Final Phase 1 Summer Term 5 parents overview final 2013(1).pdf

Emotional Intro: Designing plant
pots.
Science: Growing plants.
Geography:
Using field skills to map where
different plants grow.
To compare and contrast different
plant habitats.
To understand how an
environment has changed.
Literacy:
• Traditional Tales.
• Shape poems.
• Non Chronological Reports.
Growing
Plants
Art: To create Van Gogh inspired
sunflower paintings.
PE: Lifecycles dance.
PSHE: Health and drugs
education.
ICT: Animation.
Maths: Counting and calculating:
using counters, number lines and
hundred squares to solve addition,
subtraction, multiplication and
division problems.
Phonics: Children are taught to read and
write using a synthetic phonics approach.
Outcome: Transforming playground by
planting different flowers.

Homework
Maths: This will go out on Friday, to be returned by the following
Thursday. Please ensure your child adds their name and class to
each piece of homework.
Literacy: Every Thursday your child will receive a list of spellings.
These will relate to the sounds they are learning in phonics. We will
have a Super Spelling Quiz every Monday.
Curriculum Outline
Phase 1—Summer Term 5
Academic Year 2012/2013
Topic: To support our topic work we may periodically ask you to
support your child with an activity at home.
Please support your child with their homework. For the main they
should be able to do this independently. If your child is struggling
with a piece of homework they can speak to their teacher about this.
PE Days:
Class 7 – Tuesday & Friday.
Class 8 – Tuesday & Wednesday.
Class 9 – Tuesday & Thursday.
Tips for helping your child at home:
We would like to stress that your child will learn best if the knowledge is
applied and set in an everyday context. Real learning takes place when
your child is given the chance to explore, try and do for themselves. Most
of all the learning will be remembered when it is fun!
Here are a few ideas to support learning at home:
Encourage your child to help you with the cooking – (Linking it to space
where possible) particularly involving them in the weighing and
measuring of ingredients.
Read for pleasure! Enjoy visiting the library and sharing your child’s
favourite books from home.
Get your child to complete mini science experiments at home – e.g.
homemade ice cream – what happens to liquid when it is frozen?
When going on holiday/journeys get your child to check the map /globe
with you to gain a geographical understanding of our country/world. How
far is your destination from your home?
Phase 1 Teachers & Learning Support
Assistants
Class 7: Mrs Chevalier & Rowan
Class 8: Mr Ridley, Eta & Josh
Class 9: Mrs Daniel, Ann & Joan
Dates for Your Diary:
1 st May – Trip to Brockwell Community Gardens
PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE, BLOGS AND WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS FOR
CHANGES
TO SCHEDULED DATES.
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