Curriculum Newsletter

Spring TERM 2010 2nd half

EARLY YEARS             

Mrs L Conneely
Mrs C Ryan/Mrs B Allen

Mrs J Calfe, NVQ3/Mrs C Rolfe, NNEB/Mrs C Solanki, NVQ/Mrs A Tilston, NNEB/Mrs M Williamson, NNEB

BE A BUILDER

The focus for this half term will be 'building' - rhymes, story structure, materials and animations. Each week we will be working in groups to do a cooking activity.  The food will then be shared so that each child will have a sample. We are also planning some 'themed' days where the children will work in groups on a range of 7 or 8 related activities.

Please see attached sheet for the weekly overview.

Please save EXTRA LARGE cardboard boxes for us to make into vehicles.

We will be sending out guidelines for the homework challenge at the beginning of Week 3

EARLY YEARS - SPRING 2010 (2^nd Half)

YEAR 1        

Mrs L Healey and Mrs J Wells
Mrs K Cooper, NVQ3; Mrs K Dharmadhikary, NVQ2; Mrs L Edwards, HLTA; Mrs D Harrison, NNEB; Mrs K Johal, NVQ2

LONG AGO

Our topic this half term has a historical basis.  We will be visiting Milton Keynes Museum in Wolverton on Wednesday 3 March to look at household artefacts, mainly from the Victorian era.  We would recommend you to visit the Museum with your children as there is so much to see.  (Tel: 316222 for opening hours).  It is open on a more regular basis from Easter onwards. We have planned to set up our own `Museum' in the Shared Area.  We would like the children to dress up in Victorian costume on several occasions and will send you a separate letter giving guidelines.

In Literacy we will be working on Recounts, using dictionaries, writing instructions and using non-fiction books.  We will read a range of stories from fantasy worlds.  Book Week is from Monday 1^st until Friday 5^th March.  Our focus will be stories from long ago. Please continue to support your child with reading at home, key words/spellings.

Our Maths work will include money, tens and units, measures, time and data handling.  We will send you details of our half termly Maths homework about Money shortly.

In Science we will be sorting and making comparisons of a variety of materials.  We will be talking about why certain materials are used to make various objects.

Our Y1 Assembly for Parents is on Thursday 18^th March at 9.00 am.  We hope you can come!

Please remember to work with your child to produce a hat for the Easter Hat Parade which should be brought to school on Thursday 1^st April.

YEAR 2       

 Mrs S Hunt
Mrs D Megeary/Mrs S Taylor
 Mrs R Farley-Hulse, NVQ3;
Mrs C Miller, HLTA;
Mrs L Morris, NNEB

PEOPLE AND PLACES

This term in Literacy some emphasis will be placed on reading comprehension and making appropriate responses to multiple choice questions.  We shall use research skills to find out about famous people, such as Florence Nightingale and Grace Darling.

Writing skills will be enhanced by focusing on sentence structure, writing poems and non-fiction writing particularly non-chronological report writing.

Mathematically, we shall be reinforcing and developing strategies for addition and subtraction. The children will be learning to estimate and round numbers up or down, and to begin to understand multiplication and division.  Mental calculation, problem solving strategies and reasoning about numbers will play an important part when considering numerical decisions and in checking results.

Personal hygiene and exercise will be discussed as part of the Science curriculum and we will be thinking about healthy living in PSHE.

In Geography and ICT we will be looking at simple maps and routes.

Achievments

We are a Beacon School


Basic Skills Quality Mark

School Achievement Award

Outstanding Ofsted Report

Healthy Schools Award

Activemark Award