formation through daily practise sessions.

One of the most important things children in Anning Class can do at home is share a book with someone (this could be being read to at bedtime or sitting and chatting about a book and telling the story verbally using the pictures as an aid). Research states that ‘daily reading can have a profound impact on a child's literacy skills and overall attitude towards reading’. Sharing a book with your child for 10 to 15 minutes a day (if your schedule allows) will have a positive impact on your child’s language and literacy skills and will expose them to the rich language and ideas we find in books that they cannot access independently.

 

Early Maths

In Maths Nursery children will be ordering and learning to form numbers 0 to 5. Nursery children will also be solving simple number problems involving amounts 0 to 5.

In Reception this term children will continue to explore 2D and 3D shapes with more focus on the arrangement and composition of shapes. Reception children will also be subitising and exploring the composition of numbers up to 10 through our Mastery Maths scheme of work. Most of our work will be practical but children will start to be encouraged to record their thinking and workings out in different ways.

We will also continue to solve Maths problems and wherever possible ‘real life’ problems will be explored and discussed.

 

Homework

Home learning ideas will be set each Friday on the ‘Weekly roundup’ sheet that will be uploaded onto Google Classroom. Phonics and Handwriting homework will also be set on Google Classroom on Fridays when applicable. Children are welcome to bring things they do at home into school to put on our homework board or alternatively photos can be uploaded onto Google Classroom and sent to us directly. We would love to celebrate all of your wonderful work and see anything that you do manage to do at home.

Home learning will normally consist of sharing books with others at home, a phonics task, a practical handwriting activity and a fun task linked to our Maths focus of the week.

 

Wow moments

Wow moments will be sent home at the start of each term. Please fill these in if your child has done something amazing that we can add to their learning journal and celebrate. This could be anything from riding their bike for the first time to getting dressed completely by themselves.

 

Forest School

Forest School will continue to take place on a Tuesday afternoon. Children need to bring in wellington boots to change into for Forest School on this day (if they are not already kept in school) and appropriate clothing linked to the weather that day, for example, hats and gloves if it is cold and sun hats and sun cream. We have school waterproof coats and trousers the children can wear for Forest School but if they would prefer their own they may also bring these in.

 

PE

PE will continue to take place every Monday and Wednesday this term. We ask that children come to school in their PE kit on these days. PE kit should include a t-shirt to match the colour of the house they are in, jogging bottoms or shorts and trainers.

 

Magical me

In Anning Class we are going to continue with our ‘Magical me’ sessions where it is your child’s time to shine and share information with us. Magical me (show and tell) will take place each Tuesday afternoon and a few children will be selected each week to bring something in related to their ‘favourite person’ to talk about with the whole class (no living things or very expensive valuables please).

Magical me has proven to be a wonderful experience in many schools and really helps children develop in confidence to speak to their peers and share information. It also develops children’s speaking and listening skills as they also ask and answer questions linked to the items brought into class.

 

We know that this term will be a fun packed time and children will enjoy all the wonderful things that we have planned for them.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or queries.

 

Many thanks

Anning Staff