Little Shells

Spring Term in Little Shells

Our Little Shells begin the new term by exploring the seasonal changes around us. We look at winter and the effect this has on the environment and living things. We learn how to protect ourselves from the cold weather and we learn how to help the birds survive in the winter months.

We explore the polar regions, learning about arctic animals and indigenous people. We learn about freezing and melting processes and create some wonderful winter mobiles to hang in our garden as part of a science experiment.

We explore a range of winter themed stories, including ‘Say Hello to the Snowy Animals’ and ‘Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear’ and complete a range of cross curricular activities linked to these.

In Maths we explore and build with shapes and objects, explore pattern, compare amounts and work with numbers 1, 2 and 3.

The celebration of Chinese New Year will provide some nice crafting opportunities as well as developing our knowledge and understanding of celebrations around the world. Chinese New Year also links nicely to our exciting topic about castles and dragons!

In RE, we look at Celebrations, both at home and as a church family. We will join reception class for their class Celebration of the Word sessions, and we welcome parents to join us for our half termly stay and pray sessions.

Later in the term we will enjoy listening to a range of traditional tales and will explore them through a range of creative and role-play activities.

In RE we will think about times in which we gather – to worship, learn, celebrate and play. We think about how our mothers are special to us and we showed how much we love and appreciate them by making colourful Mother’s Day cards.

Tips on how to help your child's learning during the Spring Term:

• Use these questions to talk about winter at home:
• What is the weather today?
• What should we wear outside today?
• Can you describe how it feels?
• What can you see?
• What colours can you see?
• What has happened to the leaves on the trees?
• What are your favourite things to do in winter?
• How could we help the birds during winter?
• Enjoy a cosy story with your child at the end of each day.

In addition to supporting a calm and relaxing bedtime routine, a bedtime story can help children to develop early literacy skills, build vocabulary, develop emotional understanding, promote imagination and curiosity. Even 5–10 minutes helps with all of this!

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