Busy Zone – Pre School & Reception
Ms Emma Sumpter
Class Teacher
Mrs Natasha Butcher
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Jo Thorniley
Teaching Assistant
Busy Zone
Welcome to the Busy Zone, where the youngest children begin their learning in school.
The children are encouraged to be strong independent learners. Following their interests and guided by positive adult support.
The classroom and outside area are full of rich learning opportunities for play and playful teaching.
The teaching staff ensure active and challenging experiences are explored fully.
We encourage the children to talk about their learning and to be reflective about the next steps along their learning journey.
Family Learning
A fun and interactive game to help children recognise and use phonics
Oxford Owl Reading – An excellent source of Phonics information and support, with the added advantage of free ebooks to download and share as a family
Busy Zone Autumn 1 2024 - Marvellous Me!
To start this new academic year our topic is ‘Marvelous Me!’ Throughout the term we will share what is special and unique about each and every one of us and how our similarities and differences make us special. We will explore themes of belonging which will include the belonging to a family and how different faiths welcome new babies into their family. We will share our own families, and create a display filled with photos to help us get to know each other.
We will learn about what our bodies and start to think about how to keep healthy and clean and start our PE curriculum- beginning with locomotion. In outdoor learning we will explore the woodland and themes of awe, wonder and thankfulness will be the basis for our activities as we observe the change to the season.
We will link our computing learning with our Science. Taking photos of body parts to create a person, making labels and finally creating movement algorithms.
Throughout the term we will have opportunities to explore mark making, beginning with an introduction to our creative area and all of the wonderful materials we can use to make marks in different ways. This will lead into us writing our names and making labels for our classroom.
