AUTUMN 2015 – TERM 1
BECK ROW PRIMARY SCHOOL
RABBITS
CLASS
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NEWSLETTER
Welcome…
English
Welcome back after a summer break that seemed to fly by!
We have some exciting new topics for these next six weeks and
we are looking forward to teaching them.
We are continuing with one to one reading at school and
guided reading and we encourage parents to read at home with
their children daily.
If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to
contact your child’s class teacher either in person or via your
child’s planner. Class teachers will be signing them weekly so
you know that any queries have been seen.
Miss Martinez, Ms Gilmour and Mrs Scott
In Year 1/2 this term, our topic is ‘The Carnival
of the Animals’. In English we will be starting
by writing lists, captions and labels. We will then
move on to writing non-fiction facts sheets
surrounding the topic of birds.
Our texts for this term will be ‘The Tiger who
came to Tea’, ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ and ‘Cinderella’.
We will be writing invitations, storyboards, roleplay, writing alternative titles and own versions
of fairy tales.
Spellings are set on a Friday and tested the following week.
MATHS
In maths we will be looking at
ordering and comparing
numbers up to 100, addition
and subtraction within 100,
ordinal numbers, multiplication
and length.
Every week children will be
assessed on their mental maths
ability, and fortnightly for
arithmetic.
Timetable for the week
Topics
In Science this half term we are looking at
animals, including humans, living things and
habitats.
In topic we will be looking at the geography of
Africa and Australia to compare the types of
animals living there. In history we will learn about
Mary Anning – the fossil hunter and about the
origin of carnivals.
In Art and Design Technology we will be looking at
the sculptor Kendra Haste and also designing and
making animal sock puppets.
In Music we are learning about the Carnival of the
Animals (Le carnival des animaux) a musical suite
of fourteen movements by the French Romantic
composer Camille Saint-Saens.
In RE we are learning about Noah’s Ark and the
lessons we can learn.
P.E,
Behaviour expectations
In PSHE we will be focusing on the theme of new
beginnings.
& Rewards Systems
We are introducing a new reward system called
ClassDojo. Each class member have their own profile
and ‘monster’ and gain points for such things as; being
on task, persistence, helping others, sitting smartly,
participating and so on.
They also can lose points for being off task, calling
out, being unkind etc.
For excellent work in class and for getting on with the
task promptly, children are awarded a golden ticket.
They then write their name on the ticket and it goes
into our special gold box. At the end of the week one
child’s name is drawn and they get a prize. The more
times that they are producing fantastic work and
getting on with the task, the more golden tickets they
receive and the higher the chance of their name being
drawn at the end of the week.
Ways that you
can help your
child at home
this half term
To help your child at home could you
please assist with learning spellings and
also daily reading. Please write in their
diary when you have read with your child
so we know if they have finished with the
story. Books will be changed on a
Monday and a Thursday.
Handwriting and presentation will be a
big focus this term in Year 1/2, so
anything that you can do at home to
improve these areas would be great!
Our class mascots will be going
home each weekend with child from
class and I know they are looking
forward to having some exciting
adventures! He goes home with a
child from class at the weekend and
they come with a diary to write
down any exciting things they do
with your family over the weekend.
The mascots enjoys having their
pictures taken so don’t be shy about
taking a photo of them doing
something fun at the weekend.