SUMMER
Term – 1st half 2013
SATS
Try your best not to panic! We aren’t panicking and
neither should you. Your child will be tested during this half term and a
timetable will be available shortly for you all to see in the class window.
Reading, Writing and Maths tests will be undertaken by all. The tests are not
that frightening and the children get a shiny new pencil and a colourful
booklet to use!
These tests are a simple measure of the progress
your child has made since joining school, informing us of any steps we need to
recover and also to celebrate what our children can do. The SATs are therefore
not used to rank children.
We know that our class is a set of superstars. We
know that they will do their best and that’s all we ask of them.
Spellings:
Spellings to continue to be learned each week. Children
will receive their group’s spellings every Friday.
Homework:
Will continue to be on a Tuesday. This task should
take no longer than 20 minutes. Remember that reading is to be shared with your
child every night. All types of books can be recorded in your child’s reading
book.
Curriculum:
Numeracy:
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Our
topics will include:
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Ways
to help your child:
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Sort data by listing it in a table
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Interpret simple tables
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Find differences between 2 numbers by counting
on.
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Find small differences between two
2-digit numbers.
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Order a set of 3-digit nos.
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Recognise the concept of doubling using
addition of two equal amounts.
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Intro halving as the inverse of doubling.
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Recognise lines of symmetry.
o Solve
‘real life’ problems involving time and money, measures and mass.
o Times Tables – 3s and 4s
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Use
varied vocabulary e.g. add, plus, more than, less than, take away, subtract.
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Have
a competition with your child! Who can find the difference between two
numbers?
o
Try
to make amounts of money using the fewest coins possible.
o
Ask
children to add up simple amounts in the shops for you.
o
Please
help your child to learn these new tables. Ask questions such as ‘What is 2 x
3?’ and ‘How many 4s in 20?’
o
Look
at doubling and halving small amounts of money.
o
Discuss
odd and even numbers – what number house do we live at? Is it odd or even?
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Literacy:
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Story
Writing
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Character
and Plot Studies
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Poetry
- riddles
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Different
stories by the same author
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Extended
stories
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· Talk through a story – what
happened? What problem needed solving? How did they solve it? What kind of
ending was it?
· Why not read a selection
of poems with your child? Practice performing them, chanting, using
expression and tongue twisting!
· Silly sentence games- Can
you make a boring sentence better? Can you join two sentences together to
make a better one? The hairy cat sat on the fluffy mat because it wanted to
play outside…(Try using these words because, so, and, while, then)
· Talk about the characters
in your stories. Do you like them? Why? What do they look like? What are they
like as a person? Would you like to be their friend?
· Try sharing a longer
story with your child- The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Horrid Henry-
you can share the reading too!!
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Our Creative Topic this half term will be
ART ATTACK
Your
children will be looking at looks of different types of art by famous artists
and will be producing work ‘in the style of’ those famous pieces.
Science: Variation
o
We will be thinking about what makes us all the
same yet different!
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I.C.T:
Questions and Answers
o
This
term we will be thinking about using simple databases and retrieving
information from graphs, tallies and charts.
R.E:
Islam
o Through this topic we
explore the wonderful faith of Islam and the major ideas underpinning the religion.
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P.E: Fielding
and Striking Games
o The children will be thinking about Fielding
and Striking game skills, particularly throwing and catching skills and
keeping an eye on the ball! P.E. will continue
to be on Wednesdays – Please ensure your child’s kit is in school and all
earrings are left at home. Could parents also check that their child’s kit
still fits; some are growing very fast and complaining of small pumps!
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We hope to have another great half term!
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