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Class 2 Newsletter
January 2007
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 Homes and Houses.
| Literacy |
Whole class Big Book
sessions. Sounds-Write groups. Traditional Fairy Tales, story
characters, story settings and descriptions. |
| Numeracy |
Counting, writing numbers,
ordering, place value, addition, subtraction, shape, time money,
measures. |
| Science |
Materials and their
properties. Investigating a range of materials in and out of the
classroom to discover their properties. |
| DT |
Making structures and
building houses. |
| Geography |
(first half term) The village
of Tocuaro in Mexico. Looking at the people and their lives and
comparing this to life in Ridgmont. |
| History |
(second half term) The
history of houses. Looking at some of the older houses in
Ridgmont and considering life before electricity. |
| RE |
Special People. Starting with
our family and local community and the broadening to learn about
key figures in world religions. |
| ICT |
Unit 1c the information
around us Unit 1d Labelling and classifying. |
| Art |
Exploring pattern and texture
to make rubbings collages and prints. Clay modelling. |
| 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 |
Getting on and falling out
and exploring friendships- taught through circle time, games and
stories. |
| Music |
Music Express units Feel the
pulse and Taking off. |
| 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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