Hello and welcome to Maple Class!
Your teachers this year are: Mrs Yeandle and Mrs Carr. Your teaching assistants are: Mrs Pearce and Mrs West. For one afternoon per week Mrs Kelly will teach topic and a premier sports coach will teach PE to Maple.
As mathematicians, Year 1 have been learning about numbers to 100 and completing a unit on fractions. They have been practising skip counting in 2's, 5's and 10's and will soon move on to position and direction, telling the time and statistics. Year 2 are looking at fractions, time, position and direction before the final unit of statistics. Maths lessons are delivered using the Power Maths WRM scheme. We also practice our arithmetic skills daily through 'Fluent in Five'. You can help your child at home by completing the weekly homework tasks on School Jam (Active Learn Primary) and practising their skills at timestables.co.uk.
Your teachers this year are: Mrs Yeandle and Mrs Carr. Your teaching assistants are: Mrs Pearce and Mrs West. For one afternoon per week Mrs Kelly will teach topic and a premier sports coach will teach PE to Maple.
As mathematicians, Year 1 have been learning about numbers to 100 and completing a unit on fractions. They have been practising skip counting in 2's, 5's and 10's and will soon move on to position and direction, telling the time and statistics. Year 2 are looking at fractions, time, position and direction before the final unit of statistics. Maths lessons are delivered using the Power Maths WRM scheme. We also practice our arithmetic skills daily through 'Fluent in Five'. You can help your child at home by completing the weekly homework tasks on School Jam (Active Learn Primary) and practising their skills at timestables.co.uk.
This half-term, Year 2 will focus their English learning around the book "Toys in Space" where they will practise writing a story using different sentence types inclusing exclamatory statements, statements, and questions, following the story pattern, using expanded noun phrases, past tense verbs and punctuating their sentences correctly. Their writing will focus on including subordination (if, when, because) and coordination (and, but).
They will continue to follow the No Nonsense spelling programme and have weekly Guided Reading sessions. The Year 1s will continue to learn phonics with Fred Frog and practice writing skills through different story books as part of Read, Write Inc.
For more information about Read Write Inc please follow this link where it explains all the lingo and how it works - https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/
This half-term we are being Geographers and our topic is Rivers, Seas and Oceans. Children will learn about the key differences between rivers, oceans, and seas, and how they interact with each other. They also explore the importance of these water bodies to life on land and in the sea, including how they affect the environment and human life. Additionally, they develop geographical skills by locating and naming major oceans and seas on a map.
As scientists we will be exploring materials. Children will look at objects and what they are used for and what materials they are made from. They will explore properties of materials and whether they are man made or natural.
In RE Year 1 will be looking at the story of John the baptist from the gospel of Luke. We will learn about Jesus in the temple and Jesus' "hidden years" when he was a child and there are not many stories written about him in the bible. We will look at Jesus' baptism and his call of the disciples. We will learn and retell the story of Zachheus.
As scientists we will be exploring materials. Children will look at objects and what they are used for and what materials they are made from. They will explore properties of materials and whether they are man made or natural.
In RE Year 1 will be looking at the story of John the baptist from the gospel of Luke. We will learn about Jesus in the temple and Jesus' "hidden years" when he was a child and there are not many stories written about him in the bible. We will look at Jesus' baptism and his call of the disciples. We will learn and retell the story of Zachheus.
In Year 2 they will also look at John the baptist and the calling of the twelve disciples. They will look at Jesus alone in the wilderness and then look at some of the things Jesus did for example calming the storm and healing others as well as learning and retelling the parable of the lost sheep.
In ICT Year 1 and 2 will be practising their mouse skills, learning how to log on and navigate around a computer. They will develop their skills of dragging, dropping, clicking and controlling a cursor.
In DT they will start a new unit on mechanisms and they will progress to make a moving monster. They will look at objects and understand how they move. They will learn what pivot, levers and linkage are and follow instructions to create linkage for a monster.
In PSHE and RHE we will look at ''Relationships" and "Changing Me". Within these unit they will explore who their trusted adults are and explore that all families are different. They will explore friendship and how to be a good friend and resolve conflict. In "Changing Me" they will explore the life cycle of humans and animals, how boys and girls bodies are different and look at things that change in their lives.
In Music this term, Maple are focussing on the theme friendship. They will listen to a variety of songs about friendship from different genres including 'Lean on Me' and 'You've Got a Friend in Me'. They will learn and sing "The friendship" song before practising to play the glockenspiels to accompany the song. Finally they will sing and perform the song to the other half of Maple class.
Below you will find the key vocabulary which will be used in each unit. Please talk to your child about these key words to find out more about what they have been learning!
Please come back soon to see what we’ve been up to!
Vocabulary
Below you will find the key vocabulary which will be used in each unit. Please talk to your child about these key words to find out more about what they have been learning!
Please come back soon to see what we’ve been up to!
Vocabulary