PE Music ICT Art and Design Technology P.S.H.E R.E. The children will take part in creative dance and learn hockey skills. They will practise and learn throwing and catching skills through a range of activities. Developing the children's ability to discriminate between longer and shorter sounds. Creating sequences and musical patterns. Exploring the tuned and untuned percussion instruments. Various games and activities using ICT programmes to help improve the children's mouse control. Y1 and 2 also: Using different tools in the paint programme Designing and printing wallpaper including looking at William Morris Drawing, sketching and painting different houses. Making clay tiles Making different types of homes. The children will take part in circle time activities to discuss the themes of ‘New Beginnings’ and ‘Getting On and Falling Out’ Reception and Year 1 will be looking at the Christian Creation Story. They will explore how this influences how Christians behave towards nature and the environment. Year 2 will be thinking about what Jesus taught. This will include various Bible stories and how this makes Christians behave towards other people. Buckland Newton School Information for Autumn Term 2013 Class – Miss Helen Buffrey Beech Class Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 General information I hope you all had an enjoyable Summer and are now ready for the start of a busy term. This term we will be focusing our planning around the half-termly topics of ‘Houses and Homes', 'The Environment' and 'Dinosaurs'. Homework The Reception children will be introduced to 3 letter sounds each week and will be given follow up tasks to do at home in their phonic folder. They will be introduced to story characters, simple words and reading books at appropriate times. The Year One and Two children will continue to bring home reading books, word cards and spellings as appropriate. I will also be giving them a weekly maths task which is designed to support the work that we are doing in class and is an opportunity for your child to talk about their work. In addition, Year Two will be given a Literacy task each week. Homework will be given out on a Friday and needs to be handed in by the Thursday. New spellings will be set on a Friday, and will be assessed the following Friday. We would hope that all parents continue to share stories with their children at bedtime as this really is a valuable learning opportunity. The Curriculum Literacy Numeracy Our timetabled PE day will be a Friday. It would be best if the children left their PE bags on their pegs in the cloakroom for the whole half term, I will however let you know if it needs to be washed in the meantime. Please could children not wear earrings on PE days. Please could all children have wellies in school on a Wednesday, as we will be taking part in Outdoor Education sessions on a Wednesday afternoon. The Reception children will also need wellies for a Monday afternoon. It would be great if the wellies could be kept in school. Science Please could everyone have a water bottle for during the school day. I know the children love to share things from home but they will only be able to share items to do with our topic. Please could I also remind you that children should not bring toys to school. If you have any concerns or would like to speak with me, please make an appointment through the school office as first thing in the morning is always very busy in our class. I am also available after school, once I have made sure the children who travel on the bus are safely on their way. Thank you for your support Miss Helen Buffrey Geography/History The children will develop their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills whilst encountering narrative, non-fiction and poetry texts. The children will be following the primary framework for Numeracy. We will focus on counting, reading, writing and ordering numbers as well as carrying out number operations (+ - x and ÷). The children will also encounter shapes and measures and take part in regular problem solving. Changing Materials Children will develop an understanding that materials have different properties & therefore different uses. They will investigate natural/man-made materials. Children will find out that materials, e.g. water, often change when heated or cooled. Looking at types of buildings and homes. The children will think about what makes a home and what might be in different rooms. They will create room plans using a bird's eye view. The children will also look at types of homes around the world