Parent Curriculum Leaflet Year
Spring 2017
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the information given in this leaflet.
Teachers: Miss Howard (Tiger Shark Class), Miss Rashid (Angel Shark Class), Mr Wood (Great White Shark Class)
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Curriculum Content
We will challenge and support children to access the curriculum at a level appropriate to their needs.
Maths / In Maths in the Spring term we are taking a practical approach to learning, focussing on shape, measurement including time, lengths and heights and money. We are also learning to be problem solvers, thinking about resilience and perseverance and how to solve practical and word problems in teams and small groups.English / In Literacy we will be continuing on with the Floppy’s Phonics scheme to help the children consolidate their prior phonics knowledge and introduce all the remaining sounds. This is essential to develop good understanding for reading and writing practices that will be developed in Year 1. We will be sending home phonics folders weekly so the children can show you what they have been learning about and practice the sounds of the week. Our Power of Reading story this term is ‘Lila and the Secret of Rain’, which is based in Kenya so works well with our Countries and Cultures topic.
Science / Our overall Topic/Art is ‘Countries and Cultures’, the first half of the term we are looking at England, London and learning about the Queen. The second half of the term we will be looking at a different countries each week, including West Africa, Italy and America. We will also be visiting London City Airport and Pizza Express! In Science our topic this whole term will be Materials and their properties.
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Art
ICT / In ICT the children will be learning about ‘We are storytellers’ with Mr Mitchell, which links to our topic of ‘Countries and Cultures’ - continuing to log in independently, use multimedia and word processing programs.
PE / We have PE every Tuesday and Wednesday, if possible, please leave PE kits in school so they aren’t forgotten. This term we are doing ball games and team games with Sean & Dean.
Reminders / School trips:
London City Airport – Thursday 23rd February (no payment required, packed lunch please)
Pizza Express – Y1A/C – Tuesday 21st March, Y1B – Wednesday 22nd March (no payment and no packed lunch required!)