Squirrel Class Information
Squirrels Class – EYFS & KS1
The children in Squirrels follow a bespoke Early Learning Curriculum which supports the learning and development of children in their early years.
It provides intentional, meaningful and purposeful activities which help the children move forward in their learning.
Underpinning everything is a focus on the development of speech, language and communication strategies, with thorough monitoring and assessment to plan next steps.
Our interventions deliver a carefully structured programme of activities using evidence and researched based approaches.
These include:
- Intensive Interaction (delivered with advice and support of a speech and language therapist)
- Attention Autism
- Communication Books
- Makaton Sign
- Identiplay (play based intervention)
- Sensory Circuits
- 1:1 and group Speech and Language Intervention (delivered by Magic Words)
A typical day in Squirrel Class may include:
Morning:
- Settling in and free play.
- Morning song, topic song
- Bucket time (Attention Autism)
- Learning through play session focussed on communication and social skills.
- Snack time
- Learning through play focussed on Intensive Interaction
- Soft play
- Lunch
Afternoon:
- Outdoor play in the courtyard
- Free play indoor and out
- Playground
- Sensory based activities
- Snack time
- Free play- songs and rhymes
- Home time
Squirrels Class
Our teacher is Miss Cavanagh
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Our teaching assistants are Miss Lason, Mrs Mahmood, Mrs Stephenson, Miss Lindsay
Here's what we'll be covering this term in Squirrels Class
English
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Welcome to 2026! This term, we will be focusing on “Communities and Cultures”. Our story will be "Postman Bear" which is about a bear who invites his friend to a birthday party. The children will be making invitations to our New Year party, making marks to represent their names. We will be learning all about letters and posting them. Some of the children will be reading and writing letters too. We will be sharing books about the other animals in the story and encouraging the children to engage by opening the flaps. |
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Maths
We will be looking at numbers in practical situations. We will start this by talking about the New Year 2026 and will be singing songs that include a countdown, encouraging the children to learn about counting backwards from 10. We will use numbers when cooking and when counting out plates and cups for parties and role-play picnics. We will think about our addresses and the numbers on our front doors, so that we can post a letter to ourselves.
We will continue to match, sort and categorise objects through posting games. We will be looking at shapes and matching these to their names and the number of sides they have.
Topics that we will be covering across the half-term
PSHE – we will be supported to develop relationships with our friends. We will be sharing photos of each other and thinking about what makes us special. We will then think about our families and other people who help us in our school community and in the local area.
DT – will be about cooking and will tie in with our story "Bear makes a cake for his birthday", and we will be making cakes and other party food!
Computing – we will introduce the children to using the keyboard and basic typing skills.
Science – in our Science investigations, we will explore how to keep warm, which ties in well with the weather this season.
RE – we will be thinking about what it means to be part of a community.
PE
We have PE every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
This year we will be having three shorter PE sessions on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The children will not need a PE kit.
We will be joining the rest of the school in taking part in a dance project, in conjunction with The Royal Ballet.
Homework
Please share the videos that are added to Dojo, to allow your children to become familiar with the stories, rhymes and signs we will be using each week. Don’t forget to use your Core Word Boards at home, these will be sent home with the new children, when it is appropriate. Some children will also bring home reading books
Planned Trips
Not applicable
Dates for your diary
Please look at Dojo every day for all the exciting activities and events that are being planned for your children.