Welcome to Early Years
Class Teachers
Ms Methven
Mrs Negus
Teaching Assistants
Miss Mizon
Mrs Juniper
Please click here for the Summer 1 Curriculum Plans
Home Learning: Given out on Fridays
PE: Wednesday
Forest school: Starting on 5th November
Children need their planner and reading book every day
At Andrews Lane School we follow the Little Wandle systematic synthetic phonics programme. Please click on the link for information for parents, the resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters.
The children have been using their observation skills to look carefully at daffodils and then create their own Spring paintings. they then displayed their paintings in the classroom for all to see. Well done children.
In Forest School this week we went on a Spring walk looking for clues that spring was on its way. We found lots of clues, daffodils in bloom, crocus growing, buds and blossom on trees, birds singing as well as catkins on the silver birch tree.
The children then had some time to explore and play in the woods.
We are hoping next week we will see even more signs of spring.
WB: 27.1.2025
The children have all had their teeth checked by the dentist when they visited and now do daily brushing after lunch. They make sure that they brush each side, as well as the back of their teeth. This is done whilst listening to a 2 minute song. Well done - keep up the good work.
It has been a busy time in Early Years. The children put on a fantastic Christmas performance, we definitely have some budding actors and singers. Well done to you all.
They enjoyed their Christmas dinner with friends and were beyond excited when we had a visit from Father Christmas. Luckily all the children were on the good list and received a gift. Thank you Father Christmas for visiting us at Andrews Lane.
The Early Years would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
The children are really beginning to enjoy writing and are applying their phonic knowledge when spelling. It is great to hear them segmenting words and then blending to read the word back.
There has been lots of list writing this week and the children have been wearing their magic writing glasses to help them.
The Early Years children went on their first Forest School walk to find leaves.
They had listened to story of Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert and we had talked about why all the leaves were changing colour and falling from the trees. The children enjoyed finding all the colours, especially the red ones which were a bit harder to find.
We then took our leaves back to the classroom where the children created beautiful autumn crowns and their own leaf man images.
The children have been exploring number. They have been counting and ordering numbers and then matched amounts. Well done reception. .
The children have been practising their mark making skills. They have been able to copy the patterns shown and enjoyed sharing their work.
Reading and role play
The children have been doing well with their phonic learning and are now beginning to blend sounds. Well done!
They have also been listening to the story of The Three Little Pigs and then acting it out. It was great to see how confident they were and how well they remembered the story.