Welcome to Moon Class

Class Teacher: Ms Hedington

TA: Ms Martin
Moon Class email address: moon@kafed.org.uk

Swimming Day- Every Monday
Children will need in a separate bag- towel- swimming suit/trunks/costume- swimming hat.
PE - Every Wednesday
Children will come into school wearing black joggers/shorts, white polo/tshirt, suitable black/white trainers. Water bottles please.
Chn will not be changing into their PE kits at school. 

Book Focus- Every Week
Each week we will be looking at a new book in class and I will upload the story clip on here so children can continue their learning at home. There will be a phrase children can try to join in with and discussion points/ activities uploaded below for you to try and do with your child at home.  
English/Phonics and Maths 
Click on the stars below for more interactive games/activities/videos to support learning at home.

In Summer 2 we will be focussing on...

• Children talk about the season summer and can compare the seasons.
• Children reflect on their learning journeys. 
• Children participate in adult led activities to support transition into year 1.
• Children begin to reflect on their work/models/artwork and think how they could make it better or self-correct mistakes.
• Children are independent in most areas of learning and will find ways to support them to complete a task e.g. visual aids.
• Children continue to use mathematical/topical/science language in free play confidently, to describe and/or categorise objects, to impart their knowledge e.g. with animals, sizes, weight, capacity.

In Summer 1 we will be focussing on...

See below for our Spring 2 newsletter- to see an overview of what we got up to this term and what will be happening in Summer 1

Week commencing: 17.7.23

Graduation ceremony MONDAY 17th :  9-9.30
We will be looking at the book Snail and the Whale this week and talking about how we can look after the planet and animals. 

Week commencing: 10.7.23

We have been looking at the book 'SPLASH!' this week.

We have started our final topic of seaside/ underwater. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"will you come and play in the waves with me?"

" And she wants to splash with somebody!"

Talk about what you would do at the beach and what you would bring to the beach with you?

Week commencing: 4.7.22

We have been looking at the book 'Tiddler' this week.

We have started our final topic of seaside/ underwater. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"sorry I'm late" " TIDDLER'S LATE!"

Talk about the sea animals in the stories - their names, what they look like, any special characteristics. 

Week commencing: 26.6.23

We have been looking at the book 'Dear Zoo ' this week.
This is the last week we are learning about farm animals, zoo animals and pets. 

Next week we will be focussing on our seaside/underwater topic. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"so I sent him back" 

As a challenge try and categorise these animals to where you will find them- on a farm, zoo, house ( pet) 

horse, crocodile, tiger, pig, dog, cat, giraffe, sheep, fish, lion, elephant, goat, hamster, hippo, chicken etc..

Match up the adult to the offspring: foal, sheep, horse, lamb, cat, goat, kitten, kid, pig, dog, calf, duck, puppy, piglet, cow, duckling, chicken, chick

Week commencing: 19.6.23

We have been looking at the book 'Squash and a Squeeze ' this week.
For the next few weeks we will be looking at farm animals, zoo animals and pets. 
We will also be learning about what baby farm animals are called and part of your half term challenge was to try and find out this.

What is a baby called pig/ horse/ cow/ rabbit/dog/cat/ goat/ duck/ chicken called?

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"Wise old man won't you help me, please? My house is squash and a squeeze" 

and see if they can join in with the animal noises

Week commencing: 12.6.23

We have been looking at the book 'What the ladybird heard on holiday ' this week.
For the next few weeks we will be looking at farm animals, zoo animals and pets. 
We will also be learning about what baby farm animals are called and part of your half term challenge was to try and find out this.

What is a baby called pig/ horse/ cow/ rabbit/dog/cat/ goat/ duck/ chicken called?

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"the ladybird never said a word" 

and see if they can join in with the animal noises

See if the children can draw their own zoo map. What animals would they like to put in their zoo. 

Bring it in and let me see! 

Week commencing: 5.6.23

WELCOME BACK! HOPE YOU HAD A LOVELY MAY HALF TERM!

We have been looking at the book 'What the ladybird heard ' this week.
For the next few weeks we will be looking at farm animals, zoo animals and pets. 
We will also be learning about what baby farm animals are called and part of your half term challenge was to try and find out this.

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"the ladybird never said a word" 

and see if they can join in with the animal noises

...' moo, cluck, hiss, quack, neigh, oink, baa, woof, meiow' 

See if the children can draw the map of the robbers plan, or why not try and hide some treasure/special toy in your home and draw a map to try and find it! 

Bring it in and let me see! 

Week commencing: 22.5.23

We have been looking at the book 'Twist and Hop Minibeast Bop' and ' superworm' 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child- try and spot the rhyming words in the story. 

Why not try and think of words that rhyme with cat? - dig? - sun? - pot? 

Remember rhyming words are words that sound similar and they normally end in the same sounds. 

Week commencing: 15.5.23

We have been looking at the books 'the Tiny Seed ' and 'Errol's Garden'

Why not watch the clips below, together with your child. 

We have been planning our own imaginary gardens where we have been talking about different things we can plant e.g. different flower seeds, fruits and vegetables. 

We have been learning new flower names e.g. poppy, sunflower, bluebells, lavender, pansies, daisy's, Lily's and daffodils. 

We made a flower using potato printing and we also let go of our 5 class butterflies! 
We watched them be a tiny little caterpillar, to a long fury caterpillar, turn into  a chrysalis and then turn into a beautiful symmetrical butterfly. We gave them sugary water and oranges for their food and then we set them free!  

Week commencing: 9.5.22

We have been looking at the books 'Sam plants a sunflower seed ' and 'Oliver's fruit salad/ Oliver's vegetables'

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

“but where are my big yellow sunflowers?"

We have been planting our own sunflowers seeds and following step by step instructions. 

1. Put soil in the pot

2. make a hole

3. add the seed

4. cover the seed with soil

5. water it and put it in sunlight

6. check it to see when it is growing 

Week commencing: 1.5.22

We have been looking at the books 'The very busy spider ' and ' The bad tempered ladybird' this week. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

 The Very Busy Spider

The noises the animal makes e.g. "“oink” “ baa!” etc… and 
'The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.' 

 The Bad Tempered Ladybird

See if they can read it with expression. 

Also talk about time- what do you do at different times of the day e.g. morning/ lunch/dinner. Why not try and play a time game below and continue learning about o'clock and half past. 

Week commencing: 24.4.22

We have been looking at the book 'The hungry caterpillar ' this week and ' The crunching munching caterpillar. We have been learning the life cycle of a butterfly. First it is an egg-caterpillar- chrysalis- butterfly and children have been acted this out as a form of dancing. We have also got our very own real caterpillars that we are looking after and will observe them over time. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

 The crunching munching caterpillar

"munch crunch" 

"well you can't" - in a strong demanding voice

 "I guess so"  - in a glum voice/ sigh 

See if they can read it with expression. 

 The hungry caterpillar 

...' but he was still hungry' 

Talk about the days of the week and healthy/unhealthy foods. 

Week commencing: 17.4.23

We will be looking at the book 'Ramadan Moon' this week and learning about the religion Islam. We will be learning about Muslims and how the celebrate Ramadan and Eid. We will learn about the Crescent moon, how Muslims give to the poor/charity, how they try to be kind, caring and polite and not get angry, how they fast ( don't eat in the day), how they pray, where they pray ( at home or in a mosque). When Eid comes they have a party, have hennas, have sweets, wear new clothes, have haircuts and have family members/ friends/visitors come over. 

We will be making our own mosques from the blocks or from drawing, making our own henna patterns. We will have a go at drawing the moon and star (symbol for Islam). We also will make our own crescent moon from tin foil in our art lesson. 

Eid Mubark! 

In Spring 2 we will be focussing on 

See below for our Spring 1 newsletter- to see an overview of what we got up to this term and what will be happening in Spring 2. 

See below for more weekly updates of what we got up to in Spring 2 :) 

Week commencing: 27.3.23

We are on our last week of our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales. Thankyou to everyone who bought in their fairy tale boxes. We enjoyed listening to the children retelling their fairy tale story using their box.

Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.

We have been looking at the book 'Princess and the Pea' and 'Hansel and Gretal' this week and children have been introduced to speech bubbles to also show someone is talking. 

Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories. 

Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books: 

Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?

Who is the baddie? 

Did you like the story? Why?

How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( love) (magic) 

Week commencing: 20.3.23

We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.

Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.

We have been looking at the book 'Cinderella' 'Rapunzel' and 'Snow White' this week and children have been introduced to speech bubbles to also show someone is talking. 

Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories. 

Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books: 

Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?

Who is the baddie? 

Did you like the story? Why?

How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals) ( love) ( magic) 

Princes/ knights, Princesses and Castles Interest! 

What a busy few weeks we have had developing some of the children's interest in castles, knights and princesses.

We learnt about different features of a castle- parapet, turret, moat, portcullis, drawbridge. 

The princesses designed their crown and then dressed up as a princess and learnt about how princesses act- being kind, patient, brave, respectful and helpful. 

The prince/knights designed and made their own shield and sword. 

We then roleplayed what it may be like in the past- history, how a castle may come under attack and we had to defend it. 

We had a ball/ feast at the castle and then enemies came to attack our castle! 

Check out our photos below! 

Life skills

We have also learnt about personal hygiene and how we can look after our bodies. 

We learnt how to blow/ wipe our noses, clean our bodies by washing the babies with soap and a sponge and how to dry them after, wash our hands ( watch the clip also below to learn the correct way to wash them- become a germ buster !) we also looked at our school washing machine where we wash items of clothing.  

Why not try and help do the washing at home with your parent/carer  e.g. putting the clothes in the washing machine, or taking them out, putting the clothes out to dry or pairing up the socks, or putting the clothes back in your cupboard/drawers. ? 

Week commencing: 13.3.22

We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.

Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.

We have been looking at the book Jack and the beanstalk and 'The enormous turnip' this week and children have been joining in with the stories and adding expressions. 

From Jack and the beanstalk- "FEE FI FO FUM" 

From The enormous turnip-  " ...but the turnip didn't budge" 

Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories. 

Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books: 

Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?

Who is the baddie? 

Did you like the story? Why?

How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals) 

We are trying to grow our own beans! 

We put a bean seed in a bag, put a wet tissue in there and hung it up by the window for sunlight. 

Let's see if it will get as tall as Jack's beanstalk! 

Week commencing: 6.3.23

We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.

Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.

We have been looking at the book Three Little Pigs' and 'Three Billy Goats Gruff' this week and children have been joining in with the stories and adding expressions. 

From Three Little Pigs- "little pig little pig, let me come in" " not by the hairs of my chinny chin chin" 
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down" 

From Three Billy Goats Gruff- " trip trap trip trap" " whose that trip trapping over my bridge" " Its me....... don't eat me eat my bigger brother" 

Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories. 

Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books: 

Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?

Who is the baddie? ( wolf )

Did you like the story? Why?

How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals power of three) 

We looked at oral health, children learnt how to brush their teeth correctly ( in circles, up and down, and the back and our tongues).

KEY POINTS

We should brush them 2 times a day, morning and night for 2 minutes.

We should only put on a pea size amount of toothpaste and we should spit dont rinse. Don't wash your mouth out after brushing as this gets rid of the fluoride which protects our teeth.

We learnt if we eat too much sugar we will get cavities ( holes).

Chn got to bring home their own toothbrushes and toothpaste today and we roleplayed going to the dentist. We used this song below while brushing our teeth

Week commencing 27.02.23

BOOK WEEK- 

Remember to design a potato as fairy tale character or as supertato

Dress up as your favourite book character- WEDS 1st MARCH

Masked reader- 50p entry. 

We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.

Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.

We have been looking at the book 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The gingerbread man' this week and children have been joining in with the stories and adding expressions. 

From Little Red Riding Hood - " Oh Grandma, what big....... you have" 

From Gingerbread man- " run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread man' 

Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories. 

Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books: 

Who are the characters in the story?

Who is the baddie? ( wolf and the fox)

Did you like the story? Why?  

What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals) 

Where was the story set? ( deep dark forest and the cottage) 

Week commencing 20.2.23

This half term we will be looking at fairy tales/traditional tales.

Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad.

We have been looking at the book 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Ghanian Goldilocks' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

"mmm just right " or " whose been eating/sitting/sleeping....... my porridge/chair/bed" 

Why not try and watch the clip below and have a go at joining in with the story. 

What is similar and different about these books? 

Do they remind you of another book we read last term? answer- Goldylucks and the three pandas. 

In Spring 1 we will be focussing on 

Children begin using knowledge from their life skill sessions in their free play to impart knowledge. 

Children talk about signs of winter.

Children begin to write labels, captions and simple sentences using their sounds.  They blend words.  This may be with adult support.

Children will start to record data independently in free flow and begin to answer number sums.

See below for our Autumn 2 newsletter- what we got up to this term and what will be happening in Spring 1. 

Thanks for all your support this term 

Week commencing:6 .2.23

This week is children's mental health week.

This week we have been learning about our emotions.

We have been looking at the book 'Ruby's Worry' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

" ENORMOUS " 
' could it be a worry?'

Why not try and watch the clip below and have a go at joining in with the story. 

We have been talking about who helps us grow and if you have a worry the best thing to do is talk to someone e.g. mum/ dad/ cousins/ grandparents/ sisters/ brothers/ friends/ teachers. 

We have also been talking about how colours link to feelings - watch the clips below of the colour monster and inside out. 

Also why not try and have a go at doing the cosmic yoga trolls to spread happiness. 

Week commencing: 30.1.23

We are been looking at the book 'Handa's Surpise and baby goes to market' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

From Baby goes to market- " TAXI" shouts mama. 

Baby loves bananas so much.... 

and 

from Handa's surprise - " TANGERINES! " " That is a surprise!" 

Why not watch the clips below, together with your child and talk about the book.

How are they similar? e.g. both have baskets/bananas

How are they different? one has a taxi, one has animals etc..

We have also been talking about heavy and light in our maths lessons and comparing how the basket will feel when the animals kept taking the fruit and when the baby keeps adding food to the basket. 

Challenge: 

Try picking up some items at home and see if it is heavy or light. Why not try comparing the different items and see what is heavier or lighter. 

Can try and make some cakes using cooking scales- to measure the ingredients.

Talk about being healthy/ unhealthy. 

We enjoyed learning how to be safe on the roads! 

zebra crossings, pelican crossing, lollipop person, holding a grown ups hand,
stop, look, listen, think- is it safe before crossing,

wear a helmet on a bike/ scooter and get off it when crossing the road

wear a seat belt in the car

Week commencing: 22.1.23

This week we have been learning about chinese new year!

We have been looking at the book 'Goldylucks and the three pandas' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

" mmm just right " 

Do you recongise this book? Does it remind you of another story? 

How are they similar to Goldilocks and the Three Bears? 

How are they different? 

Watch the clip below to learn more about chinese new year

We will be making red envelopes with money inside, lanterns, dragon masks, drtagon dances, Chinese number writing, trying prawn crackers and try using chopsticks to pick up ' noodles'. 

Week commencing: 16.1.23

We have been looking at the book 'Lost and found' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and talk about the book and feelings/emotions from the penguin and the boy. 

Talk about the Antarctica and the Arctic and what animals live there. 

Talk about the weather in these places. 

What would you wear?

If you were going on an adventure to the Antarctica or Arctic what would you bring?

We have made boats this week and talked about floating and sinking and the different materials that float and sink.

Challenge:
Why not try and draw a penguin by following step by step youtube instructions below. 

We had a go in class :)

Run a bath, or fill your sink up with water and get your child to find toys/materials/objects at home and see if each item floats or sinks. 

Week commencing: 9.1.23

We have been looking at the book 'A bear snores on' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

' but the bear snores on' 

The children know the action. 

See if they can read it with expression. 

Talk to the children about the book and ask these questions:

What is hibernation? ( animals collect their food in Autumn and sleep for a lot of winter, to save their energy) 

Who hibernates in the story? ( the brown bear) 

Where does he hibernate? ( in the cave) 

What is the difference to a brown bear and a polar bear? ( polar bears live in a cold place called the arctic and they have white fur. Brown bears have brown fur and hibernate. Polar Bears do not hibernate) 

Can children think of any other animals that hibernate? ( hedgehogs, squirrels, a mouse) 

Challenge:
can they draw a picture of a brown bear and polar bear.  Can they try and write brown bear/ polar bear using their phonics sounds ( Remember this shouldn't be spelt correctly! ) 

Week commencing: 4.1.23

Welcome Back! We hope you had a lovely Christmas/Winter Holiday, 

We have been looking at the book 'Polar Bear, Polar bear what do you hear?' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and join in with the repeated sentences. E.g. polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear?

lion, lion, what do you hear? 

See if you can guess the animal before it comes up!

Thank you parents for all your support this term

Below is the Autumn 1 newsletter, which shows you what we have been getting up to this term, what is happening next term and gives you ideas for home challenges and what to do in the half term. 

In Autumn 2 we will be focussing on:

• Majority of children stay at school full time. Children know and understand the classroom routines and boundaries.
• Children establish their friendships groups.
• Children independently use resources available in the learning environment.
• Children improve gross and fine motor skills e.g. through pencil practice, scissor practice, dressing and undressing in our swimming lessons and through practising ball skills outdoors.
• Children begin to use their imagination and think about what they want to create.
• Children will begin to see themselves as writers- they will be ascribing to the marks they make.
• ​​​​Children talk about signs of autumn, winter and celebrations.

Week commencing: 5.12.22

We have been looking at the book 'The Gruffalo's child' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"I'm not scared" - in a brave voice

"you're not the mouse" - in a confused voice

 "the big bad mouse"  - in a yelling/shouting/scared voice

See if they can read it with expression.

Week commencing: 28.11.22

We have been looking at the book 'The Stickman' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

"I'm Stickman, I'm Stickman, IM STICKMAN that's me"

See if they can read it with expression. 

Week commencing: 21.11.22

We have been looking at the book 'The Gruffalo' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says

' A gruffalo, what's a gruffalo?' 

See if they can read it with expression. 

As a challenge why not try and find the rhyming words in the story? 

rhyming words are words that sound similar e.g. cat/hat  big/ pig

Can you find the rhyming words to match with 

wood? mouse? rocks? Stream? lake? claws? toes? rumble?

You or your adult can write them down and come and show me!

Week commencing 14.11.22

We have been looking at 3 books this week-  'Stanley Stick' 'its not a stick ' and 'its not a box'.

Children have been thinking of ideas of what their stick and box could turn into to support language and imagination. 

Why not watch the clip below together with your child and talk to them about what their stick or box could be 

e.g.

its not a stick its a..... broom/ spoon, skipping rope

its not a box its a.....  dog/robot/car

Children have enjoyed making their box turn into things and been using our junk modelling materials to make a fantastic creation by using their imagination.

We have also continued our learning on shape and been finding different shapes in the environment. 

Why not try and find some shapes in the environment and ask your child about the properties e.g. 

square- 4 sides the same- equal

rectangle- 2 long sides, 2 short sides

circle- 1 curved side

triangle- 3 sides 

CHECK OUT OUR PHOTOS BELOW ! 

Week commencing: 7.11.22

We have been looking at the book 'We're going on a LEAF HUNT' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when it says 'we're going on a leaf hunt, we're going right away, lets fine colourful leaves'  and ... its a wonderful day!”

See if they can read it with expression. 

The book is about children going on an leaf hunt and finding lots of colourful leaves in the season Autumn. We have also been talking about what happens in Autumn in class.

Why not talk about this at home

the leaves change colour- red/orange/yellow/brown

the leaves fall down

the climate/weather gets cooler

What should we wear in autumn?- trousers/ jumpers/trainers/boots/ jackets

Week commencing: 31.11.21

WELCOME BACK- HOPE YOU ALL HAD A LOVELY HALF TERM.

We have been looking at the book 'Room on the Broom' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when it says 'yes' and ' down cried the witch and ... is there room on a broom for a ……. like me?”

See if they can read it with expression. 

We have also been talking about what  happens in Autumn e.g.

Halloween- Did you dress up for Halloween?  What did you go as? Why? 

Diwali-  is known as the festival of light. 

Why not watch the story below of Rama and Sita and talk about the story together?

We have been making rangoli patterns, henna's, diva lamps in class. 

Fireworks- watch a youtube video of the fireworks or look outside your window or visit a firework display this weekend- talk about what you see/hear. Describe them- we have been learning adjectives in class with actions e.g. boom, pop, bang, crackle, explode, pretty, colourful, glittery etc...

We have been making our own firework pictures :) 

Week commencing: 17.10.22

We have been looking at the book 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions. 

Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in with the story when it says "We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day, we're not scared"

See if they can read/ sing it with expression and add the actions to it.

We will be discussing what we would be bring on a bear hunt and talking about brown bears e.g. how they hibernate in cave like dens. 

We will be trying to make a bear from healthy snacks. 

Why not try the above at home and try and draw a brown bear in a cave!