13th September 2010 Dear Parents and children, I hope you all had a lovely summer and feel fully refreshed and keen to embrace the excitement and challenges of a new school year! Our theme this first half term will be 'Food For Thought' and this will link all areas of the curriculum. The children have discussed what they would like to know about food and raised questions for us to research including; ‘Where does our food come from?’ ‘How and where does food grow?’ Which foods are good for us?’ What do people eat in other countries? We will be finding out about the nutritional value of foods and planning healthy menus. We will be developing geographical skills and knowledge by researching diets in other countries and learning how climate affects the types of food grown. We will look at how much food is imported, calculate food miles and consider the environmental implications of this. We will then look at locally sourced produce and discuss the advantages of using this both to our health and the environment. Our Science focus ‘Healthy Humans’ will explore how to develop a safe and healthy lifestyle and we will be attending the Life Van to support this work. We will investigate how our bodies change during exercise and explore the benefits of this. As part of our whole school initiative to promote health and fitness the children will continue to take part in a programme of daily exercise. I would be very grateful if you could ensure that your child has named PE kit including trainers for outside activities. Our Literacy work this first half term starts by looking at stories based in familiar settings. We will analyse story structure and begin to write our own stories about people and places we know well but with an exciting twist involving superhero characters! Later we will be linking with our topic ‘Food for thought’ to examine some non -fiction texts; information books about healthy eating, recipes and menus. We will learn the skills of writing clear and sequenced instructions. Maths this term starts by practising number skills, counting on and back in ones, fives and tens, and recognising and writing numbers to 100 confidently. We will learn number bonds and halves and doubles of numbers and apply these to speed up mental calculations. In measures we will be using equipment to measure accurately in c.m., linking again with our science research on healthy growth. Later in the term we will be working with coins up to £2. You might like to play some money games with your child so they can become familiar with the different values.
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