Welcome to the Ospreys Class! 



Staff

Teacher: Hannah Simpkin

TAs: Thomas Winterburn and Danielle Woodlock

Mid Day Leader: Hannah Wynn


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Hairy, Scary Beast

Our theme this half term has been ‘Hairy Scary Beasts’.

This half term we have enjoyed exploring in our Understanding the World sessions, where we have been exploring Seasons, Animals and using different technologies both on the screen and IPads. During Awe and Wonder we have looked at the Chinese New year, where we explored different red textures, Chinese food exploration and also used the dressing up box to explore different clothes.

Our Sensory story, ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ has been super fun to explore. We have enjoyed feeding the caterpillar, exploring the sensory food tray and mark making on fruit, caterpillars, and butterflies. Some of us have used words from the story to read and used felt-tips to mark make on the caterpillar over -writing patterns. We loved exploring the light tray with props linked to the story.

We have particularly loved our Attention Autism sessions at stage 3, where we have been joining in with apple printing caterpillars, 5 green bottles and even used shaped card to paint and create a dragon for Chinese New year!

For Early Maths exploration we have been exploring different number songs, number and sorting games on the IPads and also using small world figures to colour sort into coloured cups and bowls using tweezers. 

We have done some super learning!

We hope you have had a lovely half term,

Thank you,

From the Ospreys


Follow along with this half term’s Signalong video!

Signalong

At Kingfisher we use Signalong as a part of a Total Communication Approach, we are constantly using core vocabulary with the children to support their language development and then through each of our topics we introduce new signs and language, which extends their vocabulary further. We also have two “Signs of the Week” which helps maintain and extend key knowledge and skills of everyday vocabulary.

Each half term we will be creating a short video showcasing and demonstrating signs relavent for the current term so that you can learn the signs and further this learning at home.

Click play to watch this half terms Signalong video!


Lunchtime

If your child has a school dinner, the school menus can be accessed by clicking here. For children who bring a packed lunch, please remember to provide healthy and balanced options. We are a Healthy School and will be focusing on healthy eating and how children can make healthy lifestyle choices.


How You Can Help at Home

The following activities are suggested as appropriate homework activities which you can enjoy with your child and reinforce the learning, we are focussing on this half term.

Our theme this half term is ‘Food Glorius Food.’

Early English/Communication – 

  • Share nursery rhymes/ action rhymes together. Can your child join in? Can they find their head? 
  • Can they request a song by pointing on YouTube or verbally saying which one they want?
  • Encourage your child to make requests by looking and touching, verbally or using sign. Can your child begin to use ‘I want…?’
  • Can you use exciting toys to attract your child’s attention? Can they ask for more through vocalisations, verbally requesting, touching?
  • Can your child mark make or make patterns or letters in sensory food exploration like jelly crystals, flour, icing yogurt?

Early Maths – 

  • Can your child match colours of toys? Can they get the red strawberries on one plate and the green apple slices on another? 
  • Have a tea party, can your child put a piece of sandwich or cake one each plate? Can they put 1 spoon in each cup? Can they request more?
  • Can you use biscuits to stack? You can ask for one of them? And then ask for more? Can your child pass you objects with request? Which hand has 1 biscuit, and which has lots?
  • Big and small. Can your child choose the small teddy from a choice of 2? 

Understanding of the World –

  • Can you make a picnic together? Can your child spread the jam or chop the banana? Can your child help to pour some water into a cup from a jug with support? Can you go outside on a blanket and spend some time outdoors?

Creative development-            

This half term we will be using malleable resources to sculpt and manipulate. Can you make 2 ingredient dough together in a bowl with a spoon?

You could make some handprint dough and let it set for a Mother’s Day gift.

You could use homemade yogurt paint to be creative and see what patterns you can make together? 

Thank you!

We hope you have lots of fun together!


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