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Literacy |
Children will experience and
analyse a wide range of different genres: poetry –creating
images using words and exploring form. In fiction- exploring
adventure and mystery stories and investigating reports and
recounts in non fiction texts such as newspapers and magazines.
We will focus on improving the quality of independent writing
and an increased understanding of reading text through
comprehension and guided reading sessions. Sounds-Write sessions
will reinforce children’s segmenting and blending skills to read
and spell an increasing range of vocabulary. |
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Numeracy |
Children will be reinforcing and
extending their numerical knowledge and understanding through
activities that involve problem solving in order to use and
apply their skills in counting, partitioning and calculating,
handling data and measures, securing number facts, calculations
and relationships and patterns in numbers. Please support
your child at home in learning and recalling the multiplication
and corresponding division facts! |
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Science |
Habitats. Children are
introduces to life processes including nutrition, movement and
growth and reproduction common to plants and animals. They will
find out how plants and animals in different habitats are suited
to their environment. |
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ICT |
Databases. Children learn to
collect and store information involving more than two variables.
They will use databases to carry out searches and produce graphs
and charts. Manipulating Sound. Children will use music software
to compose, collect and communicate their musical ideas. |
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DT |
Investigating simple pneumatic
systems and designing and making a model of a monster that
moves!. |
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Art |
Children will explore and use
space, colour, form and pattern to design and build a
‘Marquette’ or model of a sculpture for a school site or local
area. |
Geography
(first half term) |
Improving our environment.
Children will use the school grounds and immediate locality to
investigate environmental issues and improvements. |
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History
(second half term) |
Local history. Children are
introduced to an enquiry based approach to a local study. They
will have access to historical sources and experience fieldwork
and research skills. |
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PE |
Tuesday and Friday.
We will be doing athletics and cricket. For the second half
term we will be swimming again on a Friday afternoon. Please
ensure your child’s PE kit is in school every Monday and remains
there all week. Trainers or plimsolls will be needed this term
(jogging bottoms and a warm top required if weather is a bit
cool). Please remove any earrings on these days. |
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RE |
Choices.
Children will discuss and have the opportunity to reflect on the
choices they make in life with their friends and through their
actions and how theses choices influence their behaviours and
choice of lifestyle. To explore the choices other people have
made. |
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Music |
Learning songs in preparation
for our summer Singing Spectacular. Music composition. |
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PHSCE |
Mrs
Oldham-Our Qualified Medical Officer will be leading a Young
First Aider course covering the basic knowledge and
understanding of first aid equipment and procedures. It will
build self-awareness, self-esteem, interpersonal skills and
confidence in coping with difficult real life situations.
Relationships and Changes. We will be looking at relationships
between family and friends and then consider the impact of
changes in children’s lives especially the transition to new
schools. |
