Sunshine Room 2025 - 2026
Welcome to Sunshine Room!
The teachers in Sunshine Room are Mrs Dianne Papatheodorou and on Wednesday morning, Ms Hannah Newton. The teaching assistants working in Sunshine Room are: Ms Clare Flanagan, Ms Sophia Zollner, Ms Pamela Kenny, Ms Farzaneh Jafariseifo, Ms Susan Wright and Ms Catherine Bryan.
Autumn 1 - 2025
Topic
This year in Sunshine Class we are learning all about the seasons. Our topic this term is “autumn”. We will explore autumn through sensory play and activities, like music, arts and crafts.
Literacy
We will be exploring songs and stories related to our topic. Learning to understand and use more language related to our topic. We will work on our mark making/writing, phonics and reading skills at our individual levels.
Maths
We will be working on colours, matching, sorting and number. We will practise our skills as a class and through play and continue to work on our individual targets.
Personal, social and emotional development
We will be: exploring our new classroom, learning to be independent, making new friends and taking turns, learning ways to regulate our emotions.
Physical development
We will be: exploring our outdoor environments: the playground, the astro and the forest area, joining in music and movement activities, learning to be more independent with our self-care and taking responsibility for our things.
Communication and language development
We will be: learning to use symbols, signs and words to communicate our needs and developing our language through songs, rhymes, stories and play.
Reminders
Please remember to...
- always bring a spare set of clothes to school. This is in case of messy or water play as well as toileting accidents (also, please label all clothing)
- send in a warm, waterproof coat with your child every day as the weather can change during the day
- during the cold winter weather, please send your child with hats and gloves to keep them extra warm
- make sure your child has a labelled water bottle in school every day to keep them hydrated throughout the day
- provide spare nappies/pull ups and wipes for your child, if they use them.
End of term: Thursday 23rd October