Learning Topics for Summer Term 1
This term we will be looking at the lifecycles of some of our amazing wildlife in the UK
Week 1 - Caterpillar to Butterfly
Week 2 - Egg to Chicken
Week 3 -Tadpole to Frog
Week 4 - Bees
Week 5 - Beans
Week 6 - Looking after our world - Earth Week
Learning Topic for Spring Term 2 2024
Our learning this term will be based around the prolific creative talent of Julia Donaldson! We will be using her books to look at character, settings, events, illustration, vocabulary development, rhyme and rhythm and alliteration to name but a few!
We will also branch off into some of Julia's settings so when we read 'The Gruffalo' for example we will have a look at woodland habitats and when reading 'The Snail and the Whale' we will explore the world of snails.
Please see our newsletters to see a more detailed breakdown of what we are covering each week.
Learning Topics for Spring Term 1 2024
Week 1 - Winter
Week 2 - Arctic & Antarctic
Week 3 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Week 4 - Birds
Week 5 - People who help us
Week 6 - Mr Men and Little Miss books
Learning Topics for Autumn Term 2 2023
Week 1 - Road safety awareness week
Week 2 - Space
Week 3 - Music
Week 4 - Dinosaurs
Week 5 - Christmas
Week 6 - Christmas
Week 7 - Christmas
Learning Topics for Autumn Term 1 2023
Our learning this term will be based loosely around the following topics:
Week 1 - All about me - starting school/feelings/friends and rules and our families
Week 2 - All about me - Our bodies
Week 3 - All about me - Our homes and homes around the world
Week 4 - All about me - Looking after our animals (pets and wildlife)
Week 5 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Week 6 - Autumn
Week 7 - Autumn/Harvest
Learning Topics for Summer Term 2 2023
Week 1 - Our Emotions
Week 2 - Transport - then and now
Week 3 - Wild Animals - The World
Week 4 - Wild Animals - The UK
Week 5 - Under the Sea
Week 6 - Under the Sea
Week 7 - Holidays and End of Year Celebrations!
Learning Topics for Spring Term 1 2023
Week 1 - Winter
Week 2 - Arctic & Antarctic Animals
Week 3 - Living in the Arctic/Antarctic
Week 4 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Week 5 - People who help us - Police and Firemen
Week 6 - People who help us - Doctors and Nurses
Week 7 - Mr Men and Little Miss books
Learning Topics for Summer Term 2 2022
Week 1 - Castles and Knights
Week 2 - Transport - then and now
Week 3 - Wild Animals
Week 4 - Wild Animals
Week 5 - Under the Sea
Week 6 - Under the Sea
Week 7 - Holidays and End of Year Celebrations!
Think Equal Programme
Dear Parent/s and/or Guardians,
Information about our new Think Equal lessons
I am delighted to be writing to you about some lovely new lessons we will be teaching called the Think Equal Curriculum. The lessons are being taught in classrooms around the world with the aim of giving children a foundation in social and emotional intelligence and skills.
Social and emotional learning helps children to learn the skills to build a strong foundation for success for the rest of their lives. Children learn, for example, to:
I wanted to tell you a little bit about the lessons so that you can support your children when they tell you about the characters they will meet in the stories and about the activities they will take part in. We will also from time to time send home some activities that you and your child can enjoy together.
The lessons will run every day for a number of our older children for around 10 minutes. Each lesson focuses on an element of social emotional learning using a variety of learning tools including beautiful narrative books, discussion, artwork, songs, games and role-play.
Think Equal has been created by visionary experts and leaders in education, gender equality, human rights, and psychology, and we are very proud to be offering this fabulous learning for the children at Westborough.
At Westborough our children belong to a particular group for our circle times. These groups roughly correspond to the children's ages:-
In some cases the the age bands are a little bit flexible according to the stage of the child's development.
These environments have been created to give the children a small group to belong to with a teaching input designed to meet their age and stage of development.