St Mary'sC of E Primary School
Fledglings: EYFS
Welcome to Fledglings
We love to be active, explore, and be curious about ourselves, the world and each other. We enjoy stories, music, art, drama, climbing, and especially talking and laughing together. Through all these opportunities we are learning to become resilient individuals who are able to problem solve and persevere with tasks even when they find them challenging. At St Mary’s, we are supporting children to be a life-long, independent and effective learners.
Our staff team works hard to foster positive relationships with children and between children, and value just how important these partnerships are. Right from the start, we endeavour to ensure that caring, nurturing and warm relationships are developed between the whole Fledglings community, which includes the staff, children and parents. We talk regularly about ‘Fantastic Fledgling’ expected choices, which tie into the school values, and support these young children to see how they can live out the school values in their day to day class participation. These expected behaviours include keeping going when they find an activity difficult, supporting another child with shoes or coats without being asked by an adult, solving their own disputes, or helping other children to solve a dispute without adult intervention.
In Fledglings, we think about our learning behaviour and consider our choices carefully. We learn from our mistakes and support each other. We collect house points and stars in the jar for making the right choices and together we have chosen our rewards:
| First reward | Second reward | Third reward | Forth reward |
| Extra playtime on the bike playground | TV treat | Favourite clothes day | Making cakes |
Our Approach
From the very start of their St Mary's School journey, our children show us that play is our brain’s favourite way of learning, which is why it’s the centre of our EYFS and KS1 curriculum. We believe that continuous provision helps independent, inquisitive and motivated learners to flourish by meeting the language, social, emotional and physical needs of our children.
Continuous provision at St Mary's enables children from all backgrounds to have the same opportunities, providing a rich variety of practical experiences. Children are encouraged to take responsibility for extending and practising what they have been learning and complete challenges which are designed to foster and ignite their curiosity.
Children are taught to use life-long skills such as perseverance, problem-solving and responsibility in their day-to-day routine and plan their own learning enquiries. The flexibility and ownership that children have of their learning means that opportunities can be easily adapted to meet the specific needs of each individual child – no matter what their starting point.
Phonics
Phonics is taught daily in a group that is working on a specific set of sounds according to the ability of the child. Each session has a distinct structure and utilises Read Write Inc (RWI). The children take home a RWI book each week to re-read and develop fluency.
Our Class Teachers
Miss Bullard
I am so excited to be teaching Fledglings class this year and I can not wait to learn, transform and grow with the children. I am passionate about creating an inclusive and inspiring learning environment which encourages children to explore and discover. My favourite subjects are PE and art as well as reading.
When I am not teaching, I enjoy long walks with my dogs, travelling to new places and food!
Miss Perkins
I am so thrilled to join the Fledglings class this year! I look forward to building connections with the children while helping them grow. I hope to build a safe and comfortable learning environment to allow students to fully thrive in their learning. I love teaching art and I cannot wait to see how the Fledglings class dig into their creativity this year. Outside of school I enjoy going on long walks, baking, and travelling!
Spring 1
Here is our termly cog document where you can find details of the different subjects we are covering this term.
Books to support our topic
This term, our stories will link to our new project, ‘Colour Magic!’ We will be sharing the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt. The story is about a boy called Duncan who finds letters from his unhappy crayons. When he tries to colour, they are on strike, complaining about being overworked, underused etc. Duncan needs to creatively solve their problems. The children will have the opportunity to share ideas, create characters and role play parts of the story. They will also learn new vocabulary and retell the story in their own words.
Websites to support learning
Support with Phonics:
RWI Phonics a guide for parents
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/
RWI Phonics sound pronunciation guide video
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/find-a-book/read-write-inc-phonics--1/phonics-pure-sounds-video
RWI Phonics Sound blending
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8vuje-wMQw
Phonics Play Games
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds
Fine Motor ideas for home:
https://www.learningresources.co.uk/blog/ten-activities-to-develop-fine-motor-skills/
https://otperspective.com/household-fine-motor-activities/
Literacy: The day the crayons quit
Books Alive! The Day the crayons quit (read aloud)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489micE6eHU
Authors own website
https://www.drewdaywalt.com/about
Illustrators own website
https://oliverjeffers.com/books
Literacy: Izzy Gizmo
Bedtime stories for kids – Izzy Gizmo (read aloud)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1l9JjtnUw4
Authors own website
https://www.pipjones.net/
Peach Tree Books interview with Pip Jones
https://www.peachtreebooks.com/blog/author-interview-pip-jones/
Junk Modelling at home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lSi5UkAnUo
Literacy: How to catch a rainbow
How To Catch A Rainbow - Naomi Jones and Ana Gomez (read aloud by author’s father)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XqnWZrD-Po
Naomi and James Jones website
https://www.naomiandjamesjones.com/
Support with Art: Colours
Royal academy of art How to make a colour wheel
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/family-how-to-make-a-colour-wheel-1
What are primary and secondary colours?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z84mp9q
BBC Bitesize KS1 / KS2 Art and Design: Using different painting techniques for effect
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/z7h76v4
Cbeebies Colour blocks series 1:29 Colour wheels
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001j0j7/colourblocks-series-1-29-colour-wheels?seriesId=m001c1gg-structural-1-m001c1gf
Cbeebies Colour blocks series 1:30 It’s a colourful world
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001j0zf/colourblocks-series-1-30-its-a-colourful-world?seriesId=m001c1gg-structural-1-m001c1gf
BBC Bitesize: Patterns and Watercolour techniques
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015x3h/bitesize-daily-57-year-olds-art-67-year-olds-3-patterns-and-watercolour-techniques?seriesId=p0893dfq-structural-7-m0015fd3
Support with Religion and World Views: What is the Church and who goes there?
BBC Bitesize Religious education: Christianity
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6jycxs
What is a Christian Church?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp2bkhv/articles/zxrsb7h
A visit to a church
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdykjxs/articles/zpk6xbk
Why is it important to respect other religions?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znmg8p3/articles/z32kqyc
Support with Science: Materials and their properties
BBC Bitesize -Floating and Sinking
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhbyrmn
BBC Bitesize -Objects and Materials
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6jm7yc
BBC Bitesize -Exploring materials
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmdrjfr
BBC Bitesize -Everyday materials
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd9w8hv
BBC Bitesize -Describing materials
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvpysk7
Support with Design Technology
BBC Bitesize - What is a design
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkpms82
BBC Bitesize - How to make a design
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zwftvj6
BBC Bitesize – Who will use your product
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqnxywx/articles/z73ng2p
BBC Bitesize - How can materials be joined?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdqk239
Support with Computing – Digital art
BBC Bitesize - how can you make digital art?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zy2v34j
BBC Bitesize – How can we make digital pictures move?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zskthyc
Support with Music: Music and movement
What is rhythm?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4syrmn/articles/zjsjxg8
Dance along to a song from the UK
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9fvcxs/articles/z2t4wsg
Dancing to the music
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9fvcxs/articles/z932h4j
Instruments played in a band
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcnfg2p/articles/z2nwmbk
Support with Maths: Counting, ordinality, and cardinality
Numberblocks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks
Counting numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvcmtrd
BBC Teach: KS1 primary maths
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/topics/ce9p6kx7n25t
Numbers zero to ten
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyg7xbk
