Summer term Plan 2012

This is the termly plan for the Summer, Let's hope it gets a bit warmer so we can investigate outdoors!!

Outline of some areas of topic work to be covered: Our topic for this term is Our World. We will be investigating the Roman way of life, an environmental investigation, Plants and animals, forces and magnetism and painting secret forests. Information and artefacts, which would be useful: We would be grateful if you have any interesting artefacts, photographs or books related to any of the above that we might borrow, or if you have any personal experiences or expertise in these areas, you might like to share with the class. Any internet research will be more meaningful to your child if it is restricted to pictures or materials specifically prepared for children.

Suggested ways in which you can support Literacy and Numeracy: It would be really helpful if you could practise mental addition/subtraction, 2,3,4,5 times table for Year 3 and for Year 4 please in addition the 6 and 8 times tables. Please help your child by singing, testing and reciting the tables in a fun way. Every child needs to bring their reading book to school every day to read during our group reading sessions. Your child might like to make a simple comment, relating to likes/dislikes in their reading record. Asking questions such as “why did he do that?” or “what do you think happens next?” would help them in understanding text and aid comprehension work.

Other information: P.E. is on a Thursday  – Your child needs to bring their P.E. kit to change into for every lesson. Please make sure that they bring a P.E. kit for lessons in the hall and for outside as we will try and get out as much as possible in the fine weather! Homework will cover activities from the Literacy and Numeracy lessons, in addition to this there may be pieces of homework relating to topic work.