TEACHER
Mrs Cooper
CONTACT
mapleclass@attrust.org.uk
Maple Class Curriculum Statement
Autumn term (second half)
Dear Parents/Carers
We hope you all had a lovely half term break
You will see that I have added some subject vocabulary that we will be using this half term. Please have a talk with your child about the vocabulary and what it means.
English – we will start our learning with a cold write about a story setting. Then we will do a week of poetry using the poem The Cave of Curiosity. After that we will our model text will be The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Year 1s will be developing their writing skills in using regular plural noun suffixes; joining with and; capital letters and full stops. Year 2s will be using expanded noun phrases; coordination; subordination; commas in lists; apostrophes in their writing.
Phonics/Spellings – we will continue to use Little Wandle. Year 1s are continuing with Phases 3 and 4 and then moving onto phase 5, look at and learning alternative sounds. Year 2s are moving onto Bridge to Spelling.
Maths – we will be following the White Rose scheme for a mixed age group class. The skills that we will be learning this half term will be place value, partitioning, one more one less, 2d and 3d shapes.
Science –we will be learning about; Seasons.
History: we will become History seekers. We will find answers to simple questions using evidence, sequence four events that are close together in time, compare two versions of past events, we will verbally recount parts of a story and talk, draw and write about an event from the past.
PSHE – we will be following Jigsaw and learning about celebrating differences.
RE- we will be looking how symbols and artefacts from three religions; Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Computing we will be introducing the children to data and information. Labelling, grouping, and searching are important aspects of data and information. We will be focuses on assigning data (images) with different labels to demonstrate how computers are able to group and present data.
DT we will learn all about different fabrics. They will explore and become familiar with the names of different fabrics and learn how to choose and manipulate fabrics to create different effects; they will also learn how to join fabrics in a variety of ways.
Music – we are going to learn about rhythm.
PE – our sessions will be on a Monday and Tuesday.
Please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on PE days. Please can you make sure that any long hair is tied up and no jewellery (including earrings) are worn. Thank you.
Exciting Extras
Visit to Norwich theatre to see The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Enter a Christmas card competition
Christmas performance
Homework
We are continuing to use Reading Eggs, Writing Legends and Mathletics. We will be rewarding the effort that the children make with Dojos.
Please remember to bring a named water bottle in each day to ensure that your child can keep themselves hydrated.
Just a reminder that snack should be a piece of fruit, pieces of vegetables like cucumber/carrot sticks or a cereal bar. Fruit is available every day.
If you’re unsure, please ask.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or queries.
Many thanks
Maple Class Team
