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Palace Wood

Primary School

From little acorns, mighty oaks grow

Year R

Welcome to EYFS! Our classes are Maple and Beech

Maple Class Teachers: Mrs Uttridge and Miss Gower

Beech Class Teachers: Mrs Finch and Mrs Cormode

EYFS Teaching Assistants: Miss Holliday, Miss Gilks and Miss Baker

Term 4

Welcome to Term 4 in EYFS! We hope you are all well rested after the half term break.  

Please continue to ensure your children arrive at school with suitable clothing for the weather.  As always, please also ensure everything that comes to school is clearly named. 

This term, as in term 3, the children will be exploring independent tasks as well as guided learning with an adult during English and maths time. The children have risen to this challenge in addition to their curiosity time where they are led by their own interests.

In EYFS this term we will be learning about ‘Changes’.​

This will include learning about how the world changes around us, what seasonal changes we can see, how we change and how animals or insects change.

This term we will be exploring a range of texts to support our learning.  These include ‘Once There Were Giants’, ‘Stanley’s Stick’ and ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

In maths, the children will be learning about time, building 9 and 10 and exploring 3-D shapes. 

We will be continuing with our phonics groups. If your child brings home a Read, Write Inc book, they will have practiced this book throughout the week at school. As it is a book that is familiar to them, they might be able to read it at home with increased fluency.

All children will continue to bring home a “sharing” book each week, for you to read with or to your child, as well as a Read, Write Inc. phonics book for them to read to you. ​

A phonics homework sheet will be sent out every Friday.

Our PE day this term will be on a Thursday.  Please ensure children are dressed in their P.E. kits with any earrings removed.   

Please see the Learning Overview below for more information about the Term 4 curriculum.