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Class 2 Newsletter
January 2008
Dear Parents
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas
holiday and has recovered from New Year celebrations.
Our topic for this term is Changes.
| Literacy |
Whole class Big Book
sessions. Sounds-Write groups. Traditional stories and poems and
stories from other cultures; story characters, story settings
and descriptions. |
| Numeracy |
Counting, writing numbers,
ordering, place value, addition, subtraction, shape, time money,
measures. |
| Science |
Changing Materials.
Investigating a range of materials in and out of the classroom
to discover how they can be changed and which changes are
permanent. |
| DT |
Designing and making vehicles
(please bring in wheeled toy to investigate on Wed 9th January). |
| Geography |
(first half term) Weather,
different weather and climate, keeping daily weather record. |
| History |
(second half term) Changes in
transport – investigating different forms of transport and
making time lines. |
| RE |
Special Places. Looking at
different places of worship, and identifying key similarities
and differences. |
| ICT |
Unit 1e Data handling,
representing information graphically Unit 2e Questions and
answers. |
| Art |
Using papier mache to make
bottle creatures, representing changing seasons through collage. |
| PE |
Mondays and Thursdays
Apparatus and Dance. Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in
school every Monday to remain all week. Trainers or plimsolls
will not be needed this term. Please remove any earrings on
these days. |
| PHSCE |
Its good to be me - taught
through circle time, games and stories. |
| Music |
Music Express units Feeling
the Pulse and Finding the Pitch. |
| French |
Beginning
conversations – simple vocabulary. |
Class 2 Homework: regular
reading, weekly spellings, short numeracy task.
As always please don’t hesitate to raise any issues
or concerns as soon as possible. I will be on the playground every
morning from 8.50am, or can arrange a meeting after school.
Yours sincerely
Hilary Higgs
Class teacher
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