Homework
Coming up…
Children will receive the following:
Reading
Children who make the best progress read 4 or more times a week at home.
Spelling
Log into Spelling Shed and play spelling based games.
Mental Maths
This will help reinforce mental maths skills being taught in school such as number bonds and times tables.
Talk Homework or other research based tasks will be announced on Dojo, e.g. if we would like you to send in photos.
On Tuesday 11 January children in both classes will be invited to dress up for our ‘Heroes Day’ as part of our History and Writing work – more info on Class Dojo. We will be participating in Children’s Mental Health Week and Safer Internet Day in February. We will continue to visit the farm throughout the half term and await our ‘turn’ to take care of the animals for a week! During science lessons, both classes will be exploring the farm and forest - more details of dates and clothing will be posted on Class Dojo. th
Years 1 & 2 Caterpillar & Butterfly Class
Spring 1 Half Termly Overview Reminders
Grange Primary School
Children should be reading 4+ times a week. Reading records will be checked and children who read ‘4 or more’ every week for a half-term will be rewarded. Book bags should come to school daily. P.E kits (warm) – Caterpillar class – Monday and Tuesday Butterfly class - Monday and Friday Children should bring a labelled water bottle to drink from each day.
Staff Members: Caterpillar Class: Mrs Evans (class teacher) Butterfly Class: Mrs Amblin (class teacher) Phase Teaching Assistants: Mrs Harte, Mrs Asterley, Mrs Lane, Ms Bennett.
English In English we will be using contemporary fiction texts written by Gwen Strauss/Anthony Brown in order to write our own stories. In Year 1 we will be exploring the story ‘The Night Shimmy’ and in Year 2 we will be exploring ‘Gorilla’. We will continue to do paired reading activities throughout the week in our phonics groups. Children will come home with 2 books; a library choice book to share and read together for pleasure and a choice book chosen from either the Set 1, 2 or 3 sounds box which is based on their phonics ability. They will also have a copy of their paired reading text available on their Oxford Owl account at the end of the week. We will also be continuing our handwriting lessons using Penpals and we will be forming our letters using the RWI letter formation rhymes.
Maths Year 1 will be looking closely at addition and subtracting. We will solve missing number problems, reinforce our number bonds and mental maths skills so we can use known facts to help us as well as learning multiples of 10 up to 100. In Year 2, we will be continuing our exploration of multiplication and division before learning about time to o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. We will also be revisiting addition and subtraction. To help at home – Please take any opportunity to count regularly with your child. Counting to 100 together is a great way to help your child make progress. Year 1’s can practise bonds to 5,10 and 20 and counting in multiples of 10. Year 2’s can also practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s as well as looking at analogue clocks and practicing telling the time – this is an important life skill and children learn this quickest when they practice at home. You can use the Topmarks teaching clock (link here) to help practice.
Heroes In History we will focus on the topic ‘Heroes’ where we will discuss what makes a hero and identify local heroes present and past! We will learn how to use pictures, artefacts and documents to find out about local heroes. We will start the term with a heroes themed fancy dress day! In RE we will be continuing to explore Christianity and we will be discussing the key question: was it always easy for Jesus to show friendship? In PSHCE we will be exploring the Jigsaw topic ‘dreams and goals’. This will involve discussing our strengths as a learner, setting goals, persevering when things feel tricky and learning to work cooperatively with others. In PE we will have two lessons a week focussed on basketball and fitness games with either the class teacher or Mr Leask leading. In Art/DT we will work together to create a sculpture of a minibeast. We will develop our 3D skills and study the work ‘Maman’ by the artist Louise Bourgeois. In Computing we will be using Purple Mash to create pictures using different skills to recreate art styles such as impressionism, pointillism and surrealism. In Science Year 1 will continue to learn about our environment by observing changes in our local area. We will also learn interesting facts about the animal kingdom whilst sorting animals into the basic animal classes of birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates. Year 2 will be learning about living things, we will be learning through observing living things in our local area, particularly in the farm and the forest. A message will be sent out regarding clothing for when we visit these areas during the term. In Music we will be getting into ‘the groove’, learning about different styles of music; Blues, Baroque, Latin, Bhangra, Folk and Funk.