I would like to start by saying a very warm welcome to all of the children and their parents! This year is already looking to be a very exciting (and busy) one. throughout year, we will be: making a difference in the world, becoming masters of our learning, digging deeper into the mysteries of the world around us and discovering more about ourselves and those around us! It is an exciting time and it is our aim to ensure that the children will be working hard and challenging themselves to become excellent, enthusiastic and independent learners. It is crammed with opportunities for the children to create and explore!
Useful Information
Every week we will send out a class newsletter which will let you know what we have been up to that week. It will also detail any homework which we would like the children to complete.
Reading will take place every day ensuring that each child’s reading is heard at least once a week. Please be understanding that we cannot change books daily as this will interrupt our very busy learning timetable. Phonics takes place every day ensuring reading, writing and spelling skills are being taught, practised and applied.
How you can help:
Correct school PE kits will be needed every day. Kits should be appropriate for the season i.e. both outdoor and indoor kits are needed for the winter months. PE will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Children receive weekly homework which is collected on a Friday.
Read with your child every day, and ask them questions about the text. Please record in their diaries the pages they have read and initial this to enable good communication between home and school. This recording is seen as evidence that they have read every day and is treated as homework.
At St Peter’s we follow the school’s personalised ‘Active Curriculum’, which weaves both the new National Curriculum strands with Key skills that each year group is expected to be taught across all areas of the curriculum. This year Key Stage One will all follow the same topics.
Maths – Below is a brief outline of the areas we will study this year:
Calculation
Place Value
Shape
Measurement
Position and Direction
Fractions
English – Below is a brief outline of the areas we will study this year:
Stories with a familiar setting
Traditional Poetry
Fantasy Settings
Instructions
Traditional Tales/Fairy Tales with a twist
Explanations
Different stories by the same author/Author Study
Information texts: fact files/reports
Stories from other cultures.
Persuasion: adverts
Recounts: postcards/diaries/letters
Poems on a theme
Science
Animals including Humans: Amazing me!
Seasonal changes: Wild Weather
Everyday Materials: Brilliant Builders
Plants Growing things
Animals including Humans: Wild and wonderful creatures
Living things and their habitats: Food Chains
History
Events beyond living memory: Remembrance Day and Guy Fawkes
Changes within living memory: Toys and Books
Explorers: Famous for more than 5 minutes.
Geography
Weather experts: Extreme Weather
Our school and local area: The Park
Ocean and Seas of the World
R.E.
What does it mean to belong? Creation
Christmas/ Hanukkah
Jewish and Christian Stories
Easter Celebrations and Salvation
Symbols from the Gospel – Pentacost
Believing – Judaism
P.E.
ABC (agility, balance and coordination)
Dance/Movement to music
Team Games
Mrs Wale’s sessions on a Tuesday
Residential
Willersly Castle (Thursday 16th and 17th May 2019 YEAR 2 CHILDREN ONLY)
Finally, we look forward to an amazing and creative year; we appreciate the commitment and dedication from home and look forward to the pupils growing in confidence, independence and maturity throughout the year. If you have any queries, please feel free to pop in and ask. We are available to see parents or guardians after school. This can be by appointment if you would like to discuss your child in detail or just pop in if it is a general query.
Miss Fisher