Themes

08/09/2025     Introduction to Montessori Classroom

Welcome back everyone, and an especially big welcome to all our newcomers.  We will begin our first week back at school learning about the ground rules of the Montessori classroom, and the day-to-day routine of our school, morning, or afternoon. The children will have a chance to settle into their routine and look around the classroom observing the Montessori equipment.

15/09/2025     FINGER GYM

This week we will focus on refining fine motor skills under our theme of FINGER GYM. Children will engage in activities such as painting, using fingers or pipettes. There will also be sessions on finger rhymes and telling stories using finger puppets aimed at furthering children’s literacy skills alongside their fine motor skills.

22/09/2025 – 29/09/2025       ALL ABOUT ME/HEALTHY EATING

This week we are learning All About Me, what makes us unique and special.  We are going on a wonderful journey of self-discovery, exploring who we are, our feelings, and our place in the world, understanding our emotions, looking at our bodies, learning the names for different body parts, internal organs, and what they do to keep our bodies working, how to keep our bodies healthy through exercise and food, building confidence, self-awareness and a sense of belonging in every child

06/10/2025     ARTIST – Esther Mahlangu

Esther Mahlangu is an artist from South Africa. She paints big, bright, and colourful patterns. These patterns come from her Ndebele culture, and they use shapes like triangles, squares, and lines. Esther started painting when she was a little girl, and now her artwork is seen all over the world. She even painted cars, walls, and airplanes with her designs! She has made a valuable contribution to contemporary art for over 7 decades. Her art shows joy, colour, and the beauty of her traditions. This week’s artwork will be inspired by Esther Mahlangu. We will use shapes and colours, just like she does, to make our own beautiful pattern to decorate an African necklace. 

13/10/2025     DIWALI

What is a festival and what types of festivals are there?

A festival is a public event that is organised for the purpose of celebrating within a specific culture, religion or artistic activity.

Different cultures, ethnicity and different religions have different festivals.  Eid, Diwali, Hanukah and Christmas are few examples of festivals which are celebrated all over the world.  This week we will focus on Diwali.

Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness celebrated by many around the world. Diwali means ‘row of lights’ in Sanskrit.  We will be making our very own diya lamps and having a go at creating some beautiful rangoli patterns, as well as listening to the story of Rama and Sita.  Festivals are a time to live, love, celebrate and enjoy with family and friends.

During this time people decorate their home with beautiful patterns made using colourful powders and flowers called Rangoli, lights and oil lamps (Diyas), watch fireworks, enjoy delicious food and exchange gifts. We will be exploring different culture, traditional dress and language of India. We will be creating fireworks artwork using different colour paints.

HALF TERM

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03/11/2025     DR SUESS

This week we’re jumping into the world of stories, dressing up and games! We’ll be sharing lots of our favourite tales, including the silly rhymes of Dr. Seuss such as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Children will have the chance to act out characters, dress up in fun costumes, and bring these stories to life. Alongside reading, we’ll enjoy exciting games that help us learn, take turns and laugh together. Every day will be full of imagination, creativity and play!

10/11/2025     Our Southfields Community          

This week is all about the special people that are around us and are helping us every day.  Can you name them? What do they do? How do they help us?  Who is the person standing next to the road with the big STOP sign telling us when it is time to cross the road?  Who do we go to if our car is broken?  So many people doing so many different jobs making sure we can be safe, happy, and well every day. Wednesday 12 November Dress up as Fireman, Police officer, Nurse, Builder ….. or any other job

17/11/2025     Road Safety Week    

This week is National Road Safety Week for all schools.  The children will learn about road safety and take a trip down the road to complete our traffic survey.  Crossing the road safely is so important for young children; we will need some parents to help us walk down the road.  Please let your class teachers know if you can join us.  Thank you in advance for your help.

24/11/2025     AUTUMN

Autumn is the season when nature goes through a major change. This change we can all experience in a sensorial way as it is affecting most of our senses from the feel of temperature change to seeing the changes in colours. We can listen to the sound of fallen leaves during a walk in a park and we can smell the harvested crops. This week we will talk about the changes in the season; we will look at the colours. The children will learn about the animals that hibernate. We will look at the hard work of farmers who are working on their fields to gather ripe crops and preparing the soil for the winter ready for spring to start planting.

01/12/2025 – 08/12/2025       CHRISTMAS

HO, HO, HO, Merry Christmas… It’s that time of year again when Father Christmas comes with special presents for good little boys and girls but let us not forget the meaning behind Christmas. This week we will be a very exciting week for the children. We will be singing our wonderful Christmas carols.  We will have some fun with many different Christmas inspired activities.  We will be talking about the traditions of Christmas in our Country, and around the world, particularly the Christian beliefs. If any parents would like to come in and share their views of Christmas, you will be most welcome.

CHRISTMAS FUN

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