Year 1
I thought it may be useful to let you know the routine for Year 1 with regard to homework etc.
Spellings
Will be given out on Fridays and tested the following Friday. The children will be given a sheet with the spelling list they have to learn each week. It is helpful and more effective to encourage your child to write the spellings down when practicing.
Homework
This will be given out on Friday afternoons. Could you please return it for the following Thursday? Homework will be given when appropriate to the literacy and numeracy work from that week. (Usually 1 piece per week.)
Home Readers
The children will be given 2 books to read at home. These will be changed at the beginning of each week ,but only if the record book has been signed by a parent or other adult. Could you please read this book with your child and help them?
The topics we are studying this term are as follows:
Science - Ourselves
Light and Dark
History - Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
Geography - Life on an Island
R.E. - What can we learn about God from pictures?
Why is the bible special to Christians?
Christmas- giving and receiving
Art - Self portrait
Technology - Eat fruit and vegetables!
ICT - Graphs and Charts
Information around us.
P.E.
Will take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Could you please make sure the children bring their P.E. kit to school every Monday and I will send it home on Friday afternoons to be washed? Please make sure all earrings are removed for P.E. days.
I hope you find the information in this letter useful. If you have any problems, or enquiries please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Year 2
I thought it may be useful to let you know the routine for Year 2 with regard to homework etc.
Spellings
Will be given out on Mondays and tested the following Monday. The children will be given a sheet with the spelling list they have to learn each week.
Homework
Will be given out on Friday afternoons. Could you please return it by the following Thursday? The children will have a piece of Maths and English work to do each week.
Home Readers
The children will be given a book to read at home. This will be changed each Friday but only if the record book has been signed by a parent or other adult. Could you please read this book with your child and help them?
Library Books
Library books will be changed every Friday. Could you please make sure they are returned each week?
The topics we are studying this term are as follows:
Science - Health & Growth
Electricity
History - Famous People and Events
Geography - Barnaby Bear in France & Australia
R.E. - Harvest
Life in a Jewish Home
Christmas
P.E.
Will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays. Could you please make sure the children bring their P.E. kit to school every Monday and I will send it home on Friday afternoons to be washed? Please make sure all earrings are removed for P.E. days.
I hope you find the information in this letter useful. If you have any problems or enquiries please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Year 3
the summer term here are some of the areas Year 3 will be studying.
History: The Vikings
Geography: Road Traffic surveys, Our environment
Science: Living Things: Animals and Plants
R.E. Sikhism (Year 5 are experts!!)
Personal and Social: Other cultures and communities
Art: Textiles and 3D
Technology: Foods, e.g. Viking soup!
P.E. and Sports are still on Thursday and Friday, when the children need their sports kit.
Year 4
Summer term topics include:
History: Tudors.
Geography: a) Environmental change.
b) The weather.
Science: a) Environment/Life Cycles.
b) Earth, space and beyond.
R.E. Hinduism.
P.H.S.C.E. a) Friends.
b) Peer group pressure.
Art: Drawing & Sculpture.
Technology: Weather Instruments.
P.E. and Sports are on Thursday and Friday, when the children need their sports kit.
Year 5
P.E.
This will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (Year 5 will visit Teesdale Leisure Centre in the Summer Term.)
In the Spring term we will be looking at the following subjects, so if you want to visit the library …. please feel free!
History 1950’s – 2003
Continuing our original history topic moving on from the war years to look at more modern times. Can you remember the 1970’s and 1980’s? I can!
R.E. Celebrations
Looking at the festivals of the various religions that make up our diverse and exciting society.
Science - Animals and their adaptation to their environment.
Looking closely at types of animals e.g. mammals, reptiles etc.
Geography – Rainforests
The life and conservation of the rainforest.
Year 6
This is just a note to let you know what is happening this term in Year 6.
Spellings
Spellings will be given on a Tuesday and the test will take place the following Monday. The children will write these in their homework diaries.
Homework
There will usually be two pieces of homework a week – Maths and Literacy, although this will vary slightly. This is given on a Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.
Home Readers
The children are placed in class reading groups and are heard reading this way in school. However, they still have a reading book to bring home. They are expected to take responsibility for this reading themselves and should read at least 2 pages a night. Could you please sign their homework diaries when they read and this will be credited towards house points?
Times Tables
The children have their tables written down in their homework diaries. Could you help them to learn these? They are vital to year 6 maths.
P.E.
This will take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays. (Year 6 will visit Teesdale Leisure Centre in the Summer term.)
This term we will be looking at the following subjects, so if you want to visit the library … please feel free!
Science - The Human Body including Healthy Living.
History - The Victorian Era with specific reference to the life
of children
Geography - Passport to the World. The children will be finding
out about a variety of locations.
R.E. - We are learning about people who helped others.
P.S.H.C.E. - This is social education and we will be discussing
responsibility and tolerance of others.
If there is anything else at all that you would like to know, or if you have any problems, please do not hesitate to come and see me.
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