Years 1 & 2

In school Year 1 and 2 are taught by Mrs Barratt and teaching assistant Mrs Haughan. 

 

In Literacy we will be looking at fiction books around the topic of 'Once upon a time - muddles and mishaps'  The children will study a non-fiction unit entitled ' Does Chocolate grow on trees?'. Our poetry unit this term is 'Pattern and Rhyme' where we will look at a variety of poems, listening and responding in different ways. We will explore poetic language, identify adjectives and verbs in poems. They will then draft, edit and compose their own poems and read them aloud. 

 

Phonics will continue to be taught daily using Read Write Inc and children will be sent home with Read Write Inc book bag books to read at home as well as using the Oxford Owl online e-library . Children will get weekly spellings to learn from the Spell Ninja and Ed Shed schemes.

 

Our main topic this term is Houses and Homes and other curriculum areas will be based around this.

 

In Science our topic is How does your garden grow? Children will identify and describe basic structure of a variety of common plants including trees - both deciduous and evergreen. They will observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.

 

In Art our topic is Sculpture and 3D clay houses when the children will experiment with clay and make a tile. Our other topic is Painting and mixed media - life in colour. We will be continuing on from last terms topic using primary and secondary colours in our art work and looking at various famous artists. 

 

Our Design Technology topic this term is mechanisms and we will be looking at wheels and axels to make a moving toy.

 

This term in Music our topics are On this island where we will learn folk songs and Musical story telling where we will learn more abut pitch, dynamics and tempo.

 

In History we will be learning all about The Great Fire on London.

 

In RE we will be looking at topics of Ceremonies in various religions and also Caring for others.

 

Computing this term is improving mouse skills through word processing and also an introduction to data handling. 

 

PHSE this term using SCARF will focus on Being my best and Growing and changing.

 

PE will take place on a Thursday with Mr Travers. They will be doing Multi skills - bat and ball as well as some Athletics. The children should come to school in their PE kit. PE may be outside on the MUGA so please make sure that you child has suitable footwear. If your child has pierced ears they must be able to  remove them themselves or please supply plasters to put over them for health and safety reasons. Please can you make sure that your child has the appropriate kit on these days otherwise they will miss their PE lesson. 

The class will also be going swimming this term daily for two weeks. 

 

Water bottles are allowed in class for the children to access throughout the day. Please can you supply a named bottle for the children to fill with water and these can be left in school and these will be sent home on a Friday. 

 

The school website and Facebook page will be kept up to date with photographs of things we do in school. 

 

Thank you for your continued support. Any questions do pop and see us. 

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